200 



FERNS I BRITISH AND FOREIGN. 



veins obsolete, or more or less evident, and by their contiguity 

 forming a broad, transverse, continuous, sporangiferous recep- 



Genus 102. Fertile pinna, 

 under side. No. 22. 



Genus 102. Barren pinna, 

 No. 22. 



tacle, the sporangia becoming confluent over the whole disc of 

 the segment. Indusium linear, sub-intramarginal, vaulted and 

 revolute. 



* Fronds simple or pinnatifid. 



1. L. Patersoni, Spreng. ; Kumze, Fil. t. 34 ; Hook. Fil Exot. 



t. 49 ; Lowe's Ferns, 4, t. 50. Stegania Patersoni 

 R. Br. Australia. 



2. L. lanceolata, Spreng. ; Hook. Ic. PI. t. 429 ; Lowe's Ferns, 



4, t. 61. Stegania lanceolata, E. Br. Australia, 

 Tasmania, New Zealand, South America. 



