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fronds, which are of similar oblong shape, the leaflets are longer, very narrow, 

 and auriculate (eared) at the base. — Lowe^ Ferns British and Exotic^ 

 iv., tt. 50 and 58. 



L. Banksii — Bank'-si-i (Banks's), Hooher. 



A greenhouse species, of small dimensions, 

 native of New Zealand. It is easily distinguished 

 at first sight from all its allies by 

 the peculiar shape of its leaflets, the 

 upper ones being frequently more 

 than half as broad as they are long. 

 The barren fronds, 6in. to 9in. long 

 and about lin. broad, are furnished 

 with closely- set, oblong, blunt, spread- 

 ing leaflets of a leathery texture and 

 dull green colour. The fertile fronds, 

 smaller and slenderer, have leaflets 

 narrower and more distant. Both 

 kinds are produced from a short, 

 stout, stem of a woody nature and 

 clothed upwards with spear-shaped 

 scales of a rusty-brown colour, and 

 are borne on erect, dark-coloured 

 stalks of a scaly nature at the base. 

 — Hooker^ Species Filicum, iii., p. 17. 

 Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, 

 ii., p. 293. /. Hooker, Flora of 

 New Zealand, t. 76. 



L. bipinnatifida — bip-in-na-tif - 



id-a (twice divided nearly to the Fi^. 94. Barren and Fertile Fronds of Lomaria bleclmoides 



midrib) . A variety of L. discolor. 



(i nat. size). 



L. blechnoides— blech-no-i'-des (Blechnum-hke), Bory. 



This is a greenhouse species, of small dimensions, native of ChiH, and 

 closely related to the better-known L. lanceolata, from which, however, it is 



