L IN D SÆ A . Dryand.
Sorus inframarginalis, linearis, continuus. Indusium lineare, continuum, margini
frondis parallelum, margine superiore libero.— Filices proecipue tropicæ. Rhizoma
repens. Frondes sparsoe, coriaceæ v. herbaceæ^ simplices aut pinnatim compositoe.
Venæ crebræ^ internæ, Jlabellatce, uni-bi-tri-quadri-furcatæ, tenuissimæ.— Pr .
Lindsæa trapeziformis, D r ( T a b . L X I I I . A.)
The species of this well-marked Genus are numerous. Presl enumerates thirty-three
species.
Fig. 1. Portion of a frond, nat. size ; / _ 2 . P in n a ; f . 3. Portion of do. 4, 5. Sporangia ; f. 6.
Sporules :—magnified.
TA B . L X I IL B.
S C H IZ O L O M A . Gaudich.
L i n d s æ æ s p . Auct. P t e r i d i s s p . Alior.
Sorus inframarginalis, linearis, continuus. Indusium lineare, continuum, margini
frondis parallelum, margine superiore libero.—Filices intratropicæ. Rhizoma
repens. Frondes sparsoe, tenuiter coriaceæ, simplices aut pinnatæ. Venæ internoe,
tenuissimæ, ramosissimoe, in maculas hexagonoideas anastomosantes.—P r .
S. macrophyllum. P r { T a b . L X I I I . B .)— Lindsæa, Kaulf.
Other species of the Genus are S. cordatum, (Gaudich.) S. 9 lanceolatum, ( Pr.) S. Biliardieri,
(Gaudich.,) and S . Guerinianum, (Gaudich.,) (Lindsæa, Desv.)
Fig. 1. Pinna of S. macrophyllum, nat. size; f . 2. Portion of the same ; / . 3. Smaller portion of the
s am e ;/. 4. Sporangium; / 5. Sporules:—magnified.
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