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Portion of fertile Frond, unde r side.
LINDSÆA CULTRATA.
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P L A T E X V I . B.
Adiantiun cultratum, W i l l d e n o w .
Lindsæa—Named after Mr, Lindsay, an English cryptogamie botanist.
Cultrata—Shaped like a plough coulter.
A BEAUTIFUL A diantum-\o6kmg Fern.
An evergreen stove species.
Native of the East Indies, Java, Ceylon, Luzon, and Ph ilippine
Islands.
The fronds are pinnate, and of a lengthened lanceolate form.
The pinnæ ovate, upper base truncate, the apex briefly lobed.
Submcmbranaceous and horizontal.
Sori oblong, and situated on the superior margin of the
pinnæ. Indusium opening outwardly.
Stipes almost black; rachis pale brown.
Caudex creeping. L ength of frond from six to nine inches.
Caudex pale green.
Sir W. J . Hooker describes several varieties:—
Minor.—Smaller, with more obtuse pinnæ.
Fallens,—More flaccid, upper margin more lobed, sori smaller
and more numerous.
