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same genus with Drynaria and Phegopteris of this work. 

 Under Grammites I comprehend all the simple linear- 

 fronded forms having free veins and one row of sori 

 on each side of the mid-rib, the sori being more or less 

 oblong or linear or sometimes even punctiform, the single 

 row being the chief distinction between it and Ctenopteris. 

 This latter genus, however, also contains a few single- 

 fronded species, but they have a higher degree of develop- 

 ment, the fronds being normally pinnatifid and each lacirise 

 having its mid-vein with soriforous venules on each side. 



Blume, in his " Flora Javanica," figures and describes 

 no less than twelve species of Grammitis as natives of Java. 

 Not having seen specimens of many of these, and the 

 figures being much alike, I am quite unable to arrive at a 

 satisfactory conclusion regarding them. Sir William 

 Hooker also appears not very satisfied with many of them. 

 It can only be by careful examination and comparing them 

 one with another in a living state, either in their native 

 country or brought together under cultivation, that the 

 species can be determined, they are widely dispersed, 

 being found in both hemispheres, the greater number 

 are found in the Malayan Islands, and extending to 

 Australia. 



Sp. G. tenella, Kaulf; G. furcata, Hook, and Grev. ; G. 

 Zeylanica, Fee ; G. marginella, Swartz. (v v.) ; G. aus- 

 ' tralis, E. Br. (v v.) ; G. attenuata, Kunze. ; G. fasciata, 

 Blume ; G. sessilifolia, Hook. ; G. hirta, Blume ; G. con- 

 formis, Brack and Hook. ; G. setigera, Hook, and Arn. ; 

 G. fasciculata, Blume; G. Sprucei, Hook. 2nd Cent, of 

 Ferns, t. 6 ; G. organensis, Gardn. Hook. Ic. Pl. t t. 509 ; 

 G. subpinnatifida, Blume. 



