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FERNS : BRITISH AND FOREIGN. 



122. LOXSOMA, B. Br. 



Vernation uniserial, sarmentose. Fronds long slipitate, 

 deltoid, decompound, 1-1J foot high, glaucous beneath ; lacunae 

 lanceolate, dentate. Veins simple or forked ; venules free, their 

 apices prolonged, forming a free columnar receptacle. Special 



Genus 122 — Portions of barren and fertile frond, natural size; 

 ditto, enlarged. No. 1. 



and Accessory Indusia united, forming a vertical, urceolate, 

 cxtrorse cyst. Sporangia obovate, pedicellate, seated round the 

 receptacle, which is elongated beyond the mouth of the indu- 

 sium. King of sporangium oblique. 



1. L. Cunninghamii, B. Br. ; Hoolc. et Bauer. Gen.Fil.t.15; 

 Comp. to Bot. Mag. t. 31, 32; Hook. Gard. Ferns, 

 . t. 31.— New Zealand. 



