CHARACTERS OF TRIBES AND GENERA. 291. 
rated, but in the * Synopsis" that number is reduced to 
twenty-two, They are widely spread throughout the 
tropics of both hemispheres, extending to New Zealand in 
the south and Japan in the north. 
* Vernation decumbent. Fronds pinnate, pinne entire, 
broad, or the lower one pinnate. 
Sp. L. grandifolia (Linn.) (v v.) ; L. pulchra (Schlecht.) ; 
L. splendens (Kaulf.); L. Haenkeana, Pr.; L. lanceofolia 
(Agardh.) ; L. Mannii (Baker). 
** Vernation erect, generally cespitose. Fronds slender, 
pinnate, lower pinne tripartite or pinnate. 
L. denticulata (Sw.) (v v.); L. leptophylla (Sw.) (v v.) ; 
L. macelenta (A. Cunn.) (v v.). 
H 
*** Vernation decumbent or sub-sarmentose. Fronds bi- 
pinnatifid or bipinnate, ultimate pinnules often unequal 
on the same frond. 
L. Orizabe (Mart. and Gal.) (v v.); L. spinulifera 
= (Schum.) (v v.) ; L. comans (Forst.) (v v.); L. Endliche- 
riana (Agardh.); L. Berteroana (Agardh.); L. Beechyana 
= (Agardh.); L. propinqua (Agardh.) ; L. decurrens (Radd.) ; 
L. macroptera (Link.) (v v.) ; L. elata (Agardh.) (vv); L. 
. polita (Link.) (v v.) ; L. Kunzeana (Agardh.) (v v.). 
*#** Vornation fasciculate, erect, sub-arboroid. Fronds 
deltoid tripartite, rami, simple or again forked ; pin- 
nules pinnatifid. 
= L. Wallichiana (Agardh.) (Bedd. F. Brit. Ind., pl. 219) ; 
 L. gigantea (Willd.); L. aculeata (Sw., in part); L. tri- 
` partita (Sw.) (v v.) ; L. podophylla (Sw.) (v v.) 
