398 59. HEMIONITIS, EUHEMIONITIS. 



2. D. piloselloides, Presl ; rhizome filiform, wide-creeping ; fr. dimorphous, 

 the barren ones roundish or obovate-elliptical, ^-2 in. 1., ^-f in. br., the fertile 

 ones linear-oblong, 2-4 in. 1., J-J in. br., both narrowed to the base or a short 

 stem ; texture coriaceous ; veins immersed, anastomosing, with copious free 

 veinlets ; sori in a broad continuous submarginal line, the capsules mixed with 

 stalked peltate scales. Hk. Sp. 5. p. 190. G. F. t. 46. 



Hab. Himalayas, Neilgherries, Ceylon, Malaccas. 



3. D. rigidum, Hk. ; rhizome firm, wide-creeping ; fr. dimorphous, the barren 

 ones 1-1 in. 1., half as br., obovate, entire, with thickened edges, on firm erect 

 stems 1 in. 1., the fertile one 4-5 in. 1., in. br., narrowed into a stem about as 

 long as itself ; texture very thick and rigid ; areolce copious, immersed, without 

 free veinlets ; sori in a deep groove between the broad midrib and edge. Hie. Sp. 

 5. p. 190. 



Hab. Borneo, T. Lobb. An anomalous species, which Moore places in Schizolepton of 

 Fe'e, a genus founded on our Lindsaya cordata. 



GEN. 59. HEMIONITIS, Linn. 



Sori continuous along the veins and copiously reticulated, sometimes also 

 developed slightly between them. A small genus, as now restricted, almost con- 

 fined to the tropics. Veins anastomosing copiously. TAB. VI. fig. 59. 



Euhemionitis. Sori confined to the veins. Sp. 1-6. 



1. H. lanceolata, Hk. ; caud. stout, ascending ; st. 6-9 in. 1., firm, erect, glossy, 

 castaneous ; fr. 6-9 in. 1., 1^-2^ in. br., ovate or oblong-lanceolate, the apex 

 acuminate, the edge subentire, the base narrowed ; texture coriaceous ; both 

 sides naked ; areolce copious, oblique, about i in. 1., 1 lin. br. Hk. Sp. 5. p. 191. 

 2nd Cent. t. 55. 



Hab. Fiji, Seemann, 716, Milne. 



2. H. cordata, Roxb. ; caud. erect ; st. of the barren frond 2-4 in. 1., of the 

 fertile frond often 1 ft. 1., dark chesnut-brown, glossy, densely fibrillose towards 

 the base ; fr. 2-3 in. each way, cordate-hastate, the barren ones bluntish at the 

 point, with rounded basal lobes and a deep sinus, the fertile ones with the lobes 

 more produced and sharper ; texture herbaceous or subcoriaceous ; under surface 

 subvillose ; areolce oblique, - in. 1., lin. br. Hk. Sp. 5. p. 192. Hk. & Gr. 



vt OTC 



Hab. Peninsular India, Ceylon, Moulmein, Philippines. 



3. Il.palmata, L. ; caud. erect; st. of barren frond 2-4 in., of the fertile frond 

 6-12 in. L, glossy, dark chesnut-brown, clothed with soft yellowish hairs ; fr. 

 2-6 in. each way, palmate, with five nearly equal lanceolate divisions, those of 

 the fertile frond the sharpest, varying from subentire to lobed one-third of the 

 way down, those of the barren frond shorter, blunter, and less divided ; texture 

 herbaceous ; both surfaces villose ; areolce oblique, i-i in. L, 4-1 lin. br. Hk. 

 Sp. 5. p. 192. Ex.Fl.t.53. 



Hab. West Indies and Mexico to Peru. 



4. H. hedercefolia, J. Sm. ; caud. decumbent ; st. nearly 1 ft. L, ebeneous, 

 naked ; fr. about 3 in. each way, palmate, with 5 lobes, the three central ones 

 about equal, lanceolate, the lateral ones spreading, shorter and blunter, all 



