1 14 FERNS : ERITieH AND FOEEIGX. 



Veins uniform, simple or forked, direct, parallel, free. Fertile 



Genus 38.— Portions of fertile and barren fronds, natural size, and portion 

 of fertile, enlarged. No. 2. 



pinna plane, often broad, sporangiferous on the under side; 

 margin membranous, narrow, subindusiform. 



1. L. sortaifolia, Fee. Acrostichum sorbifolium, Linn. ; (Plum. 



Fil. 1. 117). Stenoclitena sorbifolia, J. Sm. Gen. Fit. — 

 West Indies. 



2. L. longifolia, /. Sm. Lomaria longifolia, Kaulf. Lowe's 



New Ferns, t. 37. Acrostichum Yapurense, HooJe. 

 Garcl. Ferns, t. 57. Acrostichum phlebodes, Kunze ; 

 Soolc. Sp. Fil. 5, p. 24, sub Acrostichum sorbifolium. — 

 West Indies and Tropical America. 



3. L. heteromorpha, /. Sm. Stenochtena heteromorpho, 



/. Sm. Gen. Fil. 1841. Lomaria filiformis, A. Cunn. 

 Hoolc. Sp. Fil. 3, t. 149. Lomaria propinqua, 



A. Cunn. — New Zealand. 



** Veins combined at the margin. 



39. OLFEESIA, Badd.; Presl. 



Vernation uniserial, contiguous; sarmentum scandent, squa- 

 mose. Fronds pinnate, 1-3 feet long. Veins uniform, simple 



