1-7G 33. LOMAIUA, § EULOMARIA. 



6. L. attenuata, Willd. ; caud. long, horizontal, stout, densely clothed at the 

 apex with linear-subulate, bright-brown scales ; St. 4-6 in. 1., erect, naked or 

 slightly scaly below ; fr. 1-3 ft. 1., 6-9 in. br., ovate, narrowed very gradually 

 downwards ; barren pinnm numerous, contiguous, spreading, linear, 3-4 in. 1., 

 ^-| in. br., narrowing gradually towards the point, which is sometimes bluntly 

 serrated, dilated on both sides at the base ; textwre coriaceous ; veins strong ; 

 fertile pinnm as numerous but very narrow (^-1 lin. br.) ; rachis naked. — Hk, 

 Sp.S.p.Q. L. gigantea, .EosM^. Hk.Sp.S.p.W. 



Hab. America from the West Indies and Guatemala southward to Brazil and Juan 

 Fernandez ; Polynesian Islands, Norfolk Island, Mauritius, Bourbon, Fernando Po, and 

 Cape Colony. — L. pteropus, Kunze, is evidently a form with the lower pinnse confluent. 

 Occasionally all the pinnae are obliterated, and we have an entire lanceolate frond like 

 that of L. Patersoni, 



7. L. L' Herminieri, Bory ; caud. ultimately elongated, densely clothed with 

 linear dark-brown scales ; St. 4-6 in. 1., strong, erect, dark-brown, paleaceous ; 

 barren Jr. ovate-lanceolate, 9-15 in. 1., 3-4 in. br. ; the, pinnm dilated at the base, 

 slightly falcate, 2 in. or rather more 1., \ in. br., the point bluntish, a few of the 

 lower ones cut down suddenly into mere auricles ; textwre coriaceous ; colour 

 dark-green, both surfaces naked ; veins not conspicuous ; fertile pinnm 2-3 in. 

 I., i in. br., the lower ones ^-1 in, apart at the base. — Hk. Sp. 3. p. 9. Gard. 

 Ferns, t. 40. 



Hab. America from the West Indies and Columbia southward to Chih. — Probably 

 the same species as the Australian and Polynesian lanceolata. 



8. L. Plumieri, Desv. ; caud. thick, creeping or suberect, densely scaly at the 

 crown; St. 6-12 in. h, stout, erect, dark-coloured, naked ;/h 2-3 ft. 1., 9-12 in.br., 

 oblong-lanceolate, abruptly terminated at the base ; pinnm very numerous on 

 each side, spreading, those of the barren frond 4-6 in. 1., ^-j in. br., cut down 

 very nearly to the base, the edges flat, entire, contiguous, the point acuminated ; 

 texture subcoriaceous ; veins obscure, subparallel, nearly ^ in. apart at the base ; 

 fertile pinnm 4-6 in. 1., ^ in. br., often variously curved, dilated at the base ; 

 rachis naked. — Hk. Sp. 3. p. 7. L. divergens, Kunze. 



Hab. Tropical America from the West Indies and Columbia southward to Eio Janeiro 

 and Peru. — In some of the forms the pinnse are nearly equal at the base, in others few in 

 number and conspicuously dilated. This and the next may be known from all the pre- 

 ceding by the abrupt termination of the frond in a downward direction, the lowest pair 

 of pinnse being usually not much shorter than the others. 



9. L. mlcamica, Blume ; caud. thick, erect or suhprostrate, densely clothed at the 

 crown with subulate blackish scales ; st. 4-6 in. 1., pale, erect, paleaceous below ; 

 fr. 6-18 in. 1., 3-6 in. br., the barren one ovate-lanceolate, not narrowed at the base 

 or the lower pinnae abbreviated ; pinnm spreading, lanceolate, 2-4 in. 1., \-\ in. 

 hr., the base slightly dilated, the point acute or bluntish, the lowest pair 

 deflexed ; texture coriaceous, the margin cartilaginous and undulated ; veins fine 

 and prominent beneath, the surface and margin often slightly hairy ; fertile 

 pinnm linear, distant, dilated suddenly at the base, 2-4 in. 1., I in. \iX.—Hk. Sp.~ 

 3. p. 13. Ic. t. 969. L. pilosa, Brack. 



Hab. Java, Polynesian Islands, New Zealand, and Van Diemen's Land.. 



10. L. opaca. Baker ; caud. ascending, clothed at the crown with numerous 

 linear dark-brown scales ; barren fr. ovate, narrowed very gradually below, 

 6-12 in. 1., 'i-Qin.'hT.; pinnm numerous, close, spreading horizontally, linear- 

 oblong, 1-2 in. 1., -^-j in. br., dilated and connected at the base, the margin 

 undulato-dentate, and the apex bluntly rounded and emarginate ; *ea«Mre thick - 

 and coriaceous ; veins fine, at least twice branched, sometimes anastomosing 



