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(6) li. polystachyum, Watl., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 438; Hk., 2"^ 

 Cent, of Ferns, tab. LXXVI; Bedd., Ferns Br.I., II tab. CCC; L. pinnatifidum , 

 Prantl (not Sw.), Morph. d. Gefasscr., II, Schiz., 83. 



Primary petioles short or obsolete, secondary ones ^2 — 1 V2 ^.M. long. Pinnae 

 20 — 30 c.M. long, 10 — 15 c.M. broad. Pinnulae uniform, 9 — 12 on each side, 

 5 — 7^2 c.M. long, to 2^2 c.M. broad, articulate at the base, pinnatifid through- 

 out more than half-way down to the costa into close, entire, blunt lobes 

 ± 3 m.M. broad; upper pinnulae sessile, lower ones short-stalked. Texture 

 subcoriaceous ; rachis and surfaces pubescent. The fruit in the fertile pinnulae 

 occupying the back of the scarcely modified lobes. Spores verruculose. 



Malacca; Tenasserim. 



* (7) Ei. scandenis, Sw., Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 8; Prantl, Morph. d. 

 Gefasscr., II, Schiz., 81; Bedd., Ferns S.I., tab. LXI; L. microphyllum, R.Br., 

 Bedd., Handb. Ind. Ferns, 455. 



Primary petioles very short, secondary ones 1 — S'/j c.M. long. Pinnae 

 7^/2 — 20 c.M. long, with a terminal, simple or bifid pinnula and 4 — 6 lateral 

 ones on each side. Pinnulae alternate, stalked, articulate at the base, 2 ~3 '/j c.M. 

 long, ± 172 c.M. broad, subtriangular or oblong, blunt, simple, entire or rarely 

 slightly lobed, the base rounded, truncate, cordate or bluntly hastate. Texture 

 thin but firm. Fertile pinnulae commonly shorter, subdeltoid, with a mostly 

 rounded apex. Spikes 27j — 7^2 na.M. long, in close rows. Spores reticulate. 



Trop. Africa, Asia, Australia, Polynesia. 



♦ (8) Ij. salicifolium, !»»•., Prantl, Morph. d. Gefasscr., II, Schiz., 

 79; L. pinnatifidum, Sw., Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 7, p. p. 



Primary petioles short or wanting. Pinnae pinnate, 12 — 30 c.M. long, 

 7' — 22 c.M. broad, the rachis + straight and narrowly marginate, with 4 — 7 

 pinnulae on each side below the terminal one. Pinnulae stalked, linear-lanceo- 

 late, acute or bluntish, the edge serrulate, the base cordate, truncate or 

 rounded, the stalks nodose k spuriously articulate at the apex. Lowest pinnulae 

 sometimes pinnate with 1 — 3 leaflets on each side below the terminal one; 

 lateral leaflets small, subrhomboidal, the base cordate on the lower and cuneate 

 on the upper side; terminal leaflets with the base cuneate on both sides. 

 Texture + coriaceous; upper surface glossy, naked or slightly hairy on the 

 costae; under surface opaque; rachises rather slightly hairy. Fertile pinnulae 

 similar to the barren ones. Spikes to ± 4 m.M. long. Spores verruculose. 



Trop. Asia. 



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