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involucre (covering) being protruded beyond the inner one. — Hooker^ Synopsis 

 Filicum, p. 471. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, ii., p. 281. 



L. pectinata — pec-tin-a'-ta (comb-like), Blume. 



A species of medium dimensions, native of Assam and the Malayan 

 Peninsula and Islands. Its fronds, Ift. to IJft. long, lin. to Sin. broad, and 

 simply pinnate (only once divided to the midrib), are produced from a stout, 

 wide-creeping rhizome (prostrate stem) of a scaly nature, and borne on 

 very short, upright stalks. The leaflets, Jin. to fin. long and |-in. deep, have 

 their lower line nearly straight, the upper margin round, slightly notched, and 

 the point not very blunt ; they are set close together, but not overlapped. 

 The sori (spore masses) are disposed in an interrupted line along the upper 

 edge. H. ohlongifolia is identical with this species. — Hooker, Species Filicum, 

 i., p. 206, t. 61d. NicJiolson, Dictionary of Gardening, ii., p. 281. 



L. pendula — pen'-dul-a (drooping), Klotzsch. 



This species, native of British Guiana, ditfers remarkably from other 

 Lindsayas in habit and in its numerous very small, cuneate (wedge-shaped), 

 deflexed segments. Its fronds, 9in. to 12in. long and Sin. to 4in. broad, are 

 produced from a wide-creepmg rhizome (prostrate stem) densely clothed with 

 chestnut- brown fibres, and borne on naked, polished stalks 6in. to 9in. long ; 

 they are oblong in general outline, the main rachis (stalk of the leafy portion) 

 being without leaflets except above the branches, which are IJin. to 2in. long, 

 and spread from the stem at right angles or are even slightly curved down- 

 wards. The pimiules (leafits), almost obversely triangular in shape, though 

 placed close together, are not overlapped ; those of the upper side of the 

 branches are often deflexed and pendulous. The sori (spore masses) are 

 disposed in a continuous line along the upper edge of the leaflets. — Hooker, 

 Species Filicum, p. 213. 



L. (Diellia) pumila— Di-eF-li-a ; pu'-mil-a (dwarf), Hooker. 



A very distinct species, native of the Sandwich Islands, with the habit 

 of a large form of Aspleniwm Trichomanes. Its fronds, 4in. to 9in. long and 

 simply pinnate (only once divided to the midrib), are borne on tufted, blackish, 

 polished stalks lin. to 2in. long, of a Aviry nature. Their leaflets, of a some- 



