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New Zealand Ferns 
( 71 ) L. Norfolkiana (after Norfolk Island). A 
large form of L. lanceolata, occurring on the Kerma- 
decs, Three Kings, and Little Barrier. 
Description . — Root short, stout, erect or inclined. Stalks 
short, stout, 2 to 4 inches long, scaly at base. Barren fronds nu- 
merous, forming a large, handsome crown, erect or spreading, 
1 to 3 feet long by 3 to 6 inches broad, tapering from the middle 
to both ends, dark-green. Fertile fronds rather shorter than the 
barren. 
Ivermadec, Three Kings and Little Barrier Islands. 
The species can be distinguished from L. lanceolata 
only by the greater size, the more pointed barren and 
the much longer fertile leaflets. Both on the Three Kings 
and the Little Barrier it seems to merge into L. lance- 
olata. Found also in Norfolk Island. 
