Portion of barren Froncl— under side. 



LOMARIA PATERSONI. 



KuNZE. J. Smith. Moore and Houlston. 



PLATE L. VOL. IV. 



Stegania Patersoni, 

 Salpichlcena Patersonii, 

 Lorn aria Patersonii, 



R. Beown. Link. 



Fee. 



Spkengel. 



Lomaria — From Loma — an edge, in reference to the position of the spore 

 cases on the fronds. Patersoni — Paterson's. 



A VERY distinct dwarf Fern. 



An evergreen greenhouse species. 



Native of New Holland, Australia, and Tasmania. 



Raised from spores in the Royal Gardens, Kew, in the year 

 1830. 



Fronds of two forms. Sterile fronds simple, and occasionally 

 pinnatifid in cultivation, rigid, ensiform-lanceolate in shape, with 

 a crenulate margin. Fertile fronds linear, contracted, narrow, 

 simple, and frequently pinnatifid. Terminal, and adherent to a 

 tufted rhizoma. 



Length of fertile frond twelve inches, and of sterile frond 

 eight or ten inches; colour dark green. 



Veins forked. 



