20. LIXDSAYA, § EULINDSATA. 103 



Hab. S. Camarines, Jlalay Archipelago ; gathered by Cuming. — Much resembling 

 Binall imbranched forms of L. nitens, but recognizable by its simple venation. 



4. L. omta, J. Sm. ; rhizome short-creeping ; st. 2-3 in. 1., wiry, flexuose, 

 black ; fr. 4-0 in. 1., | in. br., simply pinnate ; pinnce 4 lin. 1., 2 lin. deep, not 

 imbricated, the lower ones with tlieir own breadth between them, horizontally 

 oblong, the point very blunt, the lower side obliquely truncate at the base, the 

 upper slightly auricled ; texture subcoriaceous ; sori in a continuous marginal 

 line.—//! Sj). I. p. 20o. t. G4. A. 



Hab. Same station as L. adiantoides ; gathered .also by Cuming. 



5. L. concinna, J. Sm. ; rkhome short-creeping ; st. 2-4 in. 1., wiry, erect ; fr 

 G-12 in. I., J in. br., simply pinnate ; pinnce 4 lin. 1., 2 lin. deep, very blunt on 

 the outer edge, the upper edge very slightly crenate, the upper ones close together, 

 but scarcely imbricated ; texture pellucido-herbaceous ; sori in a continuous or 

 slightly interrupted line along the upper edge. — Hk. Sp. 1. p. 205. t. Gl. B. 



Hab. Philippine Islands and Borneo. United by Kuha with cultrat'a. 



6. L. Seeinanni, J. Sm. ; rhizome short-creeping ; st. wiry, flexuose, 3-6 in. 1. ; 

 fr. G-12 in. 1., about 1 in. br., simply pinnate ; largest pinnce ^-| in. 1., ^ in. 

 deep, the same shape as those of L. cultrata, but the teeth, especially the lower 

 one, deeper and the texture thinner. — J, Smith in Bot. Herald, p. 239. 



Hab. Bay of Clioco, Panama, discovered by Dr. Seemann. — Perhaps an American 

 form oiL. cuUnUa. 



7. L. cultrata, Swartz ; rhizome short-creeping ; st. wiry, flexuose, 3-6 in. 1. ; 

 fr. G-12 in. 1., atiout 1 in. br., simply pinnate ; largest pinnce \-\ in. 1., \ in. 

 deep, not imbricated, the lower margin straight or slightly curved, usually 

 upwards, the upper edge slightly lobed, so tliat the continuity of the line of the 

 fructification is broken, sometimes nearly entire, lower pinns stalked ; texture 

 coriaceo-membranaceous. — Hk. Sp. 1. p. 203. Hk. c^' Gr. Ic, t. 144. Hk. Fil. 

 Exot. t. 67. L. Lobbiana, Hk. Sp. 1. p. 205. t. 62. C. L. gracilis, Blume, Hk. 

 E. C. — /3, japonica ; fr. 2-3 in. 1. ; pinnce nearly triangular, with the point at 

 the bas3, upper edge nearly entire. 



Hab. North of India, ascending in tbe Himalayas to 4,000 ft. ; Neilgherries, 

 Malayan Peninsula and Islands, Bourbon ; and gathered lately by Mr. Hill in Queens- 

 land, by Dr. Meller in Madagascar. /3 is a remarkable variety discovered by Mr. Oldham 

 in Japan. 



8. L. botrychioides, St. Hil. ; st. 4-6 in. 1., wir}', erect, polished, dark chesnut- 

 brown ; /;•. 9-12 in. 1., 1-1^ in. br., simply pinnate ; pinnce \ in. each way, with 

 only the inner third of the lower half cut away, the lower line more or less 

 decurved, the upper line broadly rounded, scarcely lobed, and the outer margin 

 broad and blunt ; texture herbaceous ; rachis naked, polished ; sori in a continuous 

 line round the upper and outer edge and the inner half of the lower one, the 

 outer valve projecting beyond the inner. 



Hab. Brazil. BurcheU, 4402. — Probably this is only a lax unbranched variety of 

 guianensis. 



9. L. dnhia, Spreng. ; rhizome short-creeping ; st. close together, wiry, 3-6 in. 

 1, ; fr. 4-8 in. 1., H-2 in. br., simply pinnate ; pinnce |-1 in. 1., not more than i in. 

 br., the upper edge crenated towards the gradually narrowing point, even the upper 

 ones with usually J-i in. between them, often not truly dimidiate, but with the 

 costa becoming central towards the point ; texture pellucido-herbacsous ; line of 

 the sori not interrupted till it reaches the crenations of the outer third of the 

 upper margin.— ///1-. Sp. \.p. 209. if. G4. C. 



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