Pinna of barren Frond— under side. 



LOMARIA NUDA. 



WiLLDENOW. J. Smith. Kunze. Presl. Sprengel. 

 Fee. Moore and Houlston. 



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Onoclea nuda^ Labillardieee. 



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

 cases on tlie fronds. Nuda — Naked. 



An exceedingly pretty dwarf Fern, easily cultivated. 



An evergreen greenhouse species. 



Native of New Holland, New Zealand, and Tasmania. 



Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1845, having 

 been received from Mr. E,. Gunn. 



Fronds of two kinds. Sterile frond broadly lanceolate in 

 shape, pinnate, the pinnee being oblong-lanceolate and adnate. 

 Fertile fronds contracted, close, and pinnate; the pinnae linear- 

 acuminate and curvate. 



Veins forked. 



Sori linear and continuous. 



Fronds terminal, and adherent to a fasciculate creeping 

 rhizoma. 



Length of frond from twelve to eighteen inches; colour light 

 green. 



The fertile fronds are thick and heavy in comparison with 

 the sterile fronds. 



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