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very much crowded Cccspitose l-lh inch long h a line MJde 

 in the broadest part linear-spathulate simi)le more or less 

 falcate firm suljcoriacco-niembranaceous bright green costate 

 veinless sorifcrous only in the spathulate apex there opening 

 %vitli a longitudinal cleft about A an inch long on one side 

 the eccentric costa in the same manner as is described under 

 M. Juny}u(hnu,t\\Q linear sorus occu])ving the sinus or axis of 

 the deep cleft. (Tab. CCLXXXIX.'A.) 



Hal). Island of MalecoUe, New Hebrides, C.Moore. — Nearly allied to M.Jidkj- 

 hnhnii, but very (iistinct in its mncli smaller size, firmer texture, curved fronds 

 broader upwards and tlie short sori always at the apex. The free valve (if 1 may 

 so call it) which opens from the costa is of a paler colour than the frond, and in- 

 volucriform. 



6. M. (Eumonogramme) trichoideu, J. Sm. ; caudex very 

 slender, filiform creeping hispid with very small subsetiform 

 scales, fronds .3-4 inches long densely tufted extremely slen- 

 der capillary scarcely thicker than human hair (subquadran- 

 gular when dry) flexuose flaccid costate ('.■') veinless; sterile ones 

 equally narrow throughout; fertile ones with 1-3 swollen 

 distant sheath-like soriferous receptacles 2-3 lines long open- 

 ing longitudinally and forming a deep semicircular cavity or 

 groove occupied by the sorus which thus appears to be at- 

 tached to the costa. — ./. Sm. in Hook. Bot. Journ. iii. ;>. 394 

 {iiame only). Vaginularia, Fee, Gen. Fit. p. 97. t. 9. B. 



Hal). Luzon, Cuming, n. 160. — An extremely curious little Fern, but which, I 

 think, J. Smith has correctly referred to Monogramme. I am not aware that it 

 has been gathered by any one except Mr. Cuming. 



7. M. (Eumonogramme) Junghuhnii, Hook, ; caudex slen- 

 der creeping tomentose much interlaced and tufted palea- 

 ceous on the upper side with lanceolato-subulate glossy iri- 

 descent sphagnose scales, fronds dense close-placed and 

 forming ctespitose masses flaccid 2-3 inches to a foot long 

 J to scarcely h a line wide linear-filiform for the whole length 

 simple costate ; when fertile opening at the costa with a 

 longitudinal cleft (on the left-hand side) thus forming a narrow 

 longitudinal false involucre bearing the sorus in the sinus or 

 axis leaving an elevated ridge formed by the costa and some- 

 what resembling a second false involucre, sori narrow linear 

 more or less elongated sometimes extending nearly the whole 

 length of the frond. (Tab. CCLXXXIX. B.) — Vaginularia, 

 Metten. Fit. Hort. Lips. p. 25. t. 27. /". 25-28 (showing, at fig. 

 28, a double pseudo-involucre). Pleurogramme (?) paradoxa, 

 Fee, I'ittar. J). 38. /. 4. /'. 1 (pseudo-involucre doid)le, " spo- 



