Descriptions of the Species. 
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Cosmopolitan ; not uncommon, but rather local in South 
Africa. 
West.— Abundant all round Table Mountain, Paarlberg, Hex River, 
Worcester, Knysna, &c. 
East. — Zuurberg, Albany, Graaffreinet, Somerset East, Kat River, &c. 
Kaff. — All along the forest range, mostly above the forest, and most 
abundant, and vigorous where bush fires have lately cleared the ground. 
Almost absent from the low grass veldt. Komgha (Flanagan). 
Natal. — All over the colony. 
Free State (Harper), Transvaal, Magalisberg (Sanderson). 
Genus XVI. — Lomaria. Willd. 
Sori occupying the whole underside of the contracted fertile 
pinnae, except the mid-rib, and covered by a continuous marginal 
or almost marginal indusium opening inward. Fertile fronds 
usually distinct. A very natural genus in which most of the 
species agree in habit, having dimorphous fronds, and sub-erect 
rhizomes, or erect caudices. One of our species, L. punctulata, 
sometimes adheres to the above generic character, but the sori 
vary, and forms of it occur answering to Blechnum, Asplenium, 
and Scolopendrium. Blechnum australis, which also varies, 
frequently has the fructification answering to this genus. 
Synopsis of the species. 
§ Pinnae of barren frond attached to the mid-rib along the whole of its 
widened base. 
59. L. inflexa. Barren frond one foot long ; fertile frond six to nine 
inches long, one inch broad. 
60. L. attenuata. Both barren and fertile fronds three to five feet long, 
eight to ten inches broad at the middle. 
§§ Pinnae of barren frond narrowed to the base or stalked. 
61. L. punctulata. Pinnae numerous, the lower gradually much 
reduced ; rhizome sub-erect. 
Var. Atherstoni. Sori close to and parallel with the mid-rib ; indu- 
sium straight as in Blechnum. 
Var. intermedia. Sori close to the mid-rib, but indusium not straight. 
Var. Krebsii. Sori medial, two meeting face to face, as in Scolopen- 
drium. 
62. L. procera. Lower pinnae not reduced ; rhizome creeping. 
