52. GYMNOGRAMME, §§§§§§§ SELLIGUEA, 387 



parallel, unititif^ only near the edge, and indistinct beyond where they join ; sori 

 extending on all the veins from the midrib to where they join. — Ilk. 6'p. 5. 



Hab. Singapore and Phihppines. United by Kuhn with the last. 



Go. G. (Syn.) qtdnata. Ilk. ; st. G-12 in. I., glossy, naked, straw-coloured or 

 cliesnut-brown ; jr. (!-12 in. 1., 4-8 in. br., quinate, the terminal pinna the 

 hu-ffest, 0-12 in. 1., 1^-2 in. br., oblong-lanceolate acuminate, the edge entire, 

 the lower part narrowed gradually to the base, the lowest pair deflexed and 

 originating from the base of the lateral pair ; texture subcoriaceous ; both sides 

 naked ; veins fine, parallel, uniting near the edge, with long soii upon all of 

 them.— /ZI-. Sp. 5. p. 152. t. 2',)?. 



Ilab. Borneo, VanecoUa, and Solomon Isles. — Frond like the leaf of a horse-cliesnut. 



§§§§§§§ Selliguea, Bory. Veins anastomosing variously and usually copiously. 

 Dljf'ers from Phymatodes only by the elongated sori. Fig. 52. e. f. Sp. 6(5-84. 



* Fronds simple. Sp. GG-79. 



+ Jlaiti veins hidden. Sp. GG-70. 



GO. G. (Sell.) lanceolata, Ilk. ; rhizome wide-creeping, the scales small, linear, 

 dull-brown ; fr. 6-12 in. 1., ^-| in. br., the point acute, the edge entire, the 

 lower third narrowed gradually to the base or a short stem ; texture thick, 

 coriaceous but flaccid ; both sides naked ; veins obscure, tlie midrib much more 

 slender than in G. involuta, the sori more oblique and falling considerably short 

 of the edge.— //>{:. Sp. 5. p. 156. Grammitis, HL & Gr. t. 43. 



Hab. Japan, China, Himalayas, Neilgherries, Ceylon, Fiji, Samoa, Mascaren Isles, 

 Natal, Guinea Coast. 



G7. G. (Sell.) mexicana, Baker ; rhizome wide-creeping, the scales large, lan- 

 ceolate-acuminate, dull-brown ; fr. subsessile, 6-10 in. 1., 1-1^ in. br., the point 

 acute, the lower half narrowed very gradually to the base ; texture coriaceous 

 but flaccid ; both sides naked ; veins obscure, the midrib broad and fleshy at the 

 base but almost vanishing upwards ; sori linear-oblong, few and not close, 

 almost in one row on each side, not far from the midrib. — Selliguea, Fee, G. 

 Salvinii, Hk. Sp. 5. p. 157. 2nd Cent. t. 71. 



Hab. Mexico and Guatemala. 



G8. G. (Sell.) elo7ipata. Ilk. ; rhizome wide-creeping, tomentose ; st. distant, 

 ^ in. 1., naked, ebeneous ; /;•. 4-8 in. 1., ^-\ in. br., narrowed gradually to both 

 ends, the edge entire ; texture coriaceous ; both sides thinly clothed with small 

 scales ; veins obscure ; inid7'ib black in the lower part ; sori linear-oblong, 

 placed end to end in single rows midway between the midrib and edge. — Hk. Sp. 

 5. p. 157. 



Hab. Cuba to Hio Janeiro and Juan Fernandez. — Habit and scales of Polyp, 

 lanceolatiim. 



Gi). G. (Sell.) involuta, 'Rook.; rhizome ci-eeping, the scales large, lanceolate, 

 dull-brown ; fr. 8-12 in. 1., 1-2 in. br., the point acuminate, the edge entire, the 

 lower part narrowed very gradually to the base or a short broad compressed 

 stem ; texture thick, coriaceous but flaccid ; both sides naked ; arcolce obscure, 

 without free veinlets ; sori in long parallel very oblique lines reaching from the 

 midrib nearly to the edge. — Hk. Sp. 5. p. 155. Grammitis, Hk. & Gr. t. 53. 

 S. Wallichiana, Hk. le. t. 204. 



Hab. N. Icdia, Neilgherries, Ceylon, Malaccas, Solomon Isles. 



