The Cryptogamous Plants of Dr. Roxburgh. 511 



6. V. interrupta. R. Lindssea interrupta. R. Wall. Cat. 

 65, No. 2195. 



Stipes polished, as long, or longer than the smooth, alter- 

 nately bipinnate frond ; pinnae linear ; leaflets triangularly- 

 wedge-shaped, with anterior margin, chiefly of the barren 

 fronds, gash-dentate. Line of fructifications on the anteri- 

 or margin, and interrupted by the breaks therein. (Involu- 

 cre double.) 



Found by Mr. W. Roxburgh, growing on the ground, in 

 shady cool places on Prince of Wales' Island. 



16. LINDSiEA. 



Fructifications in an uninterrupted line, a little removed 

 from the margin. Involucre originating from the surface, 

 continued ; separating outwards. 



1. Z. odorata. R. Icon. Roxb. 14, 109. 



Stipes alternate from a creeping root, smooth; fronds alter- 

 nately-pinnate ; leaflets petioled, trapeziform-falcate, anterior 

 margin gashed. 



An elegant, small, erect species, of from 6 to 12 inches in 

 height ; a native of the Garrow Hills; when dry and drying, 

 sweetly fragrant. The line of fructification is completely 

 marginal, and interrupted by the fissures on the anterior 

 margin of the leaflets, and I would rather be inclined to con- 

 sider it a Hymenophyllum^ if any thing like a column could be 

 found within the involucre. 



2. L. bipinnata. R. 



Fronds alternately bipinnate, smooth ; pinnae linear ; leaf- 

 lets sub-sessile, somewhat crescent-shaped, with an uninter- 

 rupted line of fructifications, a very little removed from the 

 anterior-exterior margin. (Involucre originating from the 

 surface, continued, separating outwards.) 



Found by Mr. W. Roxburgh on Prince of Wales' Island. 

 I am not certain if ever the thin edge of the leaf is turned 



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