20. LINDSAYA, SYNAPHLEBIUM, SCHIZOLOMA. Ill 



Synaphlebium, J. Smith. Pinnce unilateral ; veins more or less anasto- 

 " j mosing. Sp. 36-38. Habit and texture of Eulindsaya, from which it differs only 

 ty its anastomosing veins. 



36. L. (Syn.) media, R. Br. ; st. 6-12 in. 1., wiry, flexuose, shining, pale ; fr. 

 6-12 in. L, deltoid in general outline, bi- or tripinnate ; pinnce 3-4 lin. 1., 2-3 lin. 

 deep, the lower line nearly straight, the upper one rounded ; texture subcoria- 

 ceous ; veins flabellate, free or anastomosing ; sori in a continuous marginal line. 

 Hk.Sp. 1. p. 112. Ic.Pl.t.957. 



Hab. Tropical Australia and adjacent islands. Habit of L. flabellulata, but thicker 

 in texture, and different in venation. The tertiary divisions, when present, are very 

 short. 



37. L. (Syn.) lobata, Poir. ; rhizome short-creeping ; st. 6-9 in. 1., firm, erect ; 

 fr. simple or with a long unbranched apex, and 1 to 6 pairs of erecto-patent 

 branches, 3-6 in. 1. ; pinnl. about ^ in. L, J in. br., the lower decurved principally 

 at the base, the outer margin rounded, the upper three or four times broadly not 

 deeply lobed, close-placed, but not imbricated ; texture thinly pellucido-herbaceous : 

 veins anastomising in the upper half of the lobes ; sori marginal in the lobes, 

 the inner valve of the invol. narrow and membranous, the edge of the frond pro- 

 duced beyond it and scarcely altered. L. recurvata, Wall. L. propinqua and 

 L. obtusa, Hk. Sp. I. p. 222-4. t. 68. A. 66. B. and 70. A. L. nitens, Blume, 

 edit. I. 



Hab. Neilgherries and Ceylon (up to 5,000 ft.), westward to Queensland and the 

 Polynesian Islands. Much resembling L. davallioides in size and general appearance, 

 but the pinnules are deeper and not so much lobed, and the nervation and position of 

 the fruit differ. L. intermedia, (Hk. t. C7. B.) cippears to be a curious state of this 

 species, in which the pinnule shows a strong tendency towards the equilateral type of 

 form. Only the basal half of the lower moiety of the pagina is deficient, and the fruit 

 is continued round the edge of the rest. 



38. L. (Syn.) davallioides, Blume ; rhizome short-creeping ; st. 6-12 in. L, firm, 

 erect ; fr. with a long central point and 2 or 3 pairs of erecto-patent curved 

 branches, 4-8 in. 1. ; pinnce 4-6 lin. 1., 2-3 lin. br., the lower margin straight or 

 slightly curved, the upper with 4 to 6 regular rounded but not deep lobes, placed 

 close together but not imbricated ; texture pellucido-herbaceous ; vein's anasto- 

 mosing at the base of the lobes ; sori marginal in the lobes. Hk. Sp. 1. p. 224. 

 t. 68. A. Davallia Kunzeana, Hk. Sp. 1. p. 177. 



Hab. Malayan peninsula and islands. Probably a more cut variety of the last. 



Schizoloma, Gaud. Pinnce equilateral; veins more or less anastomosing. 

 J Sp. 39-48. Fronds entire or simply pinnate, not pellucid. 



* Fruit in a continuous line along both margins. Sp. 39-44. 



39. L. (Schiz.) cordata, Gaud. ; rhizome short-creeping ; st. 3-6 in. 1., slender, 

 erect, wiry ; barren frond 2-3 in. 1., 1-1 \ in. br., cordate-oblong, quite entire, 

 fertile one 3-6 in. 1., linear, entire or forked ; texture coriaceous ; sori in a con- 

 tinuous marginal line. HTc. Sp. 1. p. 219. t. 66. A. 



Hab. Malayan peninsula, rare. 



40. L. (Schiz.) Gueriniana, Gaud. ; rhizome creeping, paleaceous ; st. 4-6 in. 1. ; 

 fr. 6-9 in. L, oblong-lanceolate, simply pinnate ; pinnce -f in. 1., ovate or 

 oblong, nearly entire, horizontal or falcate, slightly auricled at the base on the 

 upper edge ; texture subcoriaceous : sori in a continuous line along both margins. 

 Hk.Sp. 1. p. 221. 



