29. LINDSAYA. § 2. EULINDSAYA. 273 



* (29) li. lancea, Bedd., Handb. Ind. Ferns, 75 ; L. trapeziformis, Dry., 



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



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



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



1^ Hk., Icon. PI, X, tab. CMLVIH. 



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



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



CD 



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



<E 



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



CD 



m 



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

 curved or nearly straight, the upper and outer edge/B entire, rounded. Texture 

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



Tar. caudata: A large form with more branches than usualp. 



Malaya; Ceylon, Trap. America. 



§ 3. SYNAPHLEBIUM. 



a. Sori continuous, or solitary and terminal on the leaflets. (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. (316) L. Werneri. 

 b.b. Leaflets lohed '/s — ^k-^^V down. 



c. Leaflets dimidiate throughout, under 2 c.M. long, lohed + ^j^-way 

 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 ± \-way down. (34) L. Sarasinorum. 



(50) li. aasurea, Christ, Ann. Btz., XV, 101, tab. XIV, Jig. 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 



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