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t. 114. Hook, et Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 144. Adiantuin cultvatuin, 

 Willd. Phyto(jr. 14, t, 10,/. 2. 

 &. miiwr ; smaller, piling more obtuse, upper margiu espe- 

 cially towards the apex curved a little downwards. 

 y. jyalleiis ; more flaccid, upper margin more lobed, sori 

 more numerous shorter and smaller. L. pallens {an Da- 

 vallia?), IVnll. Cat. n. 148. 

 ^. atienuata ; tall, rather rigid, pinnie longer and almost 



acuminated. L. attcnuata. Wall. Cat. n. 151. 

 £. luceiis; tall, pinnae very obtuse and soriferous uninter- 

 ruptedly to the apex, opaque (not pellucid) subcoriace- 

 ous glossy. L. lucida, Wall. Cat. n. 145, (not Blume). 

 I. Assamica; pinnae very obtuse and soriferous to the apex 

 (not glossy) subcoriaceous, sori scarcely ever inter- 

 rupted. 

 Hab. East Indies, apparently common, from Bengal {WalUcli) to Sylhet 

 and Assam, Wallick, Griffith. Java, Blume, Lobh. Ceylon, Mrs. Gen. 

 Wallier, Mr. Hardie. Philippine Islands, Cuming, n. 243. — /3. jMergui, n. 

 877, and 96, and Bontan, Griffith. Luzon, Cumiiuj, n. 65, (L. cultrata, 

 J. Sm.)—y. Nepal, Dr. WidUch. Sylliet, De Si/lva\ {JVall.) — S. Assam, 

 n. 862, and Khasiya, Griffith. Chapidong, Wa'llich. — I think I am cor- 

 rect in referring' tlie above to L. cultrata, of which the figure in ' Icones 

 Filicum ' excellenlly represents the usual form. The more remark- 

 able states are var. y. pallens, in some specimens of wliicli the upper 

 margin of the pinnae is so divided, and conse(iuently tlie sori so interiupt- 

 ed, that there is no wonder Dr. Wallich should be disposed to look upon it 

 as a Z)«frt//»rt— scarcely recognizable from D. Dori/ana ; — and vars. e. and 

 f. in which the sori are very continuous and extended even over the blunt 

 apex. In all, however, the inferior and superior involucre seem to be of 

 the same texture and parallel, in that respect differing from Duvallia. 



4. L. adiantoides, J. Sm.; small tufted, caudex none, 

 fronds pinnated lanceolate, pinnte lax very thin membranace- 

 ous deciduous pale green half-ovate horizontal obtuse, supe- 

 rior base truncate lovser margin straight upper curved (con- 

 vex) imequally lobed the lobes rounded a little jagged, sori 

 transversely oblong or reniform terminating 2-4 veins, stipes 

 short and Vachis glossy black. (Tab. LXI. C). — J. Sm. in 

 Hook. Journ. of Bot. iii. /:>. 415, [name only). 



Hab. South Camarines, Malay Archipelago, Cuming, n. 176. — No cau- 

 dex. Root and stipites tufled : the latter very short. The form of the 

 piuuEe a good deal resembles some states of L. cultrata, but the ebony- 

 black and glossy stipes, which remains after the pinnee have fallen, and the 

 absence of caudex, afford distinguishing marks. 



5. L. ovata, J. Sm. ; small tufted from a creeping caudex, 

 fronds lanceolate, pinnas sessile oblong subrotund very ob- 

 tuse subcoriaceous rather obliquely cuueated at the base 

 opaque deciduous, sori rather broad and continuous extend- 



