178 33. LOMARIA, § EULOMARIA. 



15. L. onocleoides, Spreng. ; rhixome long, scandent, densely clothed with 

 linear chesnut-brown scales; barren fr. on st. S-i in. \., lanceolate, 12-18 in. 1., 

 1-2 in. br., narrowed very gradually below ; pinnce 1 in. 1. or less, ^-^ in. br., 

 lanceolate, dilated at the base, narrowed gradually towards the point ; texture 

 very coriaceous, the surface shining and the veins beneath prominently chan- 

 nelled ; fertih fr. on st. 4-6 in. 1. ; pinnce linear, 1-1^ in. 1., central ones J in. 

 apart at the base ; invol. broad, involute. — Hk. Sp. 3. p. 10. *. 146. 



Hab. West lodies and Ecuador. — A more rigid plant than the four preceding, with 

 a different oaudex. The pinnae recall those oi atte/nuata, but are much shorter. 



16. L. obtusata, Labill. ; caud. stout, suberect, clothed with dark-brown linear 

 scales ; St. 2-3 in. 1., strong, erect, scaly below ; barren fr. linear-lanceolate, 

 narrowed very gradually towards both ends ; pinnce close, erecto-patent, linear, 

 slightly falcate, bluntish, -^ in. 1., \ in. br., the lower ones reduced down to mere 

 auricles ; texture coriaceous ; veins inconspicuous ; fertile fr. rather longer and 

 on longer stalks ; pinnce narrowly linear, falcate, \ in. apart, deourrent at the 

 base.— r-Xai. Sert. t. 6. 



Hab. New Caledonia. — Very like L. Spicant in general outline, but much more rigid, 

 with au elongated caudex. 



17. L. iSpicant, Desv. ; rhisome stout, short-creeping ; barren fr. on stalks 

 2-3 in. 1., lanceolate, 6-9 in. 1., l-\\ in. br., narrowed gradually below ; pinnce 

 linear, ^| in. 1., J in. br., bluntish or mucronate, slightly dilated at the base ; 

 texture herbaceous ; veins inconspicuous ; fertile fr. often 1 ft. 1., 2 in. br., on st, 

 6-9 in. 1., chesnut-coloured and polished ; narrowly linear pinnce J-f in. apart, 

 dilated at the base, the line of fructification at first slightly intramarginal. — 

 Hh. Sp. 3. p. 14. Brit. F. t. 40. L. niponicum, Kunze. 



Hab. Throughout Europe from the Arctic regions to Madeira and Crete, Caucasus, 

 Kamtschatka, Japan, N. W. America. — In this and the next the fertile fronds are erect, 

 and the barren ones more or less spreading. It seems probable that BlecTmii/m doodioides, 

 Hook. Sp. Fil. 3. p. 60. *. 153. which has not been refound, is a Doodioid form of this, 

 analogous to the one which occurs in L. punctulaia. 



18. L. alpina, Spreng. ; rhizome slender, wide-creeping, clothed with lan- 

 ceolate-ferruginous scales at the crown ; barren fr. 4-8 in. 1., i-| in. br., linear- 

 lanceolate, with spreading close-placed linear-oblong, obtuse ptnnce ^ in. 1., ^ in. 

 or rather more br. ; texture subcoriaceous ; racMs naked ; fertile fr. on st. 4-12 in. 

 I. ;pinn(e narrower and more distant ; invol. slightly intramarginal. — Hk. Sp. 3. 

 p. 16. Fil! Exot. t. 32. Polypodium Penna-marina, Pair., oldest name. 



Hab. S. Brazil ; plentiful in Temperate S. America, New Zealand, Van Diemen's 

 Land, Alps of S. Australia. — A smaller plant than L. Spicant, with a slender wide- 

 creeping rhizome, and the pinnae, especially of, the fertile frond, broader and shorter. 



19. L. BcmJcsii, Hk. fil. ; caud. stout, woodj', elongated, clothed upwards with 

 lanceolate ferruginous scales ; st. 3-4 in. ]., erect, dark-coloured, scaly below ; 

 barren fr. lanceolate, 6-9 in. 1., about 1 in. br. ; pinnce spreading, oblong, obtuse, 

 §-| in. 1., J in. br., close-placed, passing gradually downwards into a sinuated 

 decurrent wing to the stem ; fertile fr. smaller and more slender ; pinnce 

 narrower and more distant ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis naked. — Hk. Sp, 8. p. 

 17 HLfll. Fl. N. Z. t, 76. 



Hab. New Zealand. — Easily distinguished from all its allies by its oblong obtuse 

 pinnae, even the upper ones more than half as broad as long. 



20. L. pvmila, Raoul ; rhizome slender, creeping, clothed with bluntish ferru- 

 ginous scales at the apex ; bctrren fr. lanceolate, 3-4 in. 1., ^ in. br. ; pinnce 

 spreading, linear-oblong, obtuse, crenated, J in. 1., i in. br., the stem about 1 in. 

 1. ; fertile fr. on it. 3-4 in. 1. ; the ^m«(e linear-oblong with a considerable space 



