48. LOMARIA. 579 



h. Barren fronds miall, iO — i5 c.M. long. 



Jtc. Stipes tufled. Pinnae crenate, auricled at the base on both sides. 



(3) L. egenolfioides. 

 )lc i ii|i- i Stipet fcaltered , Pinnae finely serrate, not auriclod at Iho baeo> ■ 



(4) L . aroolarie i 

 b.h. Barren fronds larger, 30 — WO c.M. long. 

 c. Stipes naked, or scaly at the base. 



d. Pinnae 5—7% c.M. long, 5— J'/j m.M. broad. 



(5) L. punctulata. 



d.d. Pinnae 7^1^ — 30 c.M. long, 10— 25 m.M. broad. (6) L. capensis. 



c.c. Stipes densely scaly. (7) L. vestita. 



u.tt.a.a. Barren fronds '^■finnatifid. (8) L. Fraseri. 



♦ (1) li. Patersoni, Spr., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 174; Hk., Fil. Exot., 

 tab. IL; L. elongala, BL, var. Cumingiana, Hk., Spec. Fil., Ill, tab. CXLIII; 

 BlechnuiH Patersoni, Melt., Christ, Farnkr. d. Erde, 176, p. p.; C. Chr , Ind. 

 Fil.; Slegania Patersoni, R. Br., (oldest name); — var. elongata; L. elongala, 

 BL, Rac, Flor. Biz., I, 160.'; B. Patersoni, Melt., var. maj'us, Copel., Philipp. 

 Journ., I, Suppl., 152. . 



Rbizome short-creeping or erect, clothed with ovate-lanceolate, brown 

 scales. Stipes 5 — 8 c.M. long, erect, rather scaly below. Barren fronds simple, 

 ± 30 c.M. long, under 2 % c.M. broad, broadest + '/s of the distance from the 

 top, narrowed gradually downwards, the point acuminate, the margin carti- 

 lagineous, wavy. Texture coriaceous: veins inconspicuous. Fertile fronds 

 linear, + 3 m.M. broad, simple, or branched with 1 or more segments on 1 

 or both sides. Sori occupying the whole space between the midrib and the edge. 



Var. elongata : Sterile and fertile fronds deeply pinnatifid, 60 c.M. 

 or more long, the barren ones cut down into + 6 — 10 segments on each side, 

 which are + 13 — 25 c.M. long, ± S'/j c.M. broad, suddenly dilated and 

 decurrent, and free or confluent at the base; fertile pinnae often numerous, 

 erecto-patent, as long as the barren ones, but narrowly linear, mostly connected 

 at the base by a very narrow wing. 



Malaya; South. India, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Tasmania. 



* (2) Ij. vulcanica, JSI., Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 161; Hk,, Icon. PL, X, 

 tab. CMLXIX; Blechnum vulcanicitm, iTuAw, Farnkr. d. Erde, 179; C. Chr., Ind. Fil. 



Rhizome short, erect, clothed with long, linear-lanceolate or subulate 



