﻿6s. ]viotvogh^j^.m:m:a., schuuhr. 



Sori linear, placed on or close to the costa, often protected by 1 — 2 

 lateral outgrowths of leaf-tissue. 



Fronds narrow, linear, grass- or rush-like, simple or rarely subdichoto- 

 nious, not articulate to the creeping rhizome, mostly wit no other veins 

 than the costa. Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., tab. VI, fig. 51; Diels in Engl. cfcPrantl., 

 Nat. Pfl.Fam., I*, fig. 157, B— G. 



Tropical. 



Arrangement of the sections. 



§ 1. EUMONOGRAMMA. Fronds more or less approximate; lateral veins wanting. 

 g 2. PLEUROGRAMME. Fronds tufted ; lateral veins present. 



1. EUMONOGRAMMA. 



f. Fronds gradually dilated towards the apex. Sori with i raised outgrowth 



at the side. (1) M. dareicarpa. 



f.'i'. Fronds not gradually dilated towards the apex. Sori flanked by 2 raised 



outgrowths. 



+. Sori once or twice interrupted. (2) M. trichoidea. 



+.+.Sori not interrupted. (3) M. paradoxa. 



(1) M. dareicarpa, Hfc., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 375; Hk., Spec. 

 Fil., V, tab. CCLXXXVni, A. 



Rhizome slender, creeping, the scales minute, narrow, brown. Fronds 

 l^/j — S'/j c.M. long, 1 — 1^2 ni.M. broad near the top, subacute, narrowed 

 gradually downwards but without a distinct stipe, the fertile taller and rela- 

 tively more slender than the barren ones. Sorus along 1 side of the costa, 

 covered by an outgrowth from it reaching nearly to the margin, occupying 

 the higher part of the frond, not more than 6 m.M. long. 



Borneo, Philippines, New Guinea. 



