124 Vll LASTREA. 
ASPIDIUM BPINCLOSCM, Smith Eng. FL iv. 279, according to a 
epeciuieu communicated as authentic by Mr. H. Shepherd. 
& dumelorum : fronds broadly subtriangular ovate, 
bipinnate dwarf; lobes of the pinnules strongly serrated 
ftt the ends ; scales of the stipes two-coloured but pallid. 
ASPIDIUX DUMETOKUM, Smith Eng., FL iv. 281. 
e. angusta: fronds linear- lanceolate bipinnate; pinnae 
short deltoid, the inferior and superior pinnules of the low- 
est pinnae very unequal ; scales of the stipes two-coloured 
but pallid. 
. maculata : fronds oblong-ovate, with stalked glands 
beneath, most numerous along the ribs ; bipinnate ; scales 
of the stipes broad-lanceolate, whole-coloured, pallid. 
LASTKEA MACCLATA, Deakin Florigr. Brit iv. 110. 
17. glandulow. fronds lanceolate-ovate, or elongate- 
lanceolate, densely covered with stalked glands beneath, 
as well as on the stipes and rachis ; scales of the stipes 
whole-coloured, pallid, broadly lanceolate-ovate. 
LASTREA OLANDUIAWA, Newman Phytol. iv. 258. LOPHODIUM 
<n.AM>i i.u.sr.M, Ncwm. App., xviii LopHODiBM GI.ANDI LIFKHOI, 
Newm Phyt. iv. 371. 
The Broad prickly-toothed Buckler Fern has a large 
tufted caudex, surmounted by a dense scaly crown, to 
which the fronds are terminal and adherent. The fronds 
vary from one foot or a foot and a half, to four or five feet 
in height, and assume when full grown a more or less 
curved or semi-drooping habit. The young fronds, which 
at the first are circulate in their vernation, are seen as 
they unfold, to be arranged differently in the upper part, 
