a.«. 



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f.f. Leaflets rather deeply incised (6a) L. apoensis. 



(66) L. cyathicola. 

 e.e. Fronds rather long, more than 35 c.M. long. 



(7) L. Merilli. 



h.h.h. Leaflets deeply pinnatifid or even pinnate, the segments linear-cuneate. 



*. Lobes truncate at the apex, which is slightly rounded and entire 



or somewhat erose. (8) L. hymenophylloides. 



*.*. Lobes as in :^, but the apex purveyed with 2—3 distinct 



f^th. (9) L_ capillacea. 



Fronds branched, i.e. 2-pinnate or 3-pinnatifid. 



§. Leaflets (pinnulae) deeply lobed to a broad, leafy rachis, the segments 



broad. (10) L. tenuifolia. 



$.$. Leaflets [pinnulae] cut down to a filiform rachis, the segments' filiform. 



(11) L. Blumeana. 



♦ (1) Ij. repens, Beda., Handb. Ind. Perns, 74; Ferns S.I., tab. 

 CCIX; Christ, Farnkr. d. Erde, fig. 926; Davallia repens, Desv., Hk. Bk., 

 Syn. Fil., 93; Odontoloma Boryanum, J. Sm., Bau. & Hk., Gen. Fil., tab. 

 CXIV, B; vapi homiptora; D. hmnipton, Bmy, Bd., Voj. Bot., II, 75, tab; 

 yil^ fig. a. , See Supplement 1. 



Rhizome wide-creeping, climbing, scaly. Fronds simply pinnate, 20 — 45 

 C.M. long, 2 — 4 c.M. broad. Leaflets 1 — 2 . c.M. long, ± half as broad, 

 the lower line often slightly upcurved-, the point acute or rounded, the 

 upper edge straight or + "rounded, subentire or crenato-lobate. Texture 

 pellucido-herbaceous. Sori submarginal, -large; ± as broad as long, 1 to 

 each crenation, often confluent in the subentire forms when the apices of 

 the veins are joining. — Scarcely different from L. pectinata, Bl. 

 - Wni * . hemiptci ' t* i Barron fpondo dimorphoua (aa in Toratophyllum), tho 

 abnormal on e s dooply pinnatifid on the uppor and outor oido, tho lobos very 

 finoi narroT<rly li near, eimplo or 1 2 )( fopkod. > = 



Trop. Asia, Polynesia, Mauritius. 



* (2) Mj. gracilis, JBL, Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 140. 



Rhizome creeping, slender, very long, brown, glossy, sparingly provided 

 with lanceolate, spreading scales. Stipes 1 — 5 c.M. apart, naked, polished, + 

 1 — 8 C.M. long. Fronds 15 — 30 c.M. long, 8 — 15 m.M. broad, linear-lanceo- 



