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more veinlets. Indusium double, i.e. formed of 

 two valves, the inner of which is membranaceous, 

 the outer formed of the slightly changed margin 

 of the frond. 



GENUS XL LINDSAY A DRY AND 



(After Lindsay, a writer on ferns.) 

 Veins forked, free ; pinna; unequal-sided or 

 equal-sided. 



Lindsaya cultrata Sw. 



Rhizome short, creeping, wiry, scaly. Stipes 

 wiry. Fronds 6-12 inches long, about an inch 

 broad, pinnate ; pinnae 

 stalked or sessile, un- 

 equal sided; lower edge, 

 straight ; upper more 

 or less lobed or entire. 

 Texture leathery. [Fig. 

 16.] 



This fern has the 

 habit of Adiantum. It 

 is called the hay-scented 

 fern from its scent when drying. 



Distribution : Bombay Presidency North 

 Kanara. 



Very common on the western side of the 

 Madras Presidency, up to 6,000 feet ; Ceylon ; 



FIG. 16. Lindsaya cultrata 

 Sw. Pinna (* 4). 



