Filices. | FLORA OF TASMANIA. 143 
linear, narrow, blunt, 4-3 inch long. Stipes and rachis covered with more or less spreading scales.—PLATE 
CLXVII. Fig. 1, fertile pinnules ; 2, transverse section of the same; 3, capsules; 4, spores :—all magnified. 
$ c. Frond pinnatifid, or pinnate, when the lower pinnules are adnate by a very broad base to the rachis. 
4. Lomaria Vulcanica (Blume, En. Fil. Jav. 202); rhizomate crasso paleis crinito, fronde sterili 
sublonge stipitata coriacea lanceolata ovata v. ovato-delteidea pinnatifida basi pinnata, pinnis glabris approxi- 
matis falcatis infimis decurvis lanceolatis obtusis acuminatisve integerrimis v. subcrenatis, costa nervisque 
glabris v. villosulis, fertilibus patentibus anguste linearibus basi obtusis acutisve dilatatis, involucris mar- 
ginalibus laceris, stipite basi crinito.—77. N. Zeal. ii. 29; Hook. Ic. Plant. t. 969. L. deflexa, Col. in 
Tasm. Phil. Journ. (Gunn, 28, 1522.) 
Has. Franklin River, and other mountainous parts of the Colony, Gun». 
DisrarB. New Zealand; lofty mountains of Java. 
A very distinct species, easily recognized by the often deltoid coriaceous frond, the two lower pinne of which 
are deflexed.— Rhizome usually very stout and woody, sometimes (in New Zealand) as thick as the wrist. Fronds 
terminal, 4-18 inches long, tufted, on long stipes, ovate or lanceolate, deltoid, coriaceous. Pinne close, 13-3 inches 
long, falcate, acuminate (rarely blunt), perfectly entire or irregularly crenate, glabrous or pubescent on the costa 
and nerves below (especially in Java specimens). Fertile fronds with much narrower pinne, and marginal sori 
sometimes covering the whole pinna. Rachis and stipes pale, the latter crinite with long, black, scaly bristles at 
the base. 
5. Lomaria lanceolata (Spr. Syst. Veg. 62) ; frondibus fertilibus utrinque concoloribus submem- 
branaceis cespitosis glabris anguste elongato-lanceolatis acuminatis basi angustatis breviter stipitatis pinna- 
tifidis basi pinnatis, pinnis plurimis approximatis oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis acutis v. acuminatis subfal- 
catis integerrimis v. subsinuato-crenatis, infimis rotundatis nunc discretis, rachi costaque glaberrima, fronde 
fertili sterilibus breviore, pinnis patentibus linearibus acutis v. acuminatis, stipite basi squamato subcrinito. 
— Hook. Ie. Plant. t. 429; Fl. N. Zeal. ii. 29. L. obtusata, Lab. Sert. Nov. Caled. t. 6. Stegania lan- 
ceolata, Br. Prodr. 154; Endl. Prodr. Fl. Ins. Norf. (Gunn, 27, 1525.) 
Has. Abundant in subalpine moist forests, etc., by streams of water.—(v. v.) 
DisrRiB. South-eastern Australia, New Zealand, Norfolk Island, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands. 
Fronds tufted, on a very short, erect caudex, 2 inches to 2 feet high, firm in texture, but not coriaceous, pale- 
green, paler below; barren ones quite glabrous, long, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, much narrowed below, often 
produced to the base of the short stipes, pinnate below, pinnatifid above. Pinne very numerous and close, narrow 
or broadly oblong-lanceolate, 3-2 inches long, blunt or sharp, quite entire or bluntly toothed towards the tip, 
' transversely ribbed by the forked veins. Fertile fronds shorter; pinne distant, spreading, narrow-linear, acute or 
acuminate. Rachis and coste quite smooth and glabrous. Stipes with long, subulate, blackish scales at the base. 
—Norfolk Island specimens are very much larger than Tasmanian or New Zealand ones, and have almost filiform 
fertile pinnae, with subulate tips. 
6. Lomaria discolor (Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 293) ; frondibus cespitosis, fertilibus glaberrimis subcoria- 
ceis subtus discoloribus rufo-brunneis (rarius concoloribus) pinnatifidis (basi sepius pinnatis) elongato-lan- 
ceolatis acutis basi angustatis, pinnis plurimis (subpectinatis) divaricatis approximatis sinu angusto acuto 
lineari-lanceolatis obtusis acutis acuminatisve infimis brevibus integerrimis v. obscure sinuatis, costa 
rachique glaberrimis, fronde fertili plerumque pinnatifida pinnis obtusis basi dilatatis nudis inferioribus ste- 
rilibus rarius pinnata pinnis basi substipitatis, costa valida atra, stipite brevi basi paleaceo.—7. N. Zeal. 
ii. 32. Hemionitis discolor, Schk. Fil. t. 6 (sub nom. H. rufa). Onoclea nuda, Lab. Fl. Nov. Holl. i. 
p. 96. 4. 246. ? Stegania falcata, Br. Prodr. 154. (Gunn, 2, 1520.) 
