, Sudetes of Moravia, and the Carpathians.—This species combines the
habit of 0. montana with the texture of C. fragilis.
5. C. montana, Link ; rhizome wide-creeping ; st. slender, erect, 6-9 in. 1.; f r .
about 6 in. each way, deltoid, quadripinnatifid ; lowest?)«»«/ deltoid-lanceolate,
1-l.i !•> i - i in- bl’- ; segm. cut down to the rachis below, the lobes oblong,
2 h n . h, 1 lin. br., deeply and sharply toothed ; texture thinly herbaceous ; sori
small, 18 to 24 to the lower segments.—H k . Sp. 1. p. 200. B rit. Ferns, t. 25.
Hab. Mountains of Scandinavia, Scotland (very rare), and Central Europe; Kamsohatka,
east side of the Booky Mountains, N. America. ’
T r ib e 5. Lincsayeæ.
Sori placed in a line at or yery^ near the edge o f the fro n d , covered with an
involucre, the inner valve o f which is membranaceous, the outer (obsolete in Hicty-
o x ip h ium )/om « !j o f the margin o f the fro n d . Gen. 20-20*.
Gen. 20. L indsaya, Dryand.
Sort marginal or suhmarginal, placed at the apex of and uniting two or more
veins. Invol. double, opening outwardly, the inner valvè membranaceous, the
outer formed of the more or less changed (scarcely changed in Biellia and some
other species) margin of the frond. A moderately extensive genus, only a few
species o f whtchpass outside the tropics, most, but not all, the species o f which have
one-sided pellucido-herbaceous or coriaceous pinnce, approximatinq in shape to a
o f a circle. T ab. I I . f. 20.
§ Eulmdsaya. P tn nw unilateral, veins fre e. Sp. 1-25. A well-marked section
winch has its head-quarters in Tropical America, A sia , and Polynesia, hut reaches
the^Mauritius, Japan, and Australia, with the habit o /A d ian tum , with fronds often
t Main rachis unbranched. Sp. 1-12.
. .1.. L.■ „ . Swartz ; .....r creeping; st. wiry, flexuose, black,
shining, 4-8 in. 1. ; f r . 6-12 m. 1., ^ in. hr., simply pinnate ; pinnm 3 lin. 1.,
2 lin. deep, the upper edge very slightly toothed, the lower ones with often a
considerable space between tliem ..................................
a continuous line along the upper
texture thickly pellucido-herbaceous ; sori in
Ige. —H k . Sp. 1. p. 206.
Hab. Australia, Van Diemen’s Land, New Caledonia, and New Zealand —
Pmnules often distinctly flabellate in shape, readily curling up when dry. I t has much
the smallest pinnæ of the unbranched group.
2- L- „
. Hk.
short-creeping ; st. very short, close together ;
f r . 3-4 in. 1.,
in. br
1-., simply pinnate ; pinnm 4 lin. 1., } in. deep, distinctly
falcate towa;
------—„ the outside, both margins entire, close together, but not imbricated
; texture pellucido-herbaceous ; the costal vein parallel with the lower edge
a t a short distance from it ; sori in a continuous marginal line.—H k . S p 1
p . 208. t. 64. B. O F
Hab. British Guiana ; gathered
by Sir R. Schomburgk.—A very doubtful plant,
perhaps young, unbranched L. trape.
iformis.
3. I . adiantoides, J . Sm. ; st. nearly tufted, black, polished, wiry, 1-2 in. 1. ;
f r . 4-6 in. 1., about 1 in. hr., simply pinnate ; pinnm J in. 1-, i in. deep, the upper
imbricated, the lower edge straight or slightly curved, the upper rounded and
broadly lobed about one-third of the way down ; texture pellucido-herbaceous •
son marginal in the lobes.—//>{:. Bp. l . p . 204. t. 61. C.
Hab. S. Camarines, Malay Archipelago ; gathered by Cuming.—Much resembling
small unbranched forms of L. nitens, but recognizable by its simple venation.
