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t. 930) ; M. longifolium, Mett. (Scolopendrium, Pr., Reliq. 

 Hcenk.,p. 48, t. 9, /. 1) ; M. pinnatum, Mett. (Scolopendrum, 

 J. 8m.) ; M. Durvillei, Mett. (Bory, Kunze, Suppl. Sclik., 

 p. 9, t. 5). 



They are natives of Malay, Philippine, and Fiji islands. 



M, . pinnatum and M. Durvillei differ from the rest of the 

 species in having pinnate fronds ; their sori are, however, 

 characteristic of Micropodium. 



184. SCOLOPENDRIUM, 8m. (1793). 

 Hook. Sp. Fil., Asplenium, Linn. 



Vernation fasciculate, erect, acaulose. Fronds simple, 

 entire, or lobed, from 6 inches to 2 and 3 feet long. Veins 

 forked, venules free, the superior and inferior branch of 

 each fascicle contiguous, parallel, and sporangiferous on 

 their proximate sides, constituting two linear, confluent 

 sori, each furnished with a linear indusium, the free mar- 

 gins of which connive, forming, as it were, one sorus. 



Type. Asplenium Scolopendrium, Linn. 



Illust. Hook, and Bauer, Gen. Fil., t. 57 B. ; Moore Ind. 

 Fil., p. 39 B ; J. Sm., Ferns, Brit, and For., fig. 112. ; 

 Hook. Syn. Fil., t. 4, fig. 41 A. 



OBS. This as a genus differs from Asplenium only in the 

 sori being confluent in pairs, each furnished with its own 

 indusium, the free edges of which connive, and thus form- 

 ing a double sorus. 



Although the connivent sori is the only point by which 

 this genus is distinguished from Asplenium, Sir William 

 Hooker has nevertheless in the " Species Filicum " raised 

 it to the dignity of a tribe which he names Scolopendriece ; 

 it contains only nine species, which he arranges under 

 four sections, namely, Euscolopendrium, Antigramma, Scha/- 



