740 CXLVIL. FILICES. [ Blechnum. 
Filic: Exot. t. 77. rra evi thick rising to a short erect trunk. 
Fronds 2 to 3 ft. | ong. Pinne he: stinct, 6 in. 1 ft. long, $ to L in. 
broad near the dedi tapering to a long point, mostly cuneate at the 
base and attached by the midrib only, the numerous veins very fine as 
in B. serrulatum, but the margins anije entire. Sori close to the mid- 
rib and soon covering it. ew of the uppermost pinnæ occasionally 
adnate and oe on the rhachis. —F. Muell. Fragm. v. 120; Bedd. 
Ferns S. Ind. t. 29. 
N. Australia. Adelaide River, M*Douall Stuart, l 
Queensland. Rockingham Bay , Dallachy ; D off the Coast, Leefe, Wa tr ; 
Daintree River, Fitzalan ; Gilbe rth iver, Dain 
Also in East tropical Asia and in the South Pacific Islands. 
28. MONOGRAMME, Schkuhr. 
Rhizome slender, rapia Fronds simple, narrow, veinless op 
the midrib, So a single continuous line in the upper part of the 
; in a groove opening along the midrib, the m. piante of the groove 
mig anindusium along one or both sides of the soru 
m genus spread over the tropical and southern extratropical regions i she 
Now d the Old World. The only Australian species extends over the urea 0 
genus sat least in the Old World. 
M. Junghuhnii, Hook. Spec. Filie. v. 123, Syn. Filic. 375, ee 
tenella.— Rhizome almost filiform, intricately matted, covered with fine 
uairlike scales. Fronds slender and vrass-like, 1 to 22 j in, high, entire, 
scarcely 4 line broad, flat with a prominent midrib in the lower me 
part. the ect fertile half rather broader.—Bedd. Ferns S. Ind. t i 
F. Mue l. Fragm. vii. 110: ; Diclidopteris angustissima, Brackenr. E ic. 
U. S. Expl Exped. 135, t t. 17. 
* the 
Queitislind. Rockingham Bay —— y. The numerous specimens in 
collection are all quite similar to Ce ylonese ones, as figured by Beddome. in 
typical form from the Malayan Arhi peli and Pacific Islands, more specially 
escribed by Hooker, has very much ledges and stouter fronds 
29. DOODIA, R. Br. 
Rhizome tufted. Fronds 
Sori oblong or shortly linea 
forked veins ee fits the 
