LOMARIA. 33 



torn at the edge. {Tau. CLIl.) — Lomaria? sp. sterilis, Kze. 

 in Linntea, ix. p. 58 ? 



Ilab. Chili, Canipana de Qnillota, T/i. Germain. Plantes du Chili (easicc.). 

 Summit of "Pico Pilque," Antuco, Chili ?, Pwppig? Mountains, Nelson, New 

 Zealand ?, Bidwill. — One specimen of this well-marked species, and the smallest of 

 the genus, has been long in my herbarium, ticketed as from Kelson, New Zealand, 

 gathered by the late Mr. Bidwill; whether so marked l)y mistake I will not say, 

 but the only other specimen I have seen, and undoubtedly the same as to species, 

 is from Chili, collected by M.Germain, and is certainly undcscribed by any author, 

 except, as I strongly suspect, it is the " Lomaria ? in a sterile state," noticed 

 by Professor Kunze in the 9th volume of * Linnaea,' p. 58, n. 137. All his 

 characters sufficiently accord, except that he says the fronds are pinnatifid, 

 whereas ours is clearly a pinnated Fern. He speaks of the " in)bricated seg- 

 ments," a circumstance not likely to take place in a pinnatifid frond, and his con- 

 cluding observation quite corresponds with our plant, " Haud dubie nova Filicum 

 species; praccedenti (/>. alpince) similis, sed diversa videtur pinnis" (laciniis ?) 

 " latioribus basi angustioribus." The fronds, for so small a Fern, are singularly 

 thick and coriaceous. The rhizome is exactly as described by Kunze (and not at 

 all creei)ing) : " Ex rhizomatc crasso perpendiculari radiculoso gemma paleacea 

 s<cpius biceps exsurgit, frondibus rosulatis curvatis s. deflexis, 3-4-pollicaribus." 



36. L. fiiiformis, A. Cunn. ; caudex very long scandent 

 stout paleaceous, fronds scattered distant, sterile ones 1-2 

 feet long lanceolate acuminate pinnated, joinnce 2-3 inches 

 long rather distant submembranaceous petiolate oblong- 

 lanceolate acuminate truncate rarely cordate 2-lobed at the 

 base serrated, petiole obscurely articulated on the rachis, 

 lowest pinnae more remote dwarf oval or orbicular supreme 

 ones subconfluent (there are Ijesides smaller abnormal linear- 

 oblong nearly sessile fronds with pinnae scarcely \ an inch 

 long oval or orbicular more sharply serrated), fertile fronds 

 shorter than the sterile ones broad ovate, pinnae petiolate 

 elongated 4-5 inches long linear-filiform, involucre very evi- 

 dent at first involute at length reflexed deep chestnut-brown 

 with very minute crystalline points on the surface, stipes 

 short (3-4 inches) and rachis slightly and deciduously palea- 

 ceous. (Tab. CXIAX.)—All. Cunn. PL of N. Zeal, in Hook. 

 Comp. to Bot. Mag. v. ii. p. 363. L. propinqua. All. Cunn. 

 I. c. p. 364. L. pimpinellaefolia, Hook. fil. in Hook. Lond. 

 Journ. of Bot. iii. p. 412. Stenochlacna heteromorpha, /, 

 Sm. in Hook. Bot. Journ. w. p. 149. Hook. fil. Fl. N. Zeal. ii. 

 p. 46. Brack, fil. U.S. Expl. Exp. p. 77- Osmunda reptans, 

 Banks in Sol. MSS. — An Stenochlaena Feejeensis, Brack, Fil. 

 in U.S. Expl. Exped. 78. ^.11? 



Ilab. Northern and Middle Islands of New Zealand, as far south as Banks's 



Peninsula, Sir Jos. Banks, All. Cunningham, Fraser, Sinclair, Colrnso, Dr. Logan, 



J. D. Hooker, Dr. Lyall, Brackcnridye, and others. Sandalwood Bay, Fiji Islands ?, 



Brackenridge. — Mr. Brackenridge observes that the creeping rootstock of this 



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