Flora of New Zealand Series

Lomaria fraseri A. Cunn. in Compan. bot. Mag. 2, 1837, 364.

Type locality: "shady woods on the East coast." Type: K, 1825, C. Fraser. Also in Philippine Islands.

Rhizome stout, erect, extending into an erect caudex up to 60 cm. or more tall, c. 1-2 cm. diam., including appressed stipe bases; clad in dark linear-attenuate paleae c. 3-5 mm. long; stipites tufted. Stipes stiff, dark brown, (3)-5-20-(35) cm. long, densely paleate towards base, interruptedly winged; wings passing upwards into short pinnae. Rhachis stout, ± paleate, interruptedly winged with short triangular lobes. Lamina dark green, subcoriac., 20-50 × 10-25 cm., lanceolate- to ovate-oblong, acuminate, bipinnate or pinnae pinnatisect. Primary pinnae 5-12 cm. × 8-25 mm., lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, acuminate. Secondary pinnae or segs numerous, approximate to confluent at very base, up to 1 cm. × 3 mm., narrow oblong, acute to apiculate, subfalcate; crenate-dentate to subentire; veinlets mostly forked. Sori covering whole of undersurface.

DIST.: N., S. Lowland forest from near North Cape to lat. 42º. West of divide in S. Also recorded for Queenstown (B. D. Gilbert in Bull. Torrey bot. Cl. 26, 1899, 316).