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GENUS III. 



LYGODIUM. Swartz. 



A genus of climbing Ferns, twining around supports, and 

 growing to a great height. The pinnae conjugate. Veins 

 forked and free, extending beyond the margin, and forming 

 sporangiferous spiculse. 



Mr. Smith, in his "Catalogue of the Ferns Cultivated at 

 Kew," enumerates — 



Palmatum, Swartz, North America. 

 Flexuosum, Swartz, East Indies. 

 Scandens, Swartz, East Indies. 

 Japonicum, Siuartz, Japan. 

 Articulatum, A. Richard, New Zealand. 



There is no British representative. 



