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are more distant and ascending in their direction. Indusium membra- 

 naceous, lacerated. 



Plate 15. — Fig. 1.1. Sterile and fertile fronds, of the natural size. 

 1 a. Section of the stipe, at the base. 1 b. Section, showing the under 

 side of a sterile pinna. 1 c. Section, showing the sporangia and re- 

 ceptacle. 1 d. Scale from the base of the stipe. 1 e. Hairs from 

 veins on the under side. — The details magnified. 



11. Lomakia Gilliesii, EooJc. & Grev. 



Lomaria Gilliesii, Hook. & Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 207 ; Presl, Tent. Pterid. p. 143. 



Hab. Organ Mountains, Brazil. 



Here we have a plant from a humid, densely wooded, mountainous 

 region of Brazil, agreeing precisely with the figure and description 

 of one from Mendoza. 



12. Lomakia Chilensis, Kaulf. 



Lomaria Chilensis, Kaulf. Enum. Fil. p. 154 ; Hook. Gen. Fil. t. 64, B. 

 Hab. Vicinity of Valparaiso, Chili. 



Plant large and of a very robust habit, growing in patches or 

 groups, in valleys near the sea-coast, a few miles south of Valparaiso, 

 where it is to be met with in abundance. 



13. Lomaria Magellanica, Desvaux. 



Lomaria Magellanica, Desvaux, ex Hook. f. Fl. Antarc. p. 393. 

 L. setigera, Gaud. Bot. Freyc. Voy. p. 400. 



Hab. Vicinity of Orange Harbour, Tierra del Fuego. 



This is undoubtedly the L. Magellanica of Desvaux, which Gaudi- 



