PLATE 1698. 
LYGODIUM KERSTENII, Kuhn. 
FiLices, Sub-order Scwizzacen. | 
L — Kerstenii, Kuhn, Fil. Afric. pp. 28, 169; longe volubilis, 
frondibus membranaceis parce pilosis, rachibus stra mineis, pinnis 
oblongo-lanceolatis, pinnulis multijugis profunde pinnatifidis infe- 
rioribus deltoideis breviter petiolatis, petiolo inarticulato segmentis 
e i i atis, i maximis 
rag Reise, p. 58, t 
Lygodium secs Be 3 Hook, et Baker, Syn. Fil. p. 438. 
Has. Comoro Islands, Bojer, Speke, Kirk, Bewsher ; Madagascar, 
Boivin, Koran: ‘Hildebrandt Mombas, Von der Decken 
Pinne 6-9 poll. longe. Spice 1-2 lin. ] 
This very distinct East African Species is ‘inte rmediate between 
DL. — and the rare Malayan L. sohjited oun, Wall.— J. G. 
Bax 
Fig. 1. Pin = scuac both life size. 3,4. Two spikes, 5, A single sporange: 
aires or aoe iota rged, 
