214 CHARACTERS OF TRIBES AND GENERA. 



L. concinna (Willd.) (v v.) ; L. oligocarpa (Klot.) L. 

 contermina (Willd.) (v v.) ; L. xnontana, Moore (v v.) ; L. 

 Sprengelii (Kaulf.) (v v.) ; L. patens (Sw.) (v v.) ; L. limbata 

 (Sw.) ; L. glandulifera ( Wall.) L. appendiculata ( Wall.) ; 

 L. calcarata (Bl.) ; L. falciloba (Hook.} ; L. cana (Wall) 

 (v v.) ; L. crinibulbon (Hook.) ; L. crinita (Desv.) (v v.) ; 

 L. velata (Hook.) ; L. vestata (Eadd.) (v v.) ; L. macrotis 

 (Hook.) ; L. caripense, Mett. (v v.) ; L. immersa (Bl.) 

 (L. verrucosa, J. Sm., En. Philip, 1841) (v v.) ; L. ligulata 

 (Mett.) ; L. attenuata (Kze.). 



OBS. Sir W. Hooker places this and L. invisa, which 

 somewhat resembles it under L. patens, but I am satisfied 

 they are three distinct species. 



L. similis, /. Sm., En. Philip., n. 390 ; L. deltoidea (Sw.) 

 (v v.) ; L. crassifolia, Bl. ; L. spectabilis (Bl.) (v v.) ; L. 

 Kaulfussii (Link.) (v v.) ; L. chrysoloba (Link.) (v v.) ; L. 

 falciculata (Pr.) (v v.).- 



2. FILIX-MAS GROUP. 



Fronds lanceolate or deltoid, bi-tripinnatifid or bi-pinnate, 

 rarely simply pinnate, usually firm and sub-coriaceous. 

 Veins forked, generally immersed. 



L. podophylla (Hook. Kew Gard. Misc., v. 5, t. 1) (v v.). 



L. Sieboldi, /. Sm. (Nephrodium, Hook. Fit. Exot. t. 31. 

 Pycnopteris, Moore) (v v.). 



OBS. In Ferns British and Foreign I placed the latter 

 as a synonym of the former, but later observation has led 

 me to consider them as distinct. 



L. hirtipes (Bl.) L. lacera (Eat.) (v v.) ; L. apiciflora 

 (Wall.)-, L. Brunoniana (Wall.)-, L. fragrans (Sw.) ; L. 

 pumila, Hort. (v v.). 



OBS. Living plants of this have been under my obser- 

 vation for forty years. It is said to have been found wild 



