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broad, very blunt, the lower side obliquely cut 
at the base, the outer edge finely toothed. 
Texture almost leathery. Rachis and surfaces 
hairy. Veins disposed in a fan-shaped manner. 
The fertile portion consisting of a panicle 1-3 
inches long and a slender stalk 3~4 inches long. 
Cultivated. . 
Distribution : South Brazil. 
Genus L.—Lycopjum Sw. 
(Deriv. Lygodis, flexible; the climbing 
habit.) 
Sporangia solitary (or in pairs) in the axils 
of large overlapping clasping involucres, which 
form spikes either on separate pinnze or in lax 
rows along the edge of the leafy ones. Fronds 
scandent ; pinne in pairs (conjugate), palmate 
lobed, pinnatitid or pinnate, veins forked free. 
(a) Barren pinnules ovate, blunt; the 
margin entire or lobed. . 
1. L. microphyllum. 
(0) Barren pinnules again pinnate or 
variously deeply lobed or almost palmate; 
margin finely serrate. _ 
(:) Pinnules 8-12 inches long, 6=12 
inches broad. 
2. L. flexuosum. 
