178 33. LOMARIA, EULOMABIA. 



15. L. onocleoides, Spreng. ; rhizome long, scandent, densely clothed with 

 linear chesnut-brown scales ; barren fr. on st. 3-4 in. 1., lanceolate, 12-18 in. 1., 

 1-2 in. br., narrowed very gradually below ; pinnce 1 in. 1. or less, j- in. br., 

 lanceolate, dilated at the base, narrowed gradually towards the point ; texture 

 very coriaceous, the surface shining and the veins beneath prominently chan- 

 nelled ; fertile fr. on st. 4-6 in. 1. ; pinnce linear, 1-1^ in. 1., central ones J in. 

 apart at the base ; invol. broad, involute. HTc. Sp. 3. p. 10. t. 146. 



Hab. West Indies and Ecuador. A more rigid plant than the four preceding, with 

 a different caudex. The pinnae recall those ofattenuata, but are much shorter. 



16. L. obtusata, Labill. ; caud. stout, suberect, clothed with dark-brown linear 

 scales ; st. 2-3 in. L, strong, erect, scaly below ; barren fr. linear-lanceolate, 

 narrowed very gradually towards both ends ; pinnce close, erecto-patent, linear, 

 slightly falcate, bluntish, ^ in. L, ^ in. br., the lower ones reduced down to mere 

 auricles ; texture coriaceous ; veins inconspicuous ; fertile fr. rather longer and 

 on longer stalks ; pinnce narrowly linear, falcate, j in. apart, decurrent at the 

 base. -Lab. Serf, t. 6. 



Hab. New Caledonia. <Very like L. Spicant in general outline, but much more rigid, 

 with an elongated caudex. 



17. L. Spicant, Desv. ; rhizome stout, short-creeping ; barren fr. on stalks 

 2-3 in. 1., lanceolate, 6-9 in. 1., 1-1^ in. br., narrowed gradually below ; pinnce 

 linear, J-f in. L, % in. br., bluntish or mucronate, sl'g'itly dilated at the base ; 

 texture herbaceous ; veins inconspicuous ; fertile fr. o'te:i 1 ft. 1., 2 in. br., on st. 

 6-9 in. 1., chesnut-coloured and polished ; narrowly linear pinnce - in. apart, 

 dilated at the base, the line of fructification at first slightly intramarginal. 

 Hk. Sp. 3. p. 14. Brit. F. t. 40. 



Hab. Throughout Europe from the Arctic regions to Madeira and Crete, Caucasus, 

 Kamtschatka, Japan, N. W. America. In this and the next the fertile fronds are erect, 

 and the barren ones more or less spreading. It seems probable that Blechnum doodioides, 

 Hook. Sp. Fil. 3. p. 60. t. 153. which has not been refound, is a Doodioid form of this, 

 analogous to the one which occurs in L. punctulata. 



18. L. alpina, Spreng. ; rhizome slender, wide-creeping, clothed with lan- 

 ceolate-ferruginous scales at the crown ; barren fr. 4-8 in. L, J-f in. br., linear- 

 lanceolate, with spreading close-placed linear-oblong, obtuse pinnae % in. 1., in. 

 or rather more br. ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis naked ; fertile fr. on st. 4-12 in. 

 1. ; pinnce narrower and more distant ; invol. slightly intramarginal. Hk. Sp. 3. 

 p. 16. Fil. Exot. t. 32. 



Hab. S. Brazil ; plentiful in Temperate S. America, New Zealand, Van Diemen's 

 Land, Alps of S. Australia. A smaller plant than L. Spicant, with a slender wide- 

 creeping rhizome, and the pinnae, especially of the fertile frond, broader and shorter. 



19. L. Banksii, Hk. fil. ; caud. stout, woody, elongated, clothed upwards with 

 lanceolate ferruginous scales ; st. 3-4 in. 1., erect, dark-coloured, scaly below ; 

 barren fr. lanceolate, 6-9 in. 1., about 1 in. br. ; pinnce spreading, oblong, obtuse, 

 --| in. ]., J in. br., close-placed, passing gradually downwards into a sinuated 

 decurrent wing to the stem ; fertile fr. smaller and more slender ; pinnce 

 narrower and more distant ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis naked. Hk. Sp. 3. p. 

 17. Jlk.fil.Fl.N.Z.t.lQ. 



Hab. New Zealand. Easily distinguished from all its allies by its oblong obtuse 

 pinnae, even the upper ones more than half as broad as long. 



20. L. pumila, Raoul ; rhizome slender, creeping, clothed with bluntish ferru- 

 ginous scales at the apex ; barren fr. lanceolate, 3-4 in. 1., | in. br. ; pinnce 

 spreading, linear-oblong, obtuse, crenated, \ in. L, g in. br., the stem about 1 in. 

 1. ; fertile fr. on st. 3-4 in. 1. ; the > pinnce linear-oblong with a considerable space 



