Pinna of fei'tile Frond- -under side. 



LOMARIA GILLIESIT. 



Hooker and Greyille. J. Smith. Kunze. Link. 

 Presl. Fee. Moore and Houlston. Schott. 



PLATE LIV. VOL. IV. 



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

 cases on the fronds. Gilliesii — Named after Gillies. 



A PRETTY evergreen greenhouse Fern. 



Native of Brazil and Chili. 



Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in the year 1841, 

 having been received from the E-oyal Botanic Gardens of 

 Berlin. 



Fronds of two kinds. Fertile fronds contracted, pinnate, 

 the pinnae being linear and acute. Sterile fronds ovate-lanceolate 

 in form, glabrous, pinnate; the pinnae oblique, oblong-ovate, 

 and acute; the inferior ones being petiolate, and in some degree 

 cordate at the base. Margin serrate. 



Fronds terminal, being attached to an upright fasciculate 

 rhizoma. 



Stipes scaly. 



Sori linear, elongate, and continuous. 



Veins of the sterile fronds forked. 



Length of frond from twelve to twenty inches; colour a dull 



green. 



