Ee 958 CHARACTERS OF TRIRES AND GENERA. 
sg Petiole of the pinnules decurrent on the rachis. 
. L. palmatum, Sw. (v v.); L. dichotomum, Sw. EE 
L. digitatum, Eaton ; L. semi hastatum, Desv.; L. trifur- 
catum, Baker; L. subalatum, Bojer; L, japonicum, Sw. 
ee (v v.) 
204. —LYGODICTYON, J. Sm. (1841). 
Lygodium sp. auct., Hook. Syn. Pil. 
Vernation and general character the same as in Lygodium, 
differing only in the veins being reticulated. 
Type. Lygodium reticulatum, Schk. 
Illust. Hook. and Bauer, Gen. Fil., t. 111 B.; Moore, 
Ind. Fil., p. 91 A. ; J. Sm., Ferns, Brit. and For, fig. 
142; Hook. Syn. Fil., t. 9, fig. 68 c. 
Sp. L. pinili (Schk) (v v.) ; L. heterodoxum (Kze.) 
(v v.) 
205.—Anemia, Sw. (1806). 
Hook. Syn. Fil. 
Vernation fasciculate, erect, acaulose, rarely sarmentose. | 
Fronds pinnate or bi-tri-pinnatifid, dimorphus, from a few ` 
to 18 inches in height, the fertile contracted, distinct, sim- — 
ple or tripartite, the two opposite segments contracted, 
. erect, constituting two sporangiferous panicles, the third ` 
. segment sterile, and pinnate or bi-tripinnate, with forked | 
free veins. Sporangia oval, attached by the base, opening 
. vertically on the exterior side. 
edm Anemia aurita and A. adiantifolia, Sw. 
Ilust. Hook. and Bauer Gen. Fil., t. 90; Moore Ind 
. Fil, p. 92 A.; J. Sm. Ferns, Brit. and For., fig. 14 
a e Fil, t. 8, fig. E B. RN di 
