106 20. LINDSATA, § EULINDSAYA 



Hab. Venezuela, Guiana, and. valley of Amazon. — A veiy distinct species and 

 interesting as showing a transition from JEvMndsaya to Isoloma, 



10. L. pectinata, Blume ; rhizome stout, wide-creeping, scandent, paleaceous ; 

 «*. erect, very short ; Jr. 12-18 in. 1., 1-2 in. br., simply pinnate ; pinn'ce\-^m. 1., 

 J in. deep, the lower line nearly straight, the upper margin round, slightly 

 nrenate, the point not very blunt, close together, but not imbricated ; , texture 

 pellucido-herbaceous ; sori in an interrupted line along the upper edge. — Hk. Sp. 

 1. p. 206. L. oblongifolia, Beinw. Ilk Sp. 1. p. 206. t. 61. D. 



Hab. Assam and Malayan Peninsula and Islands. — Habit of Odontoloma rq)ens, 

 wliioh see. Zi. calomelcmos, Kunze, from Java, is said to be closely allied. 



11. L. scandens, Hk. ; rJiizome stout, wide-creeping, scandent, paleaceous ; fr^ 

 9-12 in. 1., IJ-lf in. br., simply pinnate ; pinnce f in. 1., \ in. br., the lower line 

 slightly decurved, the upper rounded, entire, the point broadjy rounded, placed 

 in a long row close together, but not imbricated ; textv/re pellucido-herbaceous' ; 

 costa marginal ; sori in a continuous marginal line. — -Hh. Sp. l.p. 205. t. 63. B. 



Hab. Malayan Peninsula and Philippine Islands ; gathered by Sir W. Norris, Lady 

 Dalhousie, and Mr. Cuming.^ — Said to be sometimes bipinnate, but very doubtfully 

 distinct from Z. pectimata. The two may readily be known from the rest of the group 

 by the stout scandent rhizome. 



12. L. Lapei/rousii, Baker ; st. tufted, very short ; fr. 9-16 in. 1., about \\ in. 

 br. at the widest part, not branched ; pinncB very numerous, about f in. 1., with 

 4-8 spathulate-cuneate secund segments cut down to a narrow rachis ; textwre 

 herbaceous, both surfaces naked ; swi subterminal on the segments ; imol. 

 shallow, nearly as broad as the segments, which measure a line or more across at 

 the apex. — Davallia, Hlc. 2nd Cent. t. 66. 



Hab. Vanekolla and Fiji ; gathered by Messrs. 0. Moore and Milne. — Probably the 

 same species as Davallia hymenophyllaides. 



tf Main rachis more or less branched when the plant attains its full development. 

 Sp. 13-25. 



13. L. fMformis, Hk. ; st. slender, wiry, very flexuose, brownish-black, 

 polished, 2-4 in. 1. ; fr. 4-6 in. 1., with a long simply pinnate apex, and below 

 several pairs of short, spreading, flexuose branches ; pinnl. 2 lin. br., 1 lin. deep, 

 the lower line curved upwards or downwards, the upper nearly entire, placed 

 near together but not imbricated, obliquely truncate on the side towards the 

 rachis j texture pellucido-herbaceous ; sori in a continuous line along the upper 

 edge.-^iSTA. Sp. 1, p. 212. t. 63. D. L. tenuis, Klotxsch, oldest name. 



Hab. British Guiana ; gathered by Sir E. Schomburgk. — ^The smallest and most 

 slender of the branched species. 



14. L. Catherince, Hk. ; rhizome short-creeping ; st. slender, erect, wiry, 

 polished, 6-9 in. 1. ; fr. 6-9 in. 1., with a pinnate summit, and below several 

 spreading branches, the lowest of which are sometimes again branched at the 

 base; pinnl, ^ in. 1., J in. deep, cut down nearly to the costa into two or three 

 cleft obversely triangular lobes ; texture thinly pellucido-herbaceous ; sori not 

 quite as broad as the lobes, the outer valve consideraby broader than the inner, 

 and finely toothed Ht Sp. l.p. 212. *. 65. B. 



Hab. St. Catherine's, Brazil; gathered by Captain Beeohey. — Not more than a 

 variety of L. virescens. 



15. L. virescens, Swartz; r^foome short-creeping; sJ. 6-9 in. 1., slender, flexuose, 

 polished, dark-coloured ; fr. 6-9 in. 1., 4-6 in, br., deltoid in general outline, with 



