246 CHARACTERS OF TRIBES AND GENERA. 



TROPICAL, SOUTH AFRICAN AND ASIAN ISLANDS. 

 Sp. C. canaliculata, WilU. (v v.) ; C. Isevigata, Willd. 

 (v v.) ; C. excelsa, Sw. (v v.) ; C. marattioides, Willd. 

 C. glauca, Bory. ; C. Dregei, Kze. (v v.) ; C. Manniana, 

 Hook, (v v.) ; C. Camerooniana, Hook. C. Welwitschii, 

 Hook. ; C. Angolensis, Weliv. ; C. Kirkii, Hook. C. sechel- 

 larum, Mett. 



EAST INDIAN AND MALAYAN. 



C. spinulosa, Wall. ; C. javanica, Bl. C. crenulata, Bl. ; 

 C. Integra, /. Sm. (v v.) ; C. Hookeri, Thw. (v v.) 



POLYNESIAN ISLANDS, AUSTRALIA, AND NEW ZEALAND. 



C. affinis Sw. ; C. Cunninghami, Hook, (v v.) ; C. deal- 

 bata, Sw. (v v.) ; C. medullaris, Sw. (v v.) ; C. Smithii, 

 Hook, (v v.) 



131. HEMITELIA, R. Br. (1810). 

 Hook. Sp. Fil. ; Cyathea sp. auct. Cnemidaria, Pr. 



Vernation fasciculate, erect, arborescent. Fronds bipin- 

 natifid, 4 to 8 feet long, stipes smooth or aculeated. Feins 

 simple, pinnately forked ; venules all free, or the lower 

 pair of the lowest fascicles angularly anastomosing, forming 

 a costal arch or more or less acute angle. Sori medial. 

 Receptacles globose. Indusium semi-calyciform. 



Type. Cyathea grandifolia, Willd. 



Illust. Hook, and Bauer Gen. Fil., t. 4 ; Hook. Fil. Exot., 

 t. 66 ; Moore Ind. Fil., p. 84, B ; J. Sm. Ferns, Brit, 

 and For., fig. 132. 



OBS. In the second edition of the " Synopsis Filicum" 

 thirty species are recorded as belonging to this genus ; but 

 as the greater number agree in habit, and character of the 



