SYNOPSIS OF THE RHIZOCARPER. 281 
adnate to its base. Conceptacle oblong, unbordered, oblique, 
ascending or deflexed, 1-6th to 1-5th in. long; upper tooth distinct, 
lower obscure. Sori about 15. 
Hab. Central Africa, in Bongo- -land, Schweinfurth 2147 ! 
29. GymMnocarPA Leprieur; A. Br. in Flora, 1839, 300.— 
M. léocarpa Bory MSS. — Habit of M. nubica. Leaflets narrowly 
deltoid, nearly glabrous; outer edge rounded, entire. Pedicels 
solitary, erect, brownish, rather Mahone = the poor pers — 
to its base. Conceptacle nearly square, } in. di much 
rg aca glabrous baat’ bla ck, ‘atthe’ a rape outer 
ri 
Sen on, Leprieur, Perottet. Differs mainly from ™. - 
i by its rh pedicel. 
[. ca Willd. Sp. v. 540; Delile, Fl. Egypt. 253, t. 50. 
sBabtexciateiat ot or "aquatic, very variabl ize. Petiole in the 
aquatic form }~1 ft.; leaflets deltoid, }-} in. long, entire ; in 
silky, deeply crenate on the r edge. Pedicels solitary, erect, 
+-4 in. long, adnate to the wes Tass of the pare yore which is 
horizontal, nearly square, 1-12th to 1-10th in. long ally silky, 
not bordered, with the — corner of the oe evdase into an 
obscure tooth, Sori about 6 
re wees Egypt and ‘Astracan 
condensata, n. sp. — Subterrestrial, middle- we 
ion tufted: ” Petioles ‘$14 in. lon he ere deltoid, firm i 
texture, thinly silky, }-4 in. long, crenate on cn outer edge. 
Pedicels in a "tuft with the leaves, free to “the base, 3-} in. Hrd 
stiffly erect, adnat the whole base of the oe on- 
ceptacle horizontal, suborbicular, a silky, unbordered, : in. 
long; basal teeth none or elie obscure. Sori about 10. 
H Herb. 
e, el 
ApRaTA A. Br. in n Berl. oe Sg 745.—Small, 
- leaflets deltoid, 
4 in. 
ese: Pedhects ferer erect, a 
= Babe Borneo, Low! — near M. egyptia 
in Linnea, XXV. 721. —M. macropus 
Nardu, macra, oxaloides, and hirsutissima A. 
1870, 784739. — Large, subterrestrial or aquatic. Petiole o 
ial forms; leaflets deltoid, fom 
silky, 4-2 in. long; outer edge rounded, entire or crenate. Pedicels 
1-2 in. long, stiffly erect, adnat 
the conceptacle. Coneeptacles oblique 
the dorsal suture Snes straight, }-} in. long, 
cuspidate, with a pair of small teeth at the upper corn 
Sori 15-20." 
