106 20. LIXDSATA, § ErLIXDSATA 



Hab. Veneznela, Gaiana, and valley of Amazon. — A very distinct species and 

 interesting as showing a transition from Eulindsaya to Isoloma, 



10. L. pectinata, Blume ; rhizome stout, wide-creeping, scandent, paleaceous ; 

 St. erect, very short ; fr. 12-18 in. 1., 1-2 in. br., simply pinnate ; pinnae \-^\n. 1., 

 ^ in. deep, the lower line nearly straight, the upper margin round, slightly 

 nrenate, the point not very blunt, close together, but not imbricated ; te.tture 

 pellucido-herbaceous ; sori in an interrupted line along the upper edge. — Hk. Sp. 

 1. p. 206. L. oblongifolia, Reinw. HI: Sp. l.p. 206. t. 61. D. 



Hab. Assam and Malayan Peninsula and Islands. — Habit of Odontoloma repens, 

 \?^liich see. L. calotntlanos, Kunze, from Java, is said to be closely allied. 



11. L. scandens, Hk. ; rhizome stout, wide-creeping, scandent, paleaceous ; fr. 

 9-12 in. 1., 1|-1| in. br., simply pinnate ; pinnae | in. 1., ^ in. br., the lower line 

 slightly decurved, the upper rounded, entire, the point broadl}- rounded, placed 

 in a long row close together, but not imbricated ; tcj:ture pellucido-herbaceous ; 

 costa marginal ; sori in a continuous marginal line. — Hi: Sp. l.p. 205. t. 63. B. 



Hab. Malayan Peninsula and Philippine Islands ; gathered by Sir W. Norris, Lady 

 DalhoDsie, and Mr. Cuming. — Said to be sometimes bipinnate, but very doubtfully 

 distinct from L. pectinata. The two may readily be known from the rest of the group 

 by the st-out scandent rhizome. 



12. L. Lapeyrousii, Baker ; st. tufted, very short ; fr. 9-15 in. 1,, about 1\ in. 

 br. at the widest part, not branched ; pinnae very numerous, about f in. 1., with 

 4-8 spathulate-cuneate secund segments cut down to a narrow rachis ; texture 

 herbaceous, both surfaces naked ; sori subterminal on the segments ; invol. 

 shallow, nearly as broad as the segments, which measure a line or more across at 

 the apex. — Davallia, HI: 2nd Cent. t. 56. 



Hab. Tanekolla and Fiji ; gathered by Messrs. C. Moore and Milne. — Probably the 

 same species as Davallia hymenophylloides. 



tt Main rachis more or less branched when the plant attains its full development, 

 Sp. 13-25. 



13. L. filiformis, Hk. ; st. slender, wiry, very flexuose, brcmiish-black, 

 polished. 2-4 in. 1. ; fr. 4-6 in. 1., with a long simply pinnate apex, and below 

 several pairs of short, spreading, flexuose branches ; ^■yzVzw?. 2 lin. br., 1 lin. deep, 

 the lower line curs^ed upwards or downwards, the upper nearly entii'e, placed 

 near together but not imbricated, obliq^uely truncate on the side towards the 

 rachis ; texture pellucido-herbaceous ; sori in a continuous line along the upper 

 edge. — Hk. Sp. 1. p. 212. t. 63, D. L. tenuis, Klotzsch, oldest name. 



Hab. British Guiana ; gathered, by Sir E. Schomburgk. — ^The smallest and most 

 Blender of the branched species. 



14. L. Catherin<B, Hk. ; rhizome short-creeping ; St. slender, erect, win,% 

 polished, G-9 in. 1. ; fr. 6-9 in. 1., with a pinnate summit, and below several 

 spreading branches, the lowest of which are sometimes again branched at the 

 base; pinnl. ^ in. 1., ^ in. deep, cut down nearly to the costa into two or three 

 cleft obversely triangular lobes ; texture thinly pellucido-herbaceous ; sori not 

 quite as broad as the lobes, the outer valve consideraby broader than the inner, 

 and finely toothed.— ZZ*. Sp. l.p. 212. t. 65. B. 



Hab. St. Catherine's, Brazil; gathered by Captain Beechey. — Xot more than a 

 variety of L. rirescem, 



15. L. virescens, Swartz; r7//?0OTe short-creeping; ^.6-0 in. 1., slender, flexuose, 

 polLshed, dark-coloured ; fr. 6-9 in. 1., 4-6 in. br., deltoid in general outline, with 



