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auricled (eared) at the base. The central leaflet is from Gin. to 12in, in 

 length and Sin. to 4in. in breadth, is oblong-spoon-shaped, and has nearly 

 entire edges ; the other leaflets, of similar shape, are smaller and often unequal- 

 sided and lobed. The texture is soft and fleshy, and the copious, roundish, 

 non-indusiate sori (naked spore masses) are scattered all over the under- surface 

 of the fronds. — Hooker and Greville, Icones Filicum, t. 229. Nicholson^ 

 Dictionary of Gardening^ ii,, p. 217. Beddojiie, Ferns of British India, t. 185. 



The plant is very easily grown, requiring a substantial mixture of two 

 parts fibrous loam, one part peat, and one part sand, with abundance of water 

 at the roots all the year round. It is usually propagated from spores. 



K. assamica — as-sam'-ic-a (native of Assam). A synonym of K. cesculifolia. 



LACOSTEA— Lac-os'-te-a. See Trichomanes. 

 LASTREA— Las'-tre-a. See Nephrodium. 

 LECANIUM— Lec-an'-i-um. See Trichomanes. 

 LEPICYSTIS— Lep-ic-ys'-tis. See Polypodium. 

 LEPTOCIONIUM— Lep-toc-i-on'-i-um. See Hymenophyllum. 

 LEPTOGRAMME— Lep-tog-ram'-me. See Gymnogramme. 

 LEPTOPTERIS— Lep-top'-ter-is. See Todea. 

 LEUCOSTEGIA— Leu-cos-teg'-i-a. See Davallia. 

 LINDSiEA— Lind-sas'-a. See Lindsaya. 



