Pinna of fertile Frond— under side. 



LOMAEIA CAPENSIS. 



WiLLDENOW. SCHLECHTENDAL. J. SmITH. KuNZE. PrESL. 



Fee. Sprengel. Moore and Houlston. Schott. 



PLATES LIX. AND LX. VOL. IV. 



Onoclea capensis, Linn^us. Swartz. Thunbeeg. 



Osmunda " LiNN^sus. 



Lomaria cor data, Desvaux. 



" gigantea. Of Gaedens. 



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

 cases on tke fronds. CapeTisis — From the Cape of Good Hope. 



A STRONG-GROWING specics, and rather a coarse-looking Fern. 



An evergreen greenhouse Fern. 



Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



The fronds are pinnate. Sterile fronds glabrous; the pinnae 

 linear-lanceolate, undulate, cordate at the base, and crenulate 

 on the margin; length about six inches. The fertile fronds, 

 which have the pinnae entire, are linear-acuminate, and six 

 inches long. 



Fronds terminal, adherent to a stout creeping rhizoma. 



Stipes scaly at the base. 



Sori linear and continuous. 



Veins forked. 



