FADYENIA. 



GENUS II, 



FADYENIA. Hooker. 



Barren and fertile fronds different. 

 Fertile fronds contracted; both simple. 

 Veins forked; venules anastomosing and reticulate. 

 Sori oblong-reniform, transversely uniserial; formed on the 

 upper portion of a veinlet in the costal areoles. 



Indusium exceedingly large, lateral and oblong-reniform. 



A solitary species, of dwarf habit. 



The name is in reference to the late Dr. M' Fadyen. 



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