278 SYNOPSIS OF THE RHIZOCARPEX. 
Hab. Mediterranean region; South France, Italy, Morocco, 
geria. 
13. M. srricosa Willd, Sp. v. 589.—Middle-sized, subterrestrial 
or snguatio, the former tufted, the latter short-creeping. Petiole 
1-3 in.; leaflets deltoid, obscurely ny or glabrescent, }-} in. Be ; 
outer r edge slightly rounded, entire. Conceptacles sessile, oy i 
oblong, 4 in. long, with the pail adnate to the upper part 0. ” 
base, slightly silky when mature, not bordered, not arranged on the 
rhizome in two regular imbricating rows; basal teeth obscure. 
ri 8-10, 
Hab. §.E. European Russia oe Sheeran Siberia. Very near 
M. pubescens, with which Milde un: bit 
14. M. rimsriata Thoun. & Ha ‘Besk. Guin. 461. Fan inch 
of M. quadrifoliata. Petiole 4-1 ft.; leaflets deltoid, aba an inc 
long, glabrous above, strigillose beneath ; outer edge e - 
pe der Elokere, size of anise-seed, solitary, pase gaa y 
tom: 
ab. Yd uinea, Thouning. Known to me only from an incom- 
ist eg tion. 
: 4 ML. : nupica A. Br. in Berl. Monatber. 1868, 482. a 
aiida, subterrestrial, short creeping, glabrous. Petiole 1-14 +e 
long; ; leaflets deltoid, 3-4 in. long and broad; outer edge roun' sr 
Pedicels solitary, erect, ioe short, adna ate to the base : 
die conceptacle, finally turning black. Conceptacle nearly p28 , 
horizontal, 1-12th in. diam., unbordered, bright black, with a loose 
outer skin ; ‘basal teeth obsolete. ri abou differ 
Hab. Kord ofan, Kotschy 126! This and M. gymnocarpa rr 
from all the other feces by their glossy black conceptacles wi 
loose sees epidermi ost 
16. M. mirsura R. ‘Br. Prodr. Austral. 167. — Large or made 
co 
subterrestrial form ; leaflets 
¢ 
rf obliquely round-oblong, aed rt wutsre nearly ee 
1 6th to 1-5th in. long, persistently tomentose, unbordered; bas 
obscure. Sori about 15. M 
Hab. North Australia, Queensland, and N. 8. Wales. 4. 
exarata A. Br. in Berl. Monatber. 1870, 782, is a wide ecm pai 
terrestrial form, with leaves and fruits in dense tufts at the distan 
nodes, and small silky leaflets of firm te 
17. M. vintosa Kaulf. Enum, Fil. 279. ee iiiadie- sized or large, 
subterrestrial or aquatic, with deltoid leaflets, with rounded entire 
outer border, thinly silky, except in the aquatic. Pedicel short, 
solitary, erect, adnate to the upper part of the base of the oes 
wer, Conceptacle Tae Ee pevaeeny 7 silky, rary 
1-5th in. long, one-fifth longer than broad; basal teeth pro- 
ainesk the upper ane hooked, ty =e separated by Ps sce acute 
sinus. Sori about 
ge *Sandvih Islands. Very near M. vestita. 
. & Grev, Ic, Fil. t, 159. — Subterrestrial, 
