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** Sarmentmn ej)igeoiis, squamose. 



L. invisa (Sw.) (v v.) ; L. Serra {Sw.) ; L. augescens 

 (Link ) (v v.). 



Fronds deltoid decompound. Folysticliopsis, J. Sin. 



L. hispida (5'2U.) (v V.) ; L. pubescens (Sto. )(■»"▼•) 5 -'-'• 

 decomposita {B. Br.) (v v.) ; L. quinquangularis (A'ze.) 

 (v V.) ; L. recedens (/. Siii.) (t v.) ; L. eleg-ans (/. Sin.) 

 (v v.). 



Obs. — Sir William Hooker unites this with L. recedens, 

 but the two are quite distinct as is shown by cultivated 

 plants. 



L. sub-quinquefida (Beauv.) (v v.) ; L. variabile {Hooh.) 

 (v V.) ; L. funesta (Kze.) (v v.) ; L. velutina {A. liicJi.) 

 (v V.) ; L. jiilosissima (/. Sm.) (6r. Do7i in. Hart.) (v v.). 



112.— POLTSTICHOT, SclioU. (1834). 

 Asjndiiim sp., Hook. Sj). Fil. 

 Vernation fasciculate and erect, generally coaspitose or 

 uniserial and sub-sarmentose. Fronds pinnate, bi-tri- 

 pinnate or decompound, pinnce and pinnules auriculated 

 and lobed, dentate, rig-id, spinulose, mucronate. Veins 

 simply or pinnately forked ; venules free, the lower exterior 

 branch or more (of each fascicle) soriferous on, or generally 

 below its apex. Meceptacles punctiform. Sori round. 

 Tadusium orbicular or sub-reniform. 

 Type. As'pidium aculeatum, Sioartz. 



Illust. Hook, and Bauer Gen. Fil., t. 48, C. ; Hook. Fil. 



Exot., t. S3 ; Schott. Gen. Fil., t. 9 ; Moore Ind. Fil., 



p. 67, B. ; J. Sm. Ferns Brit, and For., fig. 74; 



Hook. Syn. Fil., t. 5, fig. 43, a. b. 



Obs. — Between forty and fifty species are described as 



