﻿552 68. MONOGRAMMA. § 2. EUMONOGRAMMA. 



* (2) ME. trichoidea, J. Sm., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil, 375. 



Rhizome slender. Fronds approximate, thread-like. 7 — 10 c.M. long, the 

 fertile ones dilated in 2 — 5 places for a space of + 5-6 m.M., and there 

 bearing the sori with a raised edge on each side. 



Philippines, Borneo. 



* (3) II. paradoxa, Sedd., Handb. Ind. Ferns, 575; M. Jung- 

 huhnii, Hk., Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 57; Redd., Ferns S.I., tab. CGX; Hk., Spec. 

 Fil., V, tab. CCLXXXIX, R; Pleurogramme pamdoxa. Fee, (oldest name). 



Rhizome slender, the scales narrow, lanceolate, finely acuminate. Fronds 

 densely approximate, grass-like, flaccid, 5 — 30 c.M. long, '/a — ^^li m.M. broad. 

 Sori sunk in a furrow with a raised edge on each side, occupying a large 

 portion of the costa or confined to its upper half. 



Ceylon to Hawaii and Australia. 



$ 2. PLEUROGRAMME. 



f. Sori interrupted. (4) M. interrupta. 

 •{•••{'. Sori continuous. 



-»-. Sori medial. (5) M. intermedia. 



+.+.Sori rather marginal. (6) M. Loheriana. 



(4) II. iuterrupta, JBIe., Ann. of Rot., V, 482; Pleurogramme in- 

 terrupta, Christ, Farnkr. d. Erde, 55. 



Stipes densely tufted, wiry, naked, 5 — 8 c.M. long. Fronds linear, 2 '/^ — 4 

 c.M. long, ± 2 m.M. broad. Texture rigidly coriaceous, thick; surfaces naked; 

 veins quite hidden. Sori filling the whole space between the midrib and mar- 

 gin, broken up into a series of pits of unequal length, in which the sporangia 

 are immersed. 



New Guinea. 



(5) 11. intermedia, Copel., Philipp. Journ., I, Suppl., 255. 

 Rhizome erect, slender. Fronds tufted, 4 — 6 c.M. long, 3 — 5 m.M. broad, 



obtuse, the lower part narrowed gradually towards the base. Texture coriaceous ; 

 surfaces naked; costa narrow, sulcate above; veins hidden. Sori continuous, 

 medial, immersed, the groove opening towards the margin. 

 Negros (Philippines). 



