182 CHARACTERS OF TRIBES AND GENERA. 



89. CALYMMODON, Presl. (1836). 



Grammites, Blume ; Plectopteris, Fee ; Polypodium, sp. Hook. 

 Sp. Fil. 



Vernation fasciculate, acaulose. Fronds linear lanceolate, 

 2 to 4 inches high, inch wide, pinnatifid, the upper 

 segments folded longitudinally, forming a cyst, and fertile. 

 Veins one in each segment and sporangiferous, forming 

 oblong sori, included in the fold of the segments. 



Type. Grammites cucullata, Blume. 



Illust. Blume, Fl. Jav., t. 50, f. 3 ; Fee, Gen., p. 230, 

 t. 19, B ; Moore, Ind. Fil., p. 50, A. 



OBS. This genus, founded on Grammites cucullata of 

 Blume, is readily distinguished from its congeners by the 

 segments being folded, forming a cuculus or cyst, including 

 the sori. Two species possess the above character ; natives 

 of Ceylon, Java, Borneo, and Philippine Islands. 



Sp. C. cucullatus, Blume ; C. clavifer, Hook. (Grammites, 

 Hook., Seed. Cent., t. 5). 



90. LOMAPHLEBIA, /. 8m. 



Grammites, sp. Sw. ; Sect. Chilopteris, Presl.; Polypodium, 

 sp. Hook. Sp. Fil. 



Vernation fasciculate, acaulose. Fronds caespitose, stipate, 

 simple, linear, entire, smooth, opaque, 4 to 6 inches 

 high. Veins forked, apices of the venules combined 

 by a continuous transverse marginal vein, the exterior 

 venules of each fork fertile, bearing ovate, oblong oblique 

 sori. 



Type. Grammitis linearis, Swartz. 



Illust. Schk. Fil., t. 7. 



OBS. The species on which this genus is founded, with 



