Puiate 1601. 
GLEICHENIA MONILIFORMIS, Moore. 
Finices, Suborder GiLeicHENIAces. 
Gleichenia moniliformis, Moore, Ind. Fil. p. 11; candice erecto 
gracili ramoso, stipitibus elongatis castaneis nudis, frondibus linearibus 
latis, soris solitariis ad pinnarum basin anteriorem sitis, sporangiis 
paucis sessilibus paraphysibus paleaceis copiosis brevissimis inter- 
mixtis.— Hook. et Baker, Syn. Fil. tS 
Stromatopteris monsliformis, Metten. in Ann, ae Nat. Bot. ser, IV. 
vol. xv. p. 84, 3; Fourn. Fil. Nov. Caled. p. 268. 
Has. New Caledonia, Vieillard, 1571; Richards. 
Stipites 2-4 poll. longi. Lamina pedalis et ultra, 3-4 lin. lata, 
pinnis interdum 60-80-ju 
his is one of the most aleteeting of the endemic ferns of New 
Caledonia. It is so different from all the other Gleichenias that it has 
been regarded ne — and Fournier as forming a monotypic 
genus.—J. G. Bax 
Fig. 1. Sporange in an early stage. 2. Sporange in an advanced stage. 3. Fertile 
portion of fiond. 4. Sterile portion. A/I more or less enlarged. 
VOL. Vil. THIRD SERIES, B 
