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petiolate rather obtuse at the apex with a callous point 

 green above reddish beneath, veins slender parallel, fertile 

 pinnoc longer linear petiolate waved long-unguiculate at the 

 apex beneath having 3 narrow furrows, sporangia reddish, 

 receptacle thick linear nerveless, indusiuni broad, annulus 

 with 20-22 articulations, spores smooth obliquely ovoid." 

 Fee, Gen. Fil. p. 7i- 



Hab. Madagascar, PcrvUlie. — " Filix magna, rigida, rufescens, multifrondulata 

 (many pinnae) ; ungue longo curvato frondulas fertiles terminante." 



45. L. ? lucida, Pr. ; "sterile fronds lanceolate pinnate, 

 pinncC alternate petiolate acuminate serrated, superior base 

 truncate subauriculate inferior rotundato-crenate pale-glaucous 

 beneath." Pr. Reliq. Hcenk. p. 52. 



Hab. Luzon. — A sterile frond is all that was known to the author of this 

 species. 



46. L. inflexa, Kze. ; " frond lanceolate coriaceous glabrous 

 pinnated less divided at the apex, sterile frond acuminate, 

 pinnules adnate alternate approximate divergent from a sub- 

 cordate obsoletely auricled base falcato-oblong attenuated 

 and rather obtuse at the apex closely furcately veined paler 

 beneath, fertile frond stipitate lanceolate obtuse, pinnae 

 shortly petiolate patenti-erect linear-oblong obtuse mucro- 

 nulate curvately inflexed, the costa prominent beneath pur- 

 plish above, rachis purplish on both sides paleaceous espe- 

 cially at the base, stipes short black-purple densely clothed 

 at the base with lanceolato-subulate brown scales." Kze. in 

 Linncea, xviii. p. 117 ; «« Schkuhr, Fil. Suppl. \. j)- 150. t. 65 ; 

 Pappe and Raws. Syn. Fil. Afr. Austr. p. 28. 



Hab. Natal, Gueinzius {Kze.). — This, judging from the figure and the pinnated, 

 not pinnatifid, sterile frond, might rank near L. puncfulata, but the fertile frond 

 seems very diflFerent, more truly lomarioid, and with short and comparatively 

 broad pinnae. 



47. L. a«/7M5/e/o/ea, H.B.K. ; " fertile fronds pinnate, pin- 

 nce sessile linear narrowed at the base, middle nerve naked, 

 indusium entire." H.B.K. Gen. et Sp. Am. \. p. 18. 



Hab. Quito, Humboldt and Bonpland. 



48. L. acuminata, Pr. ; "sterile fronds lanceolate pinnate, 

 pinn£e alternate sessile ovato-oblong much acuminated serru- 

 lated rounded at the base, veins simple parallel." Pr. Reliq. 

 Hcenk. p. 52 {7iot Desv.). 



Hab. Luzon. " Frondem fructificantem non vidi," Pr. 



