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T^NITIDE^. 
T^NioPSis. See page 18. 
1, Taniopsis scolopendrina. (J. Smith.) Caudex creeping, paleaceous with subulate scales, fronds linear, lanceolate membra- 
naceous ; gradually attenuated at both ends, 16 to 28 inches long by 1 inch broad — glabrous on both sides, scarcely stipitate. Sori sunk in a 
furrow within the margin of the upper portion of the fronds, inner margin of the furrow winged, margin of the frond revolute over the 
fructification diaphanous or sub-indusiate. Haplopteris scolopendrina, Pr. Tent. Pier. p. 141 T;eniopteris Forbesii, Gen. Fit. t. 76 
Pteris scolopendrina, Bory ;— Vittaria Zeylanica, Fh. 
Ceylon. (C. P. 1304.) 
PLATE No. CCXII. 
LINDSiEEyE. 
LiNDS-'EA. See page 7. 
* Fronds pinnate. 
t Costa excentric or marginal or obsolete. Sori on the superior margin. 
1. Lindsasa repens. (Thw.) Caudex creeping, scaly. Stipes short, fronds rigid membranaceous linear-lanceolate, 10-18 inches 
long, h inch broad, pinnate attenuated at the base, pinnse very numerous, 40 or more pair, half deltoid-ovate obtuse or sub-acute, base 
nearly parallel with the rachis, and with the lower margin quite entire, upon margin lobulato-crenate, costa parallel with and close to the 
margin, veins simple or forked, free, sori short, oblong, one near the margin of each lobule. Lindsjea oblongifolia, Reimv. ; — Hook. Sp. 
/"vY. i, 206 Davallia Boryana, /"m^. ^(?%. Haiilc. \,p. 66 ■—Hook. Sp. Fil. i, 175 Acrophorus repens, ilioom /wd i^i7. ;—Dicksonia 
repens, Bory Voy. \i,p. 323 ; — Davallia Macrteana, Hook, et. Arnt. Bot. of Beecliy. Yoy. p. 108. 
Ceylon. (C. P. 3389.) 
PLATE No. CCXIIL 
2. Lindseea repens Var minor. (Thw.) A smaller form with the pinnse more membranaceous, and pinnatifid or serrate, sori 
much shorter. — Odontoloma Boryanum, J. Sm. ? 
Ceylon. (C. P. 1389.) 
PLATE No. CCXIV. 
t t Costa central. Sori on both margins. 
3. Lindscm Walkerce. (Hook.) Caudex creeping, thicker than a crow's quill, ferruginous with scale like hairs. Stipes veiy 
long, often 1 foot, and as well as the rachis dark-purple glossy, fronds lanceolate, pinnate 6 inches to 1 foot long, pinnse 6-9 pairs with a 
terminal one which is sometimes confluent with one or both of the upper pair, coriaceous, sub-opposite remote lanceolate or linear- 
lanceolate equal, costa central, veins copious, almost parallel with the costa, Sorus marginal, continuous on both sides. Hook. Sp^ 
Fil. i, 209. 
Ceylon. (C. P. 1379 ) 
PLATE No. CCXV. 
* Fronds bi-iri-2nnnate or decom2)ound. 
t Costa excejitric or marginal, or obsolete. Sori 07i the superior margin. 
4. Lindscea flahellulata. (Dry.) Caudex creeping, stipites tufted, generally elongated, fronds linear- lanceolate and pinnate oi 
