192 CHARACTERS OF TRIBES AND GENERA. 



Filicum," they are very widely spread in the tropics and 

 extratropical regions of both hemispheres, extending to 

 New Zealand in the south and Japan in the north. 



1. OCCIDENTAL SPECIES. 



Sp. G. scolopendrioides, Linn, (v v.) ; G. reptans, /Sty. 

 (v v.) ; G. gracilis, Moore (v v.) ; G. asplenioides, Sw. (v v.) ; 

 G. aster othrix, Hook. ; G. serrulata, Sw. (v v.) ; G. mega- 

 lodes, Schk. (v v.) ; G. crenata, Sw. (v v.) ; G. Gheis- 

 breghtii, Lind. (v v.) ; G. tetragona, Sw. (v v.) ; G. 

 fraxinifolia, Jacq. (v v.) (G. vivipara, J. Sm. Ferns, Brit, 

 and For.) ; G. Sandvicense, Hook. 



2. ORIENTAL SPECIES. 



G. prolifera, Pr. (v v.) ; G. rubida, /. Sm. ; G. costata, 

 (Bedd. F. Brit. Ind., pi. 220) ; G. urophylla, Wall. ; G. 

 sub-pectinata, Wall. (G. crenato-dentata, Fee) ; G. lineata, 

 Wall. (Bedd. F. Biit. Ind., pi. 3); G. unita, Hook. ; G. 

 pennigera, Forst. (v v.) ; G. oppositifolia, Hook. ; G. mul- 

 tilineata, Wall. (Bedd. F. Brit. Ind., pi. 231) ; G. Penan- 

 giana, Hook. ; G. Fosteri, Moore (v v.) 



OBS. It is dimcult to reconcile the humble G. reptans 

 and its allies as belonging to the same genus with the 

 splendid G. Sandvicense and G. costata, the first being a 

 native of the Sandwich Islands, having an erect arborescent 

 cordex, 1 feet high, bearing a crown of long stipate fronds 

 5 feet in length, which, with G. costata of India and G. 

 pennigera of New Zealand, which also has an arborescent 

 caudex, seems to have some claim to rank as a distinct 

 genus. 



In Beddome's " Ferns of British India," G. costata and 

 G. lineata are said to be indusiate, and consequently belong 

 to NepTir odium. 



