: CHARACTERS. OF TRIBES AND GENERA, 
TM 930); ; M. longifolium, Mett. (Scolopendrium, des Relig. 
Henk, p. 48, t. 9, f. 1) ; M. pinnatum, Mett. (Scolopendrum, 
J. Sn.); M. Durvillei, Mett. (Bory, Kunze, Suppl. Schk., 
5:9, t: 5). 
They are natives of Malay, Philippine, and Fiji islands. 
M. pinnatum and M. Durvillei differ from the rest of the 
species in having pinnate fronds ; their sori are, however, 
characteristic of Micropodium. 
184.—Scotorenprium, Sm. (1793). 
Hook. Sp. Fil., Asplenium, Linn. 
Vernation fasciculate, erect, acaulose. Fronds simple, 
entire, or lobed, from 6 inches to 2 and 3 feet long. Veins 
forked, venules free, the superior and inferior branch of 
each fascicle contiguous, parallel, and sporangiferous on 
their proximate sides, constituting two linear, confluen 
sori, each furnished with a linear indusium, the free mal 
gins of which connive, forming, as it were, one sorus. 
Type. Asplenium Scolopendrium, Linn. | 
Illust. Hook. and Bauer, Gen. Fil., t. 57 B.; Moore Ind. 
Fil., p. 39 B; J. Sm., Ferns, Brit, and For., fig. 112. 
Hook. Syn. Fil., t. 4, fig. 41 A. 
Oss.—This as a genus differs from Asplenium only in | 
sori being confluent in pairs, each furnished with its own 
 indusium, the free edges of which connive, and thus form- 
ing a double sorus. DE 
_ Although the connivent sori is the only point by w 
. this genus is distinguished from Asplenium, Sir Wil 
. Hooker has nevertheless in the “ Species Filicum " r 
it to the dignity of a tribe which he names Scolopen 
ve it contains only nine species, which he arranges 
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