180 33. liOMARIA, § EULOMAUIA. 



jji-ominent ; racMs and midrib more or less chaffy ; fertile j/r. with narrow linear 

 pinnse 3-4 in. 1. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador, Spruce, 5329.— Most like I. procera, of whiob it may be an 

 abnormal form. Pinnae at least 4 in. distant at the base. 



24. L. Bori/ma, Willd. ; ' caud. stout, erect, 1-2 ft. high, woody, densely 

 clothed with dark-coloured, firm linear-subulate scales ; st. stout, erect, 4-6 m. 1. ; 

 ba/rren Jr. ovate, 1-2 ft. 1., 6-8 in. br. ; pinnm close-placed, ereoto-patent, lan- 

 ceolate, narrowed gradually to the point, narrowed and sometimes auricled at 

 the base, 3-6 in. 1., | in. or rather more br. ; texture coriaceous ; veins incon- 

 spicuous ; fertile pinnce narrow, linear, rather close ; invol. brown, membrana- 

 ceous, fimbriated, sometimes slightly intramarginal.— L. magellanica, Deiv. Hi. 

 ^3p. 2. p. 27. Gard. Ferns, t. 62. L. tabularis, Mett., oldest name. 



Hab. W. Indies southward to Falkland Islands and Straits of Magellan ; Mauritius, 

 Bourbon, Madagascar, Angola, and S. Africa. — Very near L. procera, but a stouter- 

 growing plant, with narrower and more spreading pinnae. Perhaps the best distinction 

 is in the scales, which here are very dense, long, and fibre-like. Usually the rachis is 

 quite naked, but in a stout-growing form from festan d'Acunha (L, roimta, Carm.), it is 

 densely scaly throughout. 



26. L. acuta, Desv. ; caud. stout, elongated, densely scaly at the crown ; st. 

 strong, erect, 4-6 in. 1., dark-coloured, paleaceous below ; fr. stout, erect, ovate, 

 2-3 ft. 1., 1 ft. br., with numerous pinnae on each side, which are quite distinct 

 and 1 in. or more distant at the base, linear, 4-6 in. 1., nearly 1 in. br., entire at 

 the edge, and narrowed gradually towards both eijds ; texture coriaceous ; veins 

 inconspicuous, both surfaces naked ; fertile pinrwe 1 in. distant, narrowly linear, 

 4-6 in. 1. ; rachis stout, erect, naked. — L. cuspidata, Kze. Hk. Sp. 3. p. 30. 

 t. 151. 



Hab. Peru and New Granada. — Most like L. procera, but the pinnae are much more 

 distantly placed and are gradually narrowed to' a sligjitly adnate base from two-thirds 

 of the way down. 



26. L. flliformis. Cunning. ; rMaome scandent, stout, paleaceous ; s*. distant, 

 1-4 in. 1. ; sterile fr. ovate-;lanceolate, 1-2 ft. 1., 3-4 in. br. ; pinnm numerous, 

 spreading, linear, 2-3 in. 1., \ in. br., distinctly stalked, narrowed gradually 

 towards the point and regularly crenato- dentate throughout ; fr. of the lower 

 part of the caudex often much smaller, linear in general outline, 3-4 in. 1., 

 1 in. br., with oblong obtuse sharply-toothed pinnse ; fertile fr. ovate, with 

 numerous narrowly linear pinnae 3-4 in. 1. ; rachis naked. — HJc. Sp. 3. p. 33. 

 Stenoclilsena heteromorpha, J. Smith. Osmunda reptans, Banks and Sol., 

 oldest name. 



Hab. New Zealand and Fiji. — A very distinct species, easily recognizable by its 

 trimorphio- fronds. Species 21-26 in size and habit recall 3-10, but are more distinctly 

 pinnate. 



27. L. Oermainii, Hk. ; caud. elongated, clothed at the a,pex with lanceolate 

 pale-brown scales ; st. 1-2 in. 1., erect, firm, scaly ; barren jr. 2-3 in. 1., |-1 in. 

 br., oblong-lanceolate, with imbricated spreading linear obtuse crenate pinnse, 

 the largest | in. 1., \ in. br., the lower ones distant aoid narrowing down 

 gradually to mere auricles ; texture stout, coriaceous ; veins inconspicuous ; 

 feHile fr. on longer stalks, with pinnae nearly as broad and close as the others ; 

 rachis naked.— J!3*, Sp. S.p. 32. *. 162. 



Hab. Chili ; gathered by M. Germain.— Most like L. alpina in size and habit, but the 

 lower pinnae distinctly separated. We have a garden specimen of what looks like the 

 same, but is more slender and elongated, marked " L. crenulata, Moore, MSS. Japan' 

 Vdtch," 



