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entire leaflets, to bipinnate (twice divided to the midrib), with branches 

 spreading upwards, Sin. to 4in. long, and furnished with oblong-spear-shaped, 

 blunt pinnules (leafits) of a soft, papery texture, and along the margin of 

 which the sori (spore masses) are disposed in continuous lines. L. Fraseri 

 is probably only a form of this species. — Hooker^ Species Filicum, i., p. 223. 

 Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, ii., p. 281. Beddome, Ferns of Southern 

 India, t. 206. 



L. horizontalis — hor-i'-zon-ta'-lis (horizontal). This is synonymous 

 with L. trapeziformis. 



L. humilis — hum'-il-is (humble). A synonym of L. adiantoides. 



L. Kirkii— Kirk'-i-i (Dr. Kirk's), Hooker. 



This distinct and handsome species, of robust habit and somewhat large 

 dimensions, is a native of the Seychelles. Its ample fronds, 1ft. to 2ft. long, 

 6in. to 9in. broad, and of a thin, papery texture, are borne on stout, nearly 

 upright stalks 1ft. to 2ft. long ; they are formed of a long, unbranched point 

 and from six to nine branches on each side. Gin. to 9in. long. The pinnules 

 (leafits) are so closely placed that each overlaps the base of the next above 

 it ; they are much decurved at the base, their outer edge being rounded ; 

 the upper ones are notched and those nearest to the rachis (stalk of the 

 leafy portion) frequently overlap it. The abundant sori (spore masses) are 

 disposed round the upper edge ; they are not more than twice as broad as 

 deep, protruded from the margin, terminating only one or two of the veins. 

 — Hooker, Siinopsis Filicum, p. 108. 



L. (Isoloma) lanuginosa— Is-ol-o'-ma ; la-nu-gin-o'-sa (woolly), Wallich. 



This species, native of the Malayan Peninsula, Tropical Austraha, and 

 the Mauritius, is of robust growth, and in habit is as Httle like other 

 Lindsayas as possible, for its oblong-spear- shaped fronds, 1ft. to 2ft. long. 

 Sin. to 4in. broad, simply pinnate (once divided to the midrib), and produced 

 from a stout, creeping rhizome (prostrate stem) clothed with scales of 

 a filamentous nature, greatly resemble those of Nephrolepis acuta, and show 

 similar white dots on the upper side of their deciduous leaflets. These leaflets 

 are of a leathery texture, long and narrow, entire (undivided) or very slightly 



