130 LOMARIA ALPINA. 



Gardens, Kew, in the year 1843, having been brought from 

 the Falkland Islands, by Dr. J. D. Hooker, who was a naturalist 

 on the antarctic expedition under Sir J. C. Ross. 



An evergreen, almost hardy Fern. 



Native of Tasmania, New Holland, New Zealand, Cape Horn, 

 Falkland Islands, and Antarctic America. 



Fronds of two kinds. Sterile fronds lanceolate in form, 

 glabrous, pinnate, the pinnee being oblong-obtuse in shape, 

 adnate; apex circular, sub-falcate, margin entire. Fertile fronds 

 contracted, lanceolate in form, pinnate, the pinnae being linear- 

 oblong and sub-falcate. 



Fronds lateral, and adherent to a creeping rhizoma. 



Veins forked. 



Sori linear and continuous. 



Length of sterile frond four inches, and of fertile frond six 

 inches; colour bright green. 



For plants my thanks are due to Mr. Joseph Henderson, of 

 Wentworth, and to Messrs. KoUisson, of Tooting; and for fronds 

 to Mr. Joseph Henderson, of Wentworth, and to Mr. Robert 

 Wakefield, of London. 



It is in the Catalogues of Messrs. Yeitch, of Chelsea; Rollisson, 

 of Tooting; A. Henderson, of Pine-apple Place; Sim, of Foot's 

 Cray; E. G. Henderson, of St. John's Wood; Kennedy, of Co- 

 vent Garden; Booth, of Hamburg; Young, of Taunton; and 

 Cooling, of Derby. 



The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. 



