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rated, bat in the " Synopsis " that number is reduced to 

 twenty-two. They are widely spread throughout the 

 tropics of both hemispheres, extending to New Zealand in 

 the south and Japan in the north. 



* Vernation decumbent. Fronds pinnate, pinnce entire, 

 broad, or the lower one pinnate. 



Sp. L. grandifolia (Linn.) (vv.) ; L. pulchra (Schlecht.) 

 L. splendens (Kaulf.) ; L. Haenkeana, Pr. ; L. lanceofolia 

 (Agardh.) L. Mannii (Baker). 



** Vernation erect, generally ccespitose. Fronds slender, 

 pinnate, lower pinnce tripartite or pinnate. 



L. denticulata (Sw.) (v v.) ; L. leptophylla (Sw.) (v v.) ; 

 L. macelenta (A. Cunn.) (v v.). 



*** Vernation decumbent or sub-sarmentose. Fronds bi- 

 pinnatifid or bipinnate, ultimate pinnules often unequal 

 on the same frond. 



L. Orizab (Mart, and Gal.) (v v.) ; L. spinulifera 

 (Schum.) (v v.) ; L. comans (Forst.) (v v.) ; L. Endliche- 

 riana (Agardh.) ; L. Berteroana (Agardh.) ; L. Beechyana 

 (Agardh.) ; L. propinqua (Agardh.) It. decurrens (Eadd.) 

 L. macroptera (Link.) (v v.) ; L. elata (Agardh.) (v v ) ; L. 

 polita (Link.) (v v.) ; L. Kunzeana (Agardh.) (v v.). 



**## Vernation fasciculate, erect, sub-arboroid. Fronds 

 deltoid tripartite, rami, simple or again forked ; pin- 

 nules pinnatifid. 



L. Wallichiana (Agardh.) (Bedd. F. Brit. Ind., pi. 219) ; 

 L. gigantea (JVilld.) L. aculeata (Sw., in part) L. tri- 

 partita (Sw.) (v v.) ; L podophylla (Sw.) (v v.) 



