LO MARIA. 



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L. magellanica — mag-el-lan'-ic-a (from Magellan). Synonymous with 

 L. Boryana. 



L. membranacea — mem-bra-na'-ce-a (parchment-like), Colenso. 



A singular and very interesting, greenhouse species, intermediate in habit 

 between L. fluviatilis and L. lanceolata, and a native of New Zealand. Its 

 barren fronds, narrow-oblong in shape, 6in. to 9in. long, lin. to IJin. broad, 

 and borne on very short stalks, are produced from a short stem clothed with 

 narrow, dark brown scales. Their leaflets, of a leathery texture, narrow- 

 oblong, blunt, and notched, are quite distinct at the base, though connected, 

 the lowest being gradually reduced to mere auricles. The fertile fronds, 

 which have narrow and distantly-placed leaflets, are borne on a stalk several 

 inches long. — Hooker., Species Filicum., iii., p. 34, t. 145. 



L. nigra — nig'-ra (black), Colenso. 



This greenhouse species, native of New Zealand, is a very distinct plant, 

 of soft, papery texture. Its barren fronds, 4in. to Gin. long, lin. to Ijin. 

 broad, and borne on slender, erect stalks 2in. to Sin. long and densely scaly, 

 are formed of a large terminal portion, bluntish and sinuated (lobed) only, 

 and several pairs of roundish-oblong, dark green leaflets Jin. to |in. long, 

 Jin. to |in. broad, the lower ones quite distinct and disposed at a short 

 distance from one another. The fertile fronds are borne on longer stalks 

 than the barren ones ; they are composed of a long and narrow terminal 

 leaflet and a few lateral ones, also narrow and contracted. — Hooker, Species 

 Filicum, iii., p. 35 ; Icones Pla?itarum, t. 960. Nicholson, Dictionary of 

 Gardening, ii., p. 294. 



L. nuda — nu'-da (naked). A variety of L. discolor. 



L. onocleoides — on-oc-le-o-i'-des (Onoclea-like), Sprengel. 



This beautiful, distinct, evergreen, stove species, native of the West 

 Indies and Ecuador, is now becoming rare in cultivation. Its handsome and 

 gracefully-arching barren fronds (Fig. 98), Ift. to IJft. long, lin. to 2in. 

 broad, are spear-shaped and very gradually narrowed below. Their leaflets, 

 of a very leathery texture and shining on their dark green upper surface, are 

 closely set ; they are lin. or less in length, scarcely Jin. broad, dilated at the 



