178 33. LOMARIA, § EULOMAniA. 



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

 linear chesnut-brown scales ; barren fr. on st. 3-4 in. 1., lanceolate, 12-18 ia. 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. — 11^. Sp. 8. 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 ofaltenuata, but are much shorter. 



16. L. obtusata, Labill. ; caud. stout, suberect, clothed with dark-bi'own linear 

 scales ; st. 2-3 in. 1., strong, erect, scaly below ; barren fr. linear-lanceolate, 

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

 slightly falcate, bluntish, ^ in. 1., i in. br., the lower ones reduced down to mere 

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

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

 base. — Lab. Sert, t. 6. 



Hab. New Caledonia. — Very like L. S^ncant 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 ; pitince 

 linear, ^| in. 1., ^ in. br., bluntish or mucronate, slightly dilated at the base ; 

 texture herbaceous ; veins inconspicuous ; fertile fr. often 1 ft. 1., 2 in. br., on st, 

 6-9 in. 1., chesnut-coloured and polished; narrowly linear j!>2?mcB |^-§ in. apart, 

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

 Hk. Sp. 3. p. 14. Brit. F. t. 40. L. niponicum, Kunze, 



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

 Kamtscbatka, 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 Z. punctulata. 



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

 ceolate-ferruginous scales at the crown ; barren fr. 4-8 in. 1., ^-| in. br., linear- 

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

 or rather more br. ; texture sxxhcovi&c^oM^ ; rachis naked ; fertile fr. on st. 4-12 in. 

 I. ; jnnnte narrower and more distant ; invol. slightly intramarginal. — Hk. Sp. 3. 

 p. 16. Fil. Exot. t. 32. Polypodium Penna-marina, Poir., oldest name. 



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. Banhsii, Hk. fil. ; caud. stout, woodj', elongated, clothed upwards with 

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

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

 §-| in. 1., J in. br., close-placed, passing gradually downwards into a sinuated 

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

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

 17 HLfl.Fl.N.Z.t.76. 



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. ; pinna; 

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

 1. ; fertile fr. on st. 3-4 in. 1. ; the/>m«ce linear-oblong with a considerable space 



