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The only New Zealand species (B. Nova-Zelandia!) of this large tropical genus, has not hitherto been found 

 elsewhere.— Mizome creeping-, woody, hispid. Stipes erect, deeply channelled in front, smooth above, very setose 

 below, red-brown, shining. Rachis glabrous, polished, sometimes hairy at the axils. Frond ovate or ovate-oblong, 

 3 inches to 2 feet long, acuminate, tripinnate. Pinna stipitate, linear-oblong, acuminate; secondary pinnce oblong- 

 lanceolate, with deeply pinnatifid incised tips; ultimate (pinnules) \ inch long, stipitate, ovate-lanceolate, pinnatifid; 

 segments sharp. Involucre orbicular or broadly ovate, erose, attached by a broad base.— A very beautiful Fern, from 

 the finely-cut frond, which is of a pale green colour. (Named in honour of Edmund Davall, a Swiss botanist.) 



1. Davallia Novm-Zelandia, Col.; fronde erecta ovata acuminata tripinnata, pinnis lineari-oblongis 

 acuminate, pmnulis stipitatis lanceolatis, ultimis stipitatis argute inciso-pinnatifidis, involucris late orbi- 

 culatis ovato-orbiculatisve basi lata adnatis erosis, rachi flexuosa polity stipite supeme glaberrima inferne 

 rhizomateque setoso hispido.— Col. in Tasm. Phil. Jowm. Hook. Sp. Ml. v. I. p. 158. t. 51 B. 



Hab. Northern Island : Bay of Islands, Cunningham. East Coast and interior, Stephenson, Colemo. 

 Port Nicholson, Lyall. 



Note. Davallia Lindleyi, Hook., is stated, but without sufficient authority, to be a New Zealand plant ; it is 

 also said to be found in Jamaica. 



Gen. IX. LINDSm, Dry. 



Sori lineares, marginales v. intra-marginales, continui v. interrupt!. Involucrum exterius liberum, e 

 membranis 2 parallel, superiore textura frondis, inferiore ex apicibus venarurn (unse v. plurim.) oriente 

 Fence simplices v. anastomosantes.-Frondes (speciebus Nov^Zelandis) parvulce, coriacem, pinnatce. 



A large genus of chiefly tropical Ferns, the New Zealand species of which are small, coriaceous, glabrous and 

 simply pinnate, with erect stipitate tufted fronds, rising from a creeping rhizome.— Sori linear, running along the 

 edge of the pinnules continuously or interruptedly, covered by an involucre formed of two parallel lamelke or plates 

 opening outwards; of these the upper is coriaceous, and formed of the frond, the lower membranous and rises 

 from the ends of one or more veins. (Name in honour of Mr. John Lindsay, author of ' Observations on the Germi- 

 nation of Ferns.') 



1. LindsEea linearis, Sw. j frondibus e rliizomate crasso subdistantibus linearibus pinnatis, pinnis 

 sessilibus late cuneato-flabelliformibus, marginibus demurn revolutis integris crenatisve, soris continuis 

 stipite rachique nitido.-to. Ml. t. 3. / 3. Br. Prodr. Kunze in Schk. Suppl p. 30. t. 16. A. Rich. 

 Flor. A. Cunn. Prodr. Hook. Sp. Fil. v. I. p. 206, 



Hab. Northern and Middle Islands ; not uncommon on dry hills, etc. 



A very common extra-tropical Australian and Tasmanian Fern, easily recognized by its stout, creeping, scaly 

 rhizome; erect, linear, simply pinnate fronds, 2-18 inches high; and broad-cuneate pinnules, which are spread out 

 like a fan, and have entire or crenate anterior margins ; the latter become revolute when dry.— Pima i inch broad, 

 distant ; sori nearly continuous along their outer edge. Stipes and rachis stout, purplish-brown, shining. 



2. Lindssea trichomcmoides, Dryand.; rliizomate repente paleaceo, frondibus subraespitosis late laneeo- 

 latis pinnatis bipinnatisve, pinnis primariis basi cuneatis stipitatisve oblongo-lanceolatis lineari-lanceolatisve 

 pmnatifidis pinnatisve lobatis rarius integris, pinnulis obovato-cuneatis breviter stipitatis decnrrentibusve 

 margine anteriore rotundato simplici v. lobato, soris continuis. 



a. Fronde bi-tripinnata. L. trichomanoides, Bryander in Linn. Soc. Trans, v. ?>. p. 43. t II Schk 

 Ml. I. 114. A. Rich. Flor. A. Cunn. Prodr. Hook. Sp. Fil. v. 1. p. 218. L. viridis, Colemo in Tasm. 

 Phil. Journ. Adiantum cuneatum, Forst. Prodr. 



0. Lessoni; fronde pinnata v. basi bipinnata, pinnis oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis integris lobatis pinna- 



