E Ртлте ХУШ. 
THE RIGID BUCKLER FERN (Lasmra rema). 
гә LASTREA, Presl. 
i rotundate with a posterior notch ; attached by the sinus or notch, the margin 
Worm ing to the apex; pinnules oblong, blunt, lobed, the segments broad rounded, 
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= аятта шотты, Presl, Tentamen Pterido 5 Babington, Manwal of British Bota 
un T pun їй. 818; not of Linnmus or Hudson. 
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5 y EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 
К Caudez thick, scaly, tufted, decumbent, formed of the bases of the decayed fronds closely surrounding 
а woody axis, to the apex o 
which the fronds are attached and adherent. Seales Innceolate attenuate, 
and lincar-lance! 
olate, or subulate, Fibres long wiry branched, dark-coloured 
Stipes short, about one-third of the length of the entire frond, sometimes more, thickened at the 
base, glandular, densely clothed with long subulate or lincar-Ianccolate narrow-pointed, membranous, 
scales intermixed with broader 
all of a reddish-brown colour; the seales become smalle 
less abundant upwards, Rachis furnished with seattered hair-like scales; b 
h primary and secondary 
rachides bearing numerous short-stalked translucent glands 
