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II. Fronds compound, 2-4 pinnate. 
(a) Rachis naked or slightly scaly. 
Surfaces naked. 
6. L. sparsa. 
(6) Rachis and surfaces hairy. 
(t) Fronds pinnate above, bipinnate 
below, the lower basal pinnules 
-of the lowest pinnz the longest: 
and equivalent to some of the 
: upper pinnz in size, shape, and 
cutting ; ultimate segments 
finely serrate. 
7. L. dissecta. 
(i) Fronds bipinnate; pinnules cut 
‘down almost to the costa, 
oblong, lanceolate from a broad 
adnate base which is decurrent 
so as to form a winged rachis ; 
segments either lobed or cre- 
nate. 
8. L. tenericaulis. 
(ii) Fronds 3-4 pinnate; pinnules 
-often over-lapping ; cut down 
to a winged rachis into oblong 
ovate segments which are in 
