﻿48. LOMARIA. 581 



c.M. long, '4 — ^/a ^■^^- hroad, rounded or cordate and auricled at the base, 

 the lower ones dedexed and the lowest reduced to auricles. Texture coria- 

 ceous; veins inconspicuous; rachis stout, erect, naked, stramineous. Fertile 

 fronds similar, but the pinnae narrowed, often not more than 2 '/j m.M. broad. 

 Indusium not rarely + intramarginal. 

 Java; South. Africa. 



* (6) li. capeiisis, inild.. Spec, V, 291 ; L.procera, Spr., Hk. Bk., 

 Syn. Pil., 179, p. p.; Hk., Icon. PI., H, tab. CXXVII— CXXVIII ; Gard. Ferns, 

 tab. LIII; Blcchnum capense, SchL, Christ, Farnkr. d. Erde, 178; C. Clir., Ind. 

 Fil. ; Osmunda capensis, L., (oldest name). 



Rhizome stout, erect, woody, clothed with large, ovate or lanceolate, 

 acuminate, ferrugineous scales. Stipes 15 — 50 c.M. long, stout, erect, scaly 

 below. Barren fronds 50 — 120 c.M. long, 15 — 60 c.M. broad. Pinnae num- 

 erous, linear, 7*/j — 50 c.M. long, 1 — 2^2 c.M. broad, narrowed gradually 

 from the base to the apex, the i>ase unequally cordate, sometimes auricled, 

 the margin serrate, the apex acuminate, lower pinnae sessile or slightly 

 stalked, higher adnate to the rachis, the terminal one free, often very 

 long. Texture coriaceous; rachis slout, slightly scaly, the scales not large; costae 

 + chaffy beneath ; veins fine and parallel. Fertile fronds with the pinnae narrow- 

 ly linear, distant, 10 — 15 c.M. long, to Va — Vs c.M. broad. Indusium broad, 

 membranaceous, occasionally ciliate, sosnetimes intramarginal. 



Malaya; Polynesia, Trap. America, South. Africa. 



* (7) Ij. vesllta, ni., Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 161; L. procera, Spr., 

 Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 179, p. p.; Bhchmim veslitum, Kuhn, Ann. Mus. Bot. L. B., 

 IV, 284; C. Chr., Ind. Fil. 



Rhizome erect, forming a short, thick caudex, densely clothed with broad, 

 brown, acuminate scales. Stipes + 25 c.M. long, thick, densely clothed 

 throughout with large, acuminate, brown or pale-brown scales. Fronds di- 

 morphous. Barren fronds pinnate, 50 — 200 c.M. long. Pinnae numerous, 

 linear, 12 — 24 c.M. long, 1 — 1^2 c.M. broad at the base, acuminate, the edge 

 serrate, the base truncate or rounded. Texture coriaceous; rachis scaly like 

 the stipe; costae + chaffy beneath; veins numerous, fine, parallel. Fertile 

 fronds with the pinnae of the same lenght, erecto-patent, 4 — 5 m.M. broad. 



Malaya. 



(8) li. Fraseri, Cunn., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 182; Icon. PI, II, tab. 



