﻿274 29. LINDSAYA. §. 5. SYNAPITLEBimi. 



long, 4 + m.M. broad, the lower edge straight or curved, the upper and outer 

 ones rounded, entire. Texture subcoriaceous ; surfaces naked, tjie upper 

 one with a disticnt, bluish reflexion of light; veins inconspicuous. Sori 

 continuous, occupying the upper end outer margin. 

 Celebes. 



» (31a) Wj. deeowaposlta, wma., Spec, V, 42S; L. lobala, Poir., 

 Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 142; L. recurvata, Wall, Hk., Spec. Fil., I, 222; L. pro- 

 pinqua, Hk., I.e., 223, tab. LXVI, B.; L. nilens, BL, Enum., 217; Schizoloma 

 lobata, Bedd., Handb. Ind. Ferns, 77; S. recurvata, Bedd., Ferns S.I., tab. 

 XXVII; Synaphlehium recurvahtm, J. Sm. (not BL), Ban k Hk., Gen. Fil., tab. CI. 



Rhizome short-creeping, the scales scattered, linear-lanceolate, brown. 

 Stipes approximate, firm, erect, naked, 5 — 25 c.M. long. Fronds simply pin- 

 nate or 2-pinnate with a long unbranched apex and 1 — 6 pairs of lateral 

 branches 7 — 25 c.M. long. Leaflets 1 — 2 c.M. long, ± half as broad, the 

 lower often strongly decurved principally at the base, the upper and outer 

 margin rounded, entire or shallowly incised enough to interrupt the sori, 

 toothed or double-toothed. Texture thinly herbaceous, pellucid, Sori submarginal. 



Trop. Asia ^ Australia, Polynesia. 



(316). li. IWerneri, nst.. Fed., Rep., V, 37. 



Rhizome wide-creeping, ferrugineous, glossy,* rather naked. Stipes distant, 

 subquadrangular, firm, 4 — 10 c.M. long, stramineous. Fronds linear-lanceolate, 

 to 40 c.M. long, + 672 ^•^^- broad, simply pinnate. Leaflets 15 — 25-jugate, 

 to 5V2 c.M. long, + 174 c M. broad, short-stalked, the lower ones slightly 

 decurved, the rest rather spreading, the inner edge parallel to the rachis, the 

 upper and outer edges irregularly crenate, the apex bluntly rounded or obliquely 

 truncate. Texture membranaceous; surfaces naked. Sori linear, interrupted, 

 occupying the crenations, rather distant from the margin ; indusium very 

 narrow, chartaceous, naked. 



New Guinea. 



* (32) 1j. claTallioiclcis, Bl., Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 143; Hk,, 

 Spec. Fil., I, tab. LXVIII, A; Davallia Kunzeana, Hk., I.e., 177; Schizoloma 

 davallioides, Moore, Bedd., Ferns Br.L, I, tab. CXLI. 



Rhizome short-creeping, the extremity clothed with short, lanceolate scales. 

 Stipes rather approximate, 6 — 20 c.M. long, firm, erect. Fronds 2-pinnate, with 

 a long terminal branch and 1 — 5 pairs of spreading, curved, lateral branches 



