Lomaria 



(30) 



Lonchitis 



pests. The most troublesome of the latter is 

 thrips; for which fumigiite or vaporise. Lomarias 

 detest being syringed or watered overhead ; spotted 

 leaves and unhealthy plants are the result. 



LoMAlUA FLUVIATILIS. 



Principal Species and Varieties : 

 NOTE. The fronds mentioned below are the 

 " barren " fronds. The " fertile " ones are usually 

 as long, or a little longer, much narrower, and more 

 erect. 



attenuata, fronds 1' to 3', Belli, prettily tasselled. 

 st. or warm grh., deep platyptera, fronds very 

 long and wide, no spores. 

 robusta, strong grow- 



grn., ro. flushed when 

 young. 



heterophylla. 

 lilechnoides, fronds 1' to 



14', grh. 



boryana, fronds 1' to 2', 

 grh. (nyns. magellauica 

 and zamioides). 



Dalgaimsise, fronds 

 contraeted. 



robusta, strong-grow- 

 ing. 



ciliata, 9" to 36", fronds 



ing. 



tincta, fronds tinged 

 ro. pk. when young 

 (SI/H. gibba rosea). 



onocleoides.fronds 1'to H' 

 long, pimiio very nar- 

 row ; an elegant plant. 



procera, fronds 1' to :!' 

 long, grh. (HI/IIS. Gilliesii 

 and minor) . 



capensis, very vigorous. 



8" to 12" long, st.; close chilensis,very vigorous. 



to gibba. 



gigautea, larger fronds. 



grandis, very wide 

 fronds. 



discolor, fronds 1' to 3' 

 Iong,4"to6"broad,grh. 



bipinnatifida, pimue 

 overlapping. 



falcata(sc#^. 29). 



nudapulcherrima, 

 fronds forked. 



gibba, 2' to 3', fronds 1' 

 to 3' long, st. or warm 

 grh. (*yn. neocale- 

 donica, see p. 29)- 



ornifolia (XI/H. tuber- 

 culata), much divided 

 fronds. 



vestita, scaly fronds. 



Spicant, Hard Fern, 

 fronds 1' to li'loug, 1" 

 broad, hdy., deep grn.: 

 very leathery. British. 

 (Si/n. Blechnum Spic- 

 ant). Many vars.: con- 

 cinna, contracts, crispa, 

 cristata, multifurcata, 

 polydactyla, ranio- 

 cristata, and trinervia 

 are some of the best. 



Other Species and Varieties : 



alpina, fronds 4" to 8" 

 long, hlf-hdy., rather 

 smaller than Spicant. 



ramosa, dwarf and 

 crested. 



aspera, fronds 3" to G" 

 lung, grh. 



Banksii, fronds G" to 9" 



long, grh. 



lanceolata. 

 I'upensis 



var.). 

 rhilensis 



var.). 

 Colensoi 



close to 



(e< 



(see 



procera 



(see Patersoni 

 elongata). 



crenulata (we Gcrmaiiiii). 



cumiugiaua (ss Pater- 

 soni.) 



cycadoidoa, grh. 



Dalgairusiai (tec boryana 

 var.). 



discolor nuda, pinme liar- 

 rower than in type, and 

 less leathery. 



dura, fronds 1' to 1 .! ' long, 

 hdy. (sifit. rigida"). 



clougata (see Patersoni 

 elongata). 



h'liformis, fronds 1' to 2' 

 long, 3" to 4" broad, 

 grh. (SI/HS. Lomariopsis 

 and Stenochlo3iia het- 

 croraorpha). 



fluviatilis, 3" to 4", fronds 

 G" to 18" long, pros- 

 trate, grh. (we h'gure). 



Fraseri, fronds 1 ' to 1 ', ' 

 long, 4" to 6" broad, 

 grh. 



Germainii, fronds 2" to 

 3" long, grh. (sijn. 

 crenulata) ; close to 

 alpina. 



Gilliesii (see procera). 



heterophylla (sccattenuata 



var.). 

 lanceolata, fronds G" to 



12" long, 2" to4" broad, 



grh. 

 L'Henninieri, fronds 9" 



to 15" long, 3" to -t" 



broad, st. 



magellanica (sc e boryana). 

 inembranacea, fronds (i" 



to 9" long, 1" to 11" 



broad, grli. 

 minor (see procera) . 

 neocaledomca (,> gibba). 

 uigra, fronds 4" to 6" 



long, 1" to I. 1 ," broad, 



g:ii. 

 Patersoni, fronds 1' long, 



1" broad, grh. (~'i/n. 



cumin giana). 

 elongata, barren and 



fertile fronds 2' or more 



long and pimialilM 



(; y^.v. Colensoi, elon- 

 gata, and punctata). 

 pumila, fronds 3" to 4" 



long, 1" to li" broad, 



hlf-hdy. 

 punctata (sec Patersoni 



elongata). 

 punctulata, fronds 1' to 



2' long, 4" to G" brnad, 



grh. 



rigida (AM dura), 

 robusta (see boryana var.). 

 tenuifolia (see Acrostich- 



um tenuif olinm) . 

 tuberculata (sec procera 



ornifolia). 



vestita (see procera var.). 

 vulcam'ca, fronds 6" to 



18" long, 3' ; to 6" 



broad, st. or grh. (.-/<; 



p. 81). 

 zamioides (see boryiuia). 



LOMATOPHYLLUM. 



Stove succulents (ord. Liliacea;), differing from 

 Aloe chiefly in having berried fruits. Propagation, 

 by offsets and by lateral shoots taken off a.s cut- 

 tings. Fibrous loam and peat in equal ratio, with 

 a good admixture of .--and and soft, broken, red 

 bricks, will suit them admirably. Keep the soil 

 rather dry in winter. 



Principal Species : 



borbonicum, 3', Je., yel., berries red (syns. aloi- 

 florum and Phylloma aloiflorum). 



LONAS. 



A hardy, erect annnal (ord. Composita 1 ). Prop- 

 agation is effected by seeds in April. Any 

 ordinary garden soil, not too heavy, will meet its 

 requirements admirably. 



Only Species : 



inodora. 1|', Jy., Aug., hdy., yel. 



LONCHITIS. 



A small genus of pretty stove and greenhouse 

 Ferns (ord. Filices), with rather fleshy rhizomes. 

 They do well planted in the fernery, are of bold 

 habit, and their spore masses are very bright and 



iinii (.w J.omaria). 

 Lomariopsis (see Lomaria). 



