PaRABLECHNUM procerum. Pr. Epim. Bot. p. 109. 
Lomaria Gilliesii. Hook. et Grev. Ic. Fil. t, 207. 
ORTHOGRAMME Gilliesii. Pr. Epim. 
Has. A Fern of wide, yet not general geographic distribution; its maximum is 
in the southern hemisphere, but in the New World it extends as far north 
as Mexico and the Caribbean Islands. It seems to have been first detected 
by Forster in New Zealand, and since as far south as Banks’ Island (Dr. 
Lyall). Tt occurs also in Tasmania, in Lord Auckland’s and Campbell’s 
Islands, in South Australia, South Africa, in the Malay and the South Pa- 
cific Islands; in Jamaica, St. Vincent, Dominica, Guadeloupe, and in va- 
rious parts of South America, chiefly in mountain districts —Cultivated 
at Kew. 
Those who desire to see a more full history of this species, can 
consult the four very closely printed pages on the subject in the 
‘Species Filicum,’ 7. c. It is a well-marked species, yet present- 
ing not a few variations, enough however to induce different au- 
thors to entertain different opinions as to their specific identity. 
Prats 53. Lomaria procera, Spreng. Fig. 1. Apex of a caudex, with young 
fronds and the bases of mature stipites. 2. Sterile frond,—natural size. 3. Por- 
tion of a sterile pinna, showing the venation,—magnified. 4. Fertile froud,— 
natural size. 5. Section of a fertile pinna, with the involucres originating some 
way within the margin. 6. Section of a fertile pinna, with the involucres mar- 
ginal. 7. Scale from the base of the stipes :—all magnified. 
