1964 CLVI. FILICES. [Lomaria. 



2. L. vulcanica (first found near volcanoes), Blume ; Hook. Spec. Filicnii. 

 12, Ic. PL t. 969, Syn. Filic. 176 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. vii. 785, Rhizome thick or 

 shortly creeping, covered with shining black hair-like scales. Fronds under 1ft. 

 high, glabrous, deeply pinnatifid with numerous segments ; those of the barren 

 fronds lanceolate, falcate, confluent by their broad base, the lower ones 1 to 2in. 

 long, 3 to 6 hues broad, the lowest pair scarcely smaller and sometimes reflexed, 

 the upper segments gradually diminished to short lobes. Segments of the fertile 

 fronds nearly as long, under 2 lines broad except the dilated adnate base.— Hook, 

 f. Fl. Tasm. ii. 143. 



Hab.; A apeeimen with barren fronds only from York Peninsula, N. Taylor, appears to bethis 

 plant. —Benth. 



Also in New Zealand, Java and the South Pacific Islands. 



8. I., discolor (2-colored), Willd./, Hook. Spec. Filic. iii. 5, Syn. Filic. 175 ; 

 Benth. Fl. Austr. vii. 735. Ehizome thick, ascending into a trunk of 1ft. or more. 

 Fronds 1 to 2ft. or sometimes longer, pinnate or deeply pinnatifid, the rha,ohis 

 and stipes glabrous and shining black, with scales only at the base of the stipes. 

 Larger pinnules of the barren fronds 1| to 3 or even 4in. long, broadly linear, or 

 narrow-lanceolate, mostly connected by their dilated base, usually of a thicker 

 texture, and the veins less conspicuous than in L. lanceolata, the lower ones 

 gradually smaller and more distinct. Pinnules of the fertile fronds very 

 numerous, 1 to 4in. long, 1^ to 2 lines broad. — Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. ii. 143 ; F. v. 

 M. Fragm. v. 121 ; Sieb. Fl. Mixt. n. 245 ; Bail. Litho. Ferns Ql. 83 and 84 ; 

 Stegania nuda and S.falcata, R. Br. Prod. 153 ; Onoclea niida, Labill. PL Nov. 

 Holl. ii. 96, t. 246. 



Hab : Boekingham Bay. Dallachy ; Maroochie, Bailey ; Tallebudgera, Schneider, 

 Also in New Zealand and Norfolk Island. 



4. Ii. lanceolata (lance-like), Spreng. ; Hook. Spec. Filic. iii. 11, Ic. PL t. 

 429, Syn. Filic. 177 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. vii. 735. Rhizome thick, sometimes 

 rising into a trunk of ^ft. or more. Fronds 6in. to above 1ft. long, deeply 

 pinnatifid or pinnate, the rhachis glabrous, usually pale-coloured or green. 

 Segments of the barren fronds oblong or lanceolate, dilated at the baSe, contiguous 

 and often confluent, the longer ones f to near 2in. long and 4 to 6 lines broad, 

 the lower gradually smaller, the lowest very short and broad. Segments of the 

 fertile fronds under lin. long, about 1|- line broad. — Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. ii. 148 ; 

 F. V. M. Fragm. v. 121 ; Bail. Litho. Ferns Ql. 85 ; Stegania lanceolata, R. Br. 

 Prod. 152. 



Hab.: Johnstone River, W. B. Kefford. These specimens were imperfect but seemed rather 

 to belong to this than any other species. 



Also in New Zealand and the Pacific-Islands. 



5. Ii. capensis (of Cape of Good Hope), Willd. ; F. v. M. Fragm. v. 121 ; 

 Benth. Fl. Austr. vii. 737. Red-cabbage Fern. Rhizome thick and scaly, short or 

 ascending to a short trunk. Fronds pinnate, the segments of the barren ones 

 broadly lanceolate, very oblique at the base and attached only by the midrib, the 

 lowest pairs not much smaller or very rarely one small pair lower down, otherwise 

 very variable, the frond sometimes 3 to 4ft. long with numerous rigid pinnae 3 

 to 6in. long and lin. broad, and from that to a whole frond of 6in. with 

 membranous pinnae of ^ to- lin., the rhachis slightly scaly or glabrous. Fertile 

 fronds equally variable, the narrow linear pinnae in some specimens under lin. in 

 ■others above 6in. long. — L. procera, Spreng.; Hook. Spec, Filic. iii. 22, Syn. 

 Filic. 179, Ic. PI. t, 427, Gard. Ferns t. 53 ; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. ii. 142; Bail, 

 Litho. Ferns Ql. 86 ; Blechnum procerum, Labill. PL Nov. Holl. ii. 97, t. 247 ; 

 Stegania minor and S. procera, R. Br. Prod. 153. 



Hab.: Boekingham Bay, Dallachy : Mount Lindsay, W. Hill ; Bowen, WoolU. Common in 

 southern localities. 



The species is dispersed over tropical and southern extratropical America, the Malayan 

 Archipelago, i)ie south Pacific Islands and New Zealand. 



