Flora of New Zealand Series

Osmunda lunaria L. Sp. Pl. 1753, 1064.

Moonwort.

Stipes stout; fronds 7-15 cm. tall, us. solitary; sterile seg. simply pinnate, pinnae 3-6-jugate, broad-flabellate to semi-circular or lunate. Sporangia close-set, yellowish.

DIST.: S. Known in N.Z. only from specimens collected by J. D. Enys in 1884 on the south-west slopes of Mount Torlesse at c. 750 m. Widespread elsewhere.