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little ragged ; the opposite edges, in a dry state, approaching so close 

 as almost to conceal the costa and the axillary sporangia. 



Detected by us only in the above locality, during a hurried journey 

 made through that country in the autumn of 1841. In habit the 

 plant bears a close resemblance to the Allosorus acrosticTwides. 



Plate 13. — Fig. 2. Entire plant, of the natural size. 2 a. Section 

 of a pinnule. 2 b. Sporangia. 2 c. Sporules. — The details are mag- 

 nified. 



44. LOMARIA, Willd. 



(Stegania, R. Br.) 



* Frondes pinnatse vel profunde pinnatijidae. 



1. LOMARIA DISCOLOR, Willd. 



Lomaria discolor, Willd. Spec. PI. 5, p. 293; A. Rich. Bot. Voy. Astrol. p. 87; A. 

 Cunn. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. 2, p. 363. 



Hab. Vicinity of the Bay of Islands, New Zealand : in woods ; 

 frequent. Illawarra, New South Wales. 



A handsome and well-marked species, and, judging from our speci- 

 mens, very constant in its character. In habit it very much resembles 

 many species of Nephrolepis. 



2. Lomaria lanceolata, A. Cunn. 



Lomaria lanceolata, A. Cunn. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. 2, p. 363. 

 Stegania lanceolata, R. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. p. 152; A. Rich. Bot. Voy. Astrol. 

 p. 68. 



Hab. Wangarara Bay, New Zealand : in woods. 



The sterile fronds are pinnatifid; the fertile ones pinnate, about 



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