157 



Lindsaya repens (Bory), Bedd. , Handb. Ind. Ferns, 74; v. A. 

 V. R. , Mal. Ferns, 261; Supplem. 1, 202; Dicksonia repens, Bory, Voy., Il, 

 323. 



Ali tlie spécimens of tlie typical form of tliis species, occurring in the Bui- 

 tenzorg Herbarium, hâve the fronds 2— 4'/2 cm. broad, the leafleîs 1 — 2V2 cm. 

 long, 5— 7'/2 mm- broad, with the apex bluntish to obtusely, rectangularly 

 truncate, the upper and outer edge crenulate or crenate, or slightly lobed 

 and crenate, the sori roundish or transverseiy oblong, '/2— 2 mm. broad 

 infraterminal on the crenations with tlie capsules separated from the apex 

 of the crenations by a narrow, nudate space, tlie indusia semiorbicular or 

 transverseiy oblong or even reniform to liorse-shoe-shaped (as in Athyrium). 



Var. pseudohemiptera: Frondes usque ad 5—6 cm. latae; fol- 

 iola usque ad 2'/2— 3 cm. longa, apice non raro acute quadrangulari- 



truncata vel sub-2-fida, 'margine 

 superiore et exteriore irregulari- 

 ter dentato-crenata ad lobato- 

 crenata vel interdum lobata aut 

 dichotome ad pinnatim incisa et 

 crenata ; sori ad crenaturas ter- 

 minales, capsulis praeter apices 

 crenaturarum productis. (Fig c). — 

 Sumatra (Mt, Merapi, H.A.B.Bun- 

 nemeijer No. 3431, 5419). 



Lindsaya gompho- 

 phylla, Bk., in Ann. of Bot-, V, 

 204; V. A. V. R., Mal. Ferns, 270. 



A. spécimen gathered in Su- 

 matra {Mangani, Boekit Tinggi, 

 H.A. B. Biinnemeijer No. 3051) 

 differs from Baker's diagnosisin 

 having the fronds somewhat larg- 

 er, on stipes to 30 cm. long, 

 with the lobes of the barren leaf- 

 lets crenate to acutely toothed 

 at the apex. 



Lindsaya brevipes, 



Copel., in Philipp. Journ. Sci., VF, 

 Fig. c. 83; V. A. V. R., Mal. Ferns&All., 



Supplem. 1, 207. 



Plants recently collected by Kornassi (L. Rutten's Explor. Com- 



miss.) in Amboina {Wai foea Mati No, 1167) and Ceram {Woloe Manoesela 



No. 720, Wai Kakoeala No. 1228^?/s)are intermediate between this and L. 



concinna /. Sm. They are distinguished jn having the stalks varying from 





