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28. L. njffra, CX ; onK^i siont, clothed at the crown with liaear scales ; gf. 

 slender, erect, denady scaly, 2-3 in. L ; barren Jr. 4-6 in. L, 1-1^ in. br., linear- 

 }blon?, with a large blnntish sinnated point, cnt down below to the rachis into 

 nnmerons lonndish-oblong snnated pbmtE on each ^e^ which are ^-} in. h, 

 j-y in br., the lower ones quite distinct and a short distance from one another ; 

 texture herbaceous ; edUmr dark-gieen ; senu fine ; fertile fr. with lonsrer stalks, 

 the terminal pinna long^ linear, Uie lateral ones linear^ erecto-patent. — Si. Sp. 3. 

 t. So. Ic. t. 960. 



Hab. Sew Zealand. A very distinct species of beibaceons teztore, with Uie lows 

 pinns quite distinct, bat a lazge tenniual portion of the frond lobed only. 



29. L. flatifaUis, Spreng. ; eaud. 3-4 in. L, stont, clothed towards the crown 

 with linear bright-brown scales ; $t. 3-4 in. L, erect, densely scaly ; harreafir. 

 linear, 6-18 in. L, 1-2 in. hi. ; pianm oblong, obtnse, spreading, not decnrrent, 

 J-f in. L, ^-| in. br., the npper ones nearly eontignoos, the lower ones shorter 

 and more distant ; texture herbaceous ; reing conspicnoos ; fertile pittncB linear 

 obtnse, |-} in. L, J^ in. br., erecto-patent, the lower ones with more than their 

 own length between their bases ; racMs paleaceous thronghont. — SI. Sp. -.p. 34. 



Hab. Xew Zealand, Tan Diemen's Land, South Australia. — ^Easily recognistble &om 

 sSi the others bjr the ^lape of its pinnae 



30. L. meairantuea. Col. ; eaud. short, the scales linear, dark-brown ; St. very 

 short ; barren fr. linear-oblong, 6-9 in. 1., 1-1^ in. far. ; pinnoe spreading or 

 erecto-patent, linear-oblong, obtnse, crenated, the largest f in. L, ^ in.br., the 

 lower ones qnite distinct at the base, but contignons, the lowest gradually 

 reduced to mere auricles ; tenure coriaceous ; veins often conspicnous ; fertile fr. 

 on a tt. several in. L ; jamus subdistant, linear, erecto-patent ; radds naked. — 

 St. Sp. 3. p. 34. 1. 145. 



Hab. Xew Zealand. — Intermediate in halnt between the last and L. UmceokUa. 

 '^'^'^ StarOe fronds hipinnatifid or l^nnate. Sp. 31-34. 



31. L. Sxa^^Ua, Baker ; eaud. stout, oblique, densely clotiied with linear- 

 subulate dark-brown scales ; gterUe fr. orate, 6-8 in. L, 3-4 in. br., its stem 

 stout, erect, 4-6 in. L, dark chesnut-brown, paleaceous below ; pinmB linear, 

 spreading horizontally, the largest 1|^ in. L, f in. br., cut down throughout 

 halfway to the rachis into orate-mucronate lobes, not at all adnate at the base ; 

 texture coriaceous, both sor&ces naked ; teim strong and prominent, the lateral 

 ones in each of the lobes of the pinnae usually once branched ; fertile fr. on a st, 

 1 ft. 1. ; pinnce distant, narrowly linear, 3-4 in. L ; radas naked and dark 

 chesnnt-brown like the stipe. — Blechnum, MeOen. ArmaUs, iter. vol. lb. p. 71- 



Hab. Xew Caledonia, VieSlard, 1532. — ^By their bi{nnoatifid barren fronds, this and 

 the next connect L. Fraieri with the rest of the genns, bnt the fertile fiond is jnst HaX 

 of a typical Lomaria. 



32. L. Lenormandi, Baker ; st. 4t-6 in. L, strong, erect, densely clothed with 

 long brown fibrillae ; sterile fr. oblong-lanceolate, 12-18 in. L, 6-8 in. br., with 

 numerous quite distinct linear pinn<E on each side, which are 3-4 in. L, rather 

 more than ^ in. br., cut down rery nearly to the rachis thron?liout into finely- 

 toothed linear falcate pinid., the lower ones growing shorter very gradually - 

 texture herbaceons ; rachis fibrillose throughout ; veinkts of the pinnules incon- 

 spicuous ; fert. pinrue very nnmerons, narrowly linear, qnite entire, 2-3 in. L, 

 ^in. ^art. 



Hab. STew Caledonia, VieSlard.— Tlas is sent as S. amiiguum, Mett, bat this latter 

 from the description is a simply pinnate plant near L. pncera. Here the barren frord 

 resembles that of L. Frateri in catting, bnt the laehis is fibrillose, not winged, whiL.-t 

 the fertile frond is not materially different from a laige number of the foregoing. 



