Portion of barren Frond. 



LOMAPJA LANCEOLATA. 



Sprengel. Hooker. J. Smith. Kunze. Fee. 

 Moore and Houlston. 



PLATE LXI. VOL. IV. 

 Stegania lanceolata, R. Beown. 



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

 cases on the fronds. Lanceolata — Lanceolate. 



An interesting dwarf Fern. 



An evergreen greenhouse species. 



Native of New Zealand and Tasmania. 



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

 1833. 



The sterile fronds, which are glabrous, are lanceolate in form, 

 sub-pinnate, segments rigid, oblong-obtuse, and repand, the 

 margin entire. 



Fertile fronds lanceolate, pinnate, pinnae contracted, linear, 

 acute, and repand. 



