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more veinlets. Indusium double, i.e. formed of 
two valves, the inner of which is membranaceous, 
the outer formed of the slightly changed margin 
of the frond. 
Genus X].—Linpsaya Dryanp 
(After Lindsay, a writer on ferns.) 
Veins forked, free; pinnz unequal-sided or 
equal-sided. 
Lindsaya cultrata Sw. 
Rhizome short, creeping, wiry, scaly. Stipes 
wiry. Fronds 6-12 inches long, about an inch 
broad, pinnate; pinne 
stalked or sessile, un- gReG 
equal sided; lower edge, ; 
straight ; upper more 
or less lobed or entire. 
Texture leathery. [Fig. 
16.] 
This fern has the 
habit of Adiantum. It Fic. 16.—Lindsaya cultrata 
; Sw. Pinna (* 4). 
is called the hay-scented 
fern from its scent when drying. 
Distribution : Bombay Presidency—North 
Kanara. 
Very common on the western side of the 
Madras Presidency, up to 6,000 feet ; Ceylon ; 
