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* (29) li. laiicea, Bedd., Handb. Ind. Ferns, 75 ; L. frapeziformis, Dry., 

 Hk. Bk.„ Syn. Fil., 107, p. p.; Trans. Linn. Soc, Bot., Ill, 42, tab. 9; Bau. 

 & Hk,, Gen. Fil., tab. LXIII, A; Adiantiim lanceum, L., (oldest name); — var. 

 caudata; L. caudata, Hk., Spec. Fil., I, 215; Bedd., Ferns S.I., tab. CCXVII; 

 Hk., Icon. PL, X, tab. CMLVIH. 



Rhizome short-creeping, more or less provided with brown, lanceolate 

 scales. Stipes strong, erect, 20 — 40 c.M. long, dark-coloured. Fronds 20 — 40 

 c.M. long, simply pinnate or more commonly 2-pinnate with a long terminal 

 branch and 1 — 4 similar, erecto-patent, lateral ones on each side. Leaflets 2 — 3^/^ 

 c.M. long, 7 — 15 m.M. broad, rarely smaller, oblong, the lower line + de- 

 curved or nearly straight, the upper and outer edges entire, rounded. Texture 

 pellucido-herbaceous. Sori in a continuous line round the upper margin. 



l^^ar. caudata: A large form with more branches than usually. 



Malaya; Ceylon, Trop. America. 



5. SYNAPHLEBIUM. 



a. Sori continuous. (30) L. azurea. 

 a.a. Sori interrupted. 



b. Leaflets entire, toothed or shallowly incised enough to interrupt the 

 line of the sori. • ' 



X. Rhizome short-creeping, sparingly scaly. (31a) L. decomposita. 



x.x. Rhizome wide-creeping, naked. (31 ft) L. Werneri. 

 b.b. Leaflets lohed ^j^ — ^j^-way down. 



c. Leaflets dimidiate throughout, under 2 c.M. long, lobed + Vs"^'^!/ 

 down. 



d> Lobes rounded. (32) L. davallioides. 



d.d. Lobes truncate. (33) L. ambigens. 



c.c. Leaflets dimidiate in the lower half only, more than 2 c.M. long, 



lobed ± ^ji-way down. (34) L. Sarasinorum. 



(30) E<. azurea, Cht^ist, Ann. Btz., XV, 101, tab. XIV, fig. 12, 

 a— b. 



Stipes rigid, dark-reddish, + 30 c.M. long. Fronds 2-pinnate, with 2— 3 

 lateral branches on each side below the terminal one. Leaflets + 6 m.M 

 FiLicis. 18 



