1 80 33. LOMARIA, EULOMARIA. 



prominent ; rachis and midrib more or less chaffy ; fertile fr. with narrow linear 

 pinnae 3-4 in. 1. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador, Spruce, 5329. Most like L. procera, of which it may be an 

 abnormal form. Pinnae at least \ in. distant at the base. 



24. L. Boryana,) Willd. ; caud. stout, erect, 1-2 ft. high, woody, densely 

 clothed with dark-coloured, firm linear-subulate scales ; st. stout, erect, 4-6 in. 1. ; 

 barren fr. ovate, 1-2 ft. 1., 6-8 in. br. ; pinnae close-placed, erecto-patent, lan- 

 ceolate, narrowed gradually to the point, narrowed and sometimes auricled at 

 the base, 3-6 in. ]., \ in. or rather more br. texture coriaceous; veins incon- 

 sp ; ejous ; fertile pinnae narrow, linear, rather close ; invol. brown, membrana- 

 ceous, fimhriated, sometimes slightly intramarginal. L. Magellanica, Desv. Hk. 

 Sp. 2. p. 27. Gard. Ferns, t. 52. 



Hab. W. Indies southward to Falkland Islands and Straits of Magellan ; Mauritius, 

 Bourbon, Madagascar, Angola, and S. Africa. Very near L. procera, but a stouter- 

 growing plant, with narrower and more spreading pinnae. Perhaps the best distinction 

 is in the scales, which here are very dense, long, and fibre-like. Usually the rachis is 

 quite naked, but in a stout-growing form from Tristan d'Acunha (L. robusta, Carm.), it is 

 densely scaly throughout. 



scaly 



strong, erect, 4-6 in. 1., dark-coloured, paleaceous below ; fr. stout, erect, ovate, 

 2-3 ft. 1., 1 ft. br., with numerous pinnse on each side, which are quite distinct 

 and 1 in. or more distant at the base, linear, 4-6 in. 1., nearly 1 in. br., entire at 

 the edge, and narrowed gradually towards both ends ; texture coriaceous ; veins 

 inconspicuous, both surfaces naked ; fertile pinnae 1 in. distant, narrowly linear, 

 4-6 in. 1. ; rachis stout, erect, naked. L. cuspidata, Kze. Hk. /Sp. 3. p. 30. 

 t. 151. 



Hab. Peru and New Granada. Most like L. procera, but the pinnse are much more 

 distantly placed and are gradually narrowed to a slightly adnate base from two-thirds 

 of the way down. 



26. L. filiformis, Cunning. ; rliizome scandent, stout, paleaceous ; st. distant, 

 1-4 in. 1. ; sterile fr. ovate-lanceolate, 1-2 ft. 1., 3-4 in. br. ; pinnae numerous, 

 spreading, linear, 2-3 in. 1., \ in. br., distinctly stalked, narrowed gradually 

 towards the point and regularly crenato- dentate throughout ; fr. of the lower 

 part of the cauclex often much smaller, linear in general outline, 3-4 in. 1., 

 ] in. br., with oblong obtuse sharply-toothed pinnse ; fertile fr. ovate, with 

 numerous narrowly linear pinnse 34 in. 1. ; rachis naked. Hk. Sp. 3. p. 33. 

 Stenochlsena heteromorpha, J. Smith. 



Hab. New Zealand and Fiji. A very distinct species, easily recognizable by its 

 trimorphic fronds. Species 21-26 in size and habit recall 3-10, but are more distinctly 

 pinnate. 



the largest f in. L, in. br., the lower ones distant and narrowing down 

 gradually to mere auricles; texture stout, coriaceous; veins inconspicuous; 

 fertile fr. on longer stalks, with pinnse nearly as broad and close as the others ; 

 rachis naked. Hk. Sp. 3. p. 32. t. 152. 



Hab. Chili ; gathered by M. Germain. Most like L. alpina in size and habit, but the 

 lower pinnse distinctly separated. We have a garden specimen of what looks like the 

 same, but is more slender and elongated, marked " L. crenulata, Moore, MSS. Japan, 

 Veitch" 



