Ajicx of Frond— iipiicr side. 



LINDS^A LINEARIS. 

 SwARTz. Brown. Kunze. Hooker. Moore. 



PLATE XVI. — C. 



Lindscea lunata, Willdenow. 



" imhricata, Desvaux. 



Adiantum lineare, Poiebt. 



Lindscea — Named after Mr. Lindsay, an English cryptogamic botanist. 

 Linearis — Linear. 



A PRETTY, very distinct, small, and rare species. 



An evergreen greenhouse Fern. 



Native of New Holland, Tasmania, New Zealand, and West 

 Australia. 



The fronds, which are pinnated, are linear-acuminate and 

 membranaceous. Pinnae small, rigid, sessile, and flabellate; 

 sub-opposite near the base. 



Stipes long and shining; rachis and stipes purple. 



Sori situated on the anterior margin, and uninterrupted. 



Caudex creeping. 



Length of frond from two to twelve inches. 



For the frond illustrated my thanks are due to Mr. R. Sim, 

 of Foot's Cray. 