4. L. ovata, J . Sm. ; rhizome short-creeping ; st. 2-3 in. 1., wiry, flexuose,
black ; f r . 4-6 in. 1., j in. hr., simply pinnate ; pinnce 4 lin. L, 2 lin. deep, not
imbricated, the lower ones with th e ir own breadth between them, horizontally
oblong, the point very blunt, the lower side obliquely'’ truncate at the base, the
upper slightly auricled ; texture subcoriaceous ; sori in a continuous marginal
line.—Hk. Bp. 1. p. 205. t. 64. A.
Hab. Same station as L. adiantoides ; gathered also by Cuming.
5. L. concinna, J . Sm. ; rhizome short-creeping ; st. 2-4 in. I., wiry, erect ; f r .
6-12 in. L, I in. br., simply pinnate ; pinnoe 4 lin. 1., 2 lin. deep, very b iu n t'o n
the outer edge, the upper edge very slightly crenate, the upper ones close together,
but scarcely imbricated ; texture pellucido-herbaceous ; sori in a continuous or
slightly interrupted line along the upper edge.—H k . Bp, 1. 205, t. 61. B.
Hab. Philippine Islands and Borneo.
6. L, Seemanni, J . Sm. ; rhizome short-creeping ; st. wiry, flexuose, 3-6 in. 1. ;
f r . 6-12 in. 1., about 1 in, br., simply pinnate ; largest pinnoe ¿ - j in. 1., | in.
deep, the same shape as those of L . cuUrata, b u t the teeth, especially the lower
one, deeper and the texture thinner.—J . Bmith in Bot. Herald, p . 239.
Hab. Bay of Choco, Panama, discovered by Dr. Seemann.—Perhaps an American
form of L. cultrata.
7- L. cidtrata, Swartz ; rhizome short-creeping ; st. wiry, flexuose, 3-6 in. 1. ;
fr. 6-12 in. 1., about 1 in. br., simply pinnate ; largest pinnm ¿ - | in. 1., ¿ in.
deep, not imbricated, the lower margin straight or slightly curved, usually
upwa.rds, the upper edge slightly lobed, so th a t the continuity of the line of the
fructification is broken, sometimes nearly entire, lower pinnæ stalked ; texture
coriaceo-membranaceous.— Sp. 1. p . 203. Hk . S; Gr. Ic. t. 144. Hk. F il.
Exot. t. 67.^ L. Lobbiana, H k . Sp. 1. p. 205. t. 62. C. L. gracilis, Blume, H k .
E . C.—(S, japónica ; f r . 2-3 in. 1. ; pinnoe nearly triangula r, with the point at
the base, upper edge nearly entire.
Hab. North of India, ascending in the Himalayas to 4,000 ft. ; Neilgherries,
Malayan Peninsula aud Islands, Bourbon ; and gathered lately by Mr. Hill in Queensland,
by Dr. Meller in Madagascar. /3 is a remarkable variety discovered by Mr. Oldham
in Japan.
8. L. hotrychioifrs, St. Hil. ; st. 4-6 in. 1., wiry, erect, polished, dark chesnut-
brown ; f r . 9-12 in. 1., 1-1¿ in. hr., simply pinnate ; pinnoe ¿ in. each way, with
only the inner third of the lower half cut away, the lower line more or less
decurved, the upper line broadly rounded, scarcely lobed, and the outer margin
broad and blunt ; texture herbaceous ; rachis naked, polished ; sori in a continuous
line round the upper and outer edge and the inner h a lf of the lower one, the
outer valve projecting beyond the inner.
Hab. Brazil. Burchell, 4402.—Probably this is only an unbranched form of L.
fiabeliulata, which, however, is not known to occur in the New World. Our description
IS taken entirely from BurchelL’s specimens named by Mettenius.
9. L. Spreng. ; rhizome short-creeping ; st, close together, wiry, 3-6 in.
I ; f r . 4-8 in. 1. l-J-2 in. br., simply pinnate ; pinnoe |-1 iu. 1., not more than i in.
br., tiie^ u pper edge crenated towards the gradually n a n o wing point, even the upper
ones with usually in. between them, often not tru ly dimidiate, but with the
costa becoming central towards the p o in t ; texture pellucido-herbaceous ; line of
the son not interrupted till it reaches the crenations of the outer third of the
upper margin.— bp. l . p . 209. t. 64. G.