20. LIXDSATA, § EOTJKDSA-TA. 103 



Hab. S. Camarines, Malay Archipelago ; gathered by Cuming.^— Mnch resembling 

 small unbranched forms of L. niieng, but recognizable by its simple venation. 



4. L. ovata, J. Sm. ; rhizome short-creeping ; St. 2-3 in. 1., wiry, flexuose, 

 black ; fr. 4-6 in. 1., j in. br., simply pinnate ; pinnm 4 lln. 1., 2 lin. deep, not 

 imbricated, the lower ones with their own breadth between them, hoi-izontally 

 oblong, the point very blnnt, the lower side obliquely truncate at the base, the 

 upper slightly auricled ; texture subcoriaceous ; sori in a continuous marginal 

 line.— at. Sp. l.p. 205. t. 64. A. 



Hab. Same station as L. adiaiiUoidesj gathered also by Cnming. 



5. L. concinna, J. Sm. ; rhizome short-creeping ; St. 2-4 in. 1., wiry, erect ; fr 

 6-12 in. 1., I in. br., simply pinnate ; piniKB 4 lin. 1., 2 lin. deep, very blunt on 

 the outer edge, the upper edge very slightly crenate, the upper ones close together, 

 but scarcely imbricated ; texture pellucido-herbaceous ; sori in a continuous or 

 slightly interrupted line along the upper edge. — JSi. Sp. 1. p. 205. t. 61. B. 



Hab, Philippine Islands and Borneo. United by Knhn with cvltrala, 



6. L. Seemanni, J. Sm. ; rhizome short-creeping ; st. wiry, flexuose, 3-6 in. 1. ; 

 fr. 6-12 in. 1., about 1 in. br., simply pinnate ; largest pinnce ^-J in. 1., ^ in. 

 deep, the same shape as those of L. cuUrata, but the teeth, especijJly the lower 

 one, deeper and the texture thinner. — J. Smith in Sat. Herald, p. 239. 



Hab. Bay of Choco, Panama, discovered by Dr. Seemann. — Perhaps an American 

 form oiL. cvUrata. 



7. L. eidtrata, Swartz ; rhizome short-creeping ; si. wiry, flexuose, 3-6 in. 1. ; 

 fr. 6-12 in. 1., about 1 in. br., simply pinnate ; largest pinnce J-J in. 1., J in. 

 deep, not imbricated, the lower margin straight or slightly curved, usually 

 upwards, the upper edge slightly lobed, so that the continuity of the line of the 

 fructification is broken, sometimes nearly entire, lower pinnae stalked ; texture 

 coriaceo-membranaceous. — Hk. Sp. 1. p. 203. Hk. 8f Gr. Ic. t. 144. Hk. Fit. 

 Exot. t. 67. L. Lobbiana, Sk. Sp. 1. p. %0o. t. 62. C. L. gracilis, Blume, Hk. 

 E. G. — ft japonica; fr. 2-3 in. L ; pinnw nearly triangular, with the point at 

 the base, upper edge nearly entire. 



Hab. North of India, ascending in the Himalayas to 4,000 ft. ; Neilgherries, 

 Malayan Peninsula and Islands, Bourbon ; and gathered lately by Mr. Hill in Qaeens- 

 land, by Dr. Meller ia Madagascar. /3 is a remarkable variety discovered by Mr. Oldham 

 in Japan. 



8. L. hotrychioides, St. Hil. ; st. 4-6 in. 1., wiry, erect, polished, dark chesnut- 

 brown ; fr. 9-12 in. 1., 1-1^ in. br., simply pinnate ; pintuB J in. each way, with 

 only the inner third of t£e lower half cut away, the lower line more or less 

 decurved, the upper line broadly rounded, scarcely lobed, and the outer margin 

 broad and blunt ; texture herbaceous ; raehis naked, polished ; sori in a continuous 

 line round the upper and outer edge and the inner half of the lower one, the 

 outer valve projecting beyond the inner. 



Hab. Brazil. Bwehdl, 4402. — Probably this is only a lax unbranched variety of 

 guianema. 



9. L. diAia, Spreng. ; rhizome short-creeping ; st. close together, wiry, 3-6 in. 

 1. ; fr. 4-8 in. L, 1^2 in. br., simply pinnate ; pinnce j-1 in. 1., not more than \ in. 

 br., the upper edge crenated towards the gradually narrowing point, even the upper 

 ones with nsnally J-J in. between them, often not truly dunidiate,' hut with the 

 costa becoming central towards the point ; texture pellucido-herbacsous ; line of 

 the sori not interrupted till it reaches the crenations of the outer third of the 

 upper margin. — Hk. Sp. 1. p. 209. t. 64. C. 



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