LOMAUIA. 481 



to a distinct wing into falcate acute segm, ; texture coriaceous ; surfaces dark- 

 preen, densely shortly pubescent on the ribs ; sterile scgin. serrulate ; areolce dis- 

 tinct, 2-3-serial between midrib and edge ; sori not reaching tips. — Kuhn, Linn. 

 36. p. 90. 



Hab. Venezuela, Punic and Schlim, 599. — Between aculeata and deciarcna. 



79. P. livida, Mett. ; rhizovie stout, creeping ; st. and racMses naked, bright 

 light-brown ; /)-. deltoid, bipinnate, 2-3 ft. or more each way ; jmmce ligulate- 

 lanceolate, lowest nearly sessile, not forked, 12-lo in. 1., 4-5 in. br., cut down 

 to the rachis below to a narrow wing, above into lanceolate falcate sejvt.--'^ in. br., 

 barren inciso-crcnate ; texture subcoriaceous ; surfaces bright-green, naked ; veins 

 distinct, upper of segni. free, lower uniting in high costal arches ; sori not reaching 

 the tips. — Ann. Sc. Nat. scr. 5. vol. 2, p. 222. 



Hab. Andes of New Granada, Triana, Lindifj, 179. — Pinnte like upper ones of A'wji- 

 zcana, but frond not tripartite. 



XXXIII.— LOMARIA. Page 174—103. 



5. Australian var. nuda (R, Br.) differs from type by less coriaceous texture' 

 castaneous stems, and more numerous narrower acuminate pinnoc ; var. nata- 

 /cH«>, Baker (Natal, McKen & Buchanan), scales pale-brown, membranous; 

 fronds subcoriaceous, 2 in. br. ; pinnee patent, blunt ; fertile fr. 4 in. h, with 

 crowded pinnte. 



G*. L. acuminata, Baker; sterile fr. ohlong-lanceolate, l|-2 ft. 1., 4-6 in. br., 

 narrowed gradually from the middle to botli ends with a subcastaneons st. 2-3 

 in. 1. ; pinnce 30-40-jugate, lanceolate-acuminate, sul)falcate, ^-^- in. br., crenulate, 

 adnate by the whole equally dilated base ; texture rigidly subcoriaceous ; surfaces 

 naked, dark-green ; veins fine, close, immersed ; fertile pinna} distant, central 3-4 

 in. h 



Hab. Norfolk Island, and a form from Kermadec Isles with more deeply crenate 

 pinnas. — Intermediate between attenuala and lanccolata. 



9*. L. auricidata, Baker ; sterile fr. oblanceolate-oblong, 1 ft. 1., 3-8^ in. br. at 

 middle, narrowed gradually to base ; pinna; close, 15-16-jugate, upper and central 

 lanceolate, ascending, bluntish, entire, ^-^ in. br., confluent at base in a wing 1^-2 

 lin. br. ; lowest much reduced, free, |-1 in. 1., auricled on both sides at base ; 

 texture subcoriaceous ; colotir dull dark-green ; both surfaces and rachis densely 

 clothed with purplish-brown hairs ; veins erecto-patent, fine, close, distinct, 1-2- 

 furcate ; fertile fr. unknown. 



Hab. Lord Howe's Island, C. Moore. 



10*. L. Deplancliei, Baker ; sterile fr. oblanceolate, 12-15 in. 1., 2-2^ in. br. 

 ahove middle, narrowed very gradually all through lower half, cut down nearly 

 or ijuite to rachis into close blunt entire adnate />ZH?2ce, central 1 j-1^ in. 1., \ in. br., 

 lowest 12-15 on each side under \ in. 1., its st. 2-3 in. 1., clothed'with squarrose 

 linear-subulate black-brown scales ; texture rigidly coriaceous ; surfaces dark- 

 gieen, naked ; veins immersed, obscure ; st. oi fertile fr. much longer, \i9, jnnnae 

 distant, ascending, central 2-2| in. 1. — Blechnum Deplanchei, Lenorm. M&S'. 



Hab. New Caledonia, Deplanche. 



18*. L. Gheishreghtii, Baker; r/w'^owe short-creeping ; scales \9Xgi, lanceolate, 

 brown, dense, membranous ; barren fr. oblanceolate, 3-6 in. 1., ^-1 in. br. ; 

 pinnce 15-20-jugate, close, ligulate-lanceolate, obtuse or subacute, obscurely 



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