282 SYNOPSIS OF THE RHIZOCARPER. 
. M. Muelleri A. Br. in Linnea, xxv. 721. — M. salvatria 
Hanstéin. — ee more regularly oblong, the dorsal suture 
more rounde 
Var. M. elata A. Br. in Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol 1867, App. 3.— 
Conceptacle erect with a pedicel 24~3 in. long. 
Hab. ntral and oo Australia. 
85. M. vena 1 A. Br. in Berl. Monatber. 1870, 747. — Very 
near M. mexicana. Leaflets ia and gla —_ Pedicels longer, 
curved, decumbent, sometimes twice as long as the conceptacle, 
adnate to the upper part of its base. Concdnhadle oblong, per- 
pegs tomentose, 1-5th in. long; basal teeth obscure. Sori 
“Heb. St. Me Lop ans she a ro. 
34, M. mutica Mett. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 4, xv. 88.—Aquatic, 
middle-sized, wide- iseapiing. Petiole 6-8 i in. long; leaflets deltoid, 
glabrous, 4 in. long; outer edge rounded, entire. Pedicels solitary, 
ascending, }-} in. long, foscotly at all adnate to the base of the 
conceptacle, i inserted at its lower corner. Conceptacle poninandak 
unbordered, glabrescent, ra in. long, obovoid-oblong ; basal teeth 
obsolete. — about 
ab. New Caledonia, Vieillard 1698! We have aquatic forms 
of similar habit, but without fruit, from Tahiti and Fiji, and 
another from New so ona with entire leaflets 13-14 in. long 
and broad. 
M. ancytoropa A. Br. in Berl. Monatber. 1863, 484.— 
Wide-tr trailing, middle-sized or large, aquatic or subterrestrial, the 
latter with leaves rather silky. Petiole 1-4 in.; leaflets Siete 
rea in. long road; outer border comand and en 
Pedicels solitany, abruptly deflezod 1-6th to 1-5th in. long, oanie 
to the middle of the base of the cone eptacle. Conceptacle obovoid- 
globose, unbordered, tomentose, 1-5th in . long ; basal teeth none 
or very indistinct. Sori about 20. 
ab. Marshes in Ecuador, near Guayaquil, Jameson 894! 
Spruce 6550! 
37. coromanDELIcA Burm. Fl. Ind. tab. 62, fig. 8.— M. 
coromandeliana Willd. Sp. Plant. v. 589.— M. minuta var. coroman- 
deliana Tin Mant. 308.—Small, — or subterrestrial, glabrous 
in ts. Petiole 4-8 in. long ; leaflets deltoid, 1-12th to. 
1-8rd in. long; outer edge rounded, entire, Pedicel s $-} in. long, 
free, filiform, erect, inserted in the middle of the base of the eon- 
ceptacle. Coneeptacle oblong, meek 4 in, long, cay -mneaer3 secmel 
and grooved e face ; basal teeth distinct. Sori 
Hab. Plai sf Penivadas he a, and discovered Abhi by 
Dr. I. B. Balfour in Socotra. Species 87-40 differ from all the 
other species by having pellucid streaks in the areole of the 
8 their long diamete 
Small, er i ra, ‘ea ree 
e-trailing, glabrous. Petiole 1- ° 
long ; leaflets deltoid, about 3 in, anit outer “= ayer and 
mae, ous ar: very mers ascending, wee! in. long, 
