106 CHAEACTEES OF TKIBES AND GENEEA. 



tiguoTis, the stipes raising from the apex of conical nodes. 

 Fronds iirm, coriaceous, the fertile partially contracted ; 

 perfect ones deeply pinnatifid, in some states sinuose 

 only or simple, 6 to 18 inches long. Primary veins 

 indistinctly costa3form. Venules compound, anastomosing. 

 Heceptacles transversely oval, compital, deeply impressed 

 in a cavity, forming tubicles on the upper surface. Sori 

 large, round, or oval, transverse uniserial. 

 Type. Lecanojiteris carnosa, Bhime. 

 lUust. Hook, and Bauer, Gen. Fil., t. 90, B. (abnormal 



state) ; Moore Ind. Fil., p. 64-, B. 

 Obs. — This genus was originally founded on an abnormal 

 state of a very remarkable Pern, having fronds of different 

 forms, one state havmg simple and sinuose fronds on the 

 same plant, known as Polypodium sinuosum of Wallich. 

 {Hooh. Sp. Fil., t. 274) ; the more perfect state being a 

 Luzon plant, which, in my " Enumeration of Philippine 

 Island Ferns" (18J.]), 1 named Drynaria himarioides, which 

 has equal pinnatifid fronds, and as in Polypodium vtilgare, 

 the pinnfs occasionally become laciniated, each lacinia 

 bearing a single sorus, and being concave, presents some 

 similitude to the fructification of the Lichen called Lecanora 

 (^Nephroma) resupinata. Besides these characters, the very 

 remarkable thick scaly rhizome marks it as a very peculiar 

 Fern, worthy of being considered a distinct genus. 



The different states have been found in Java Peninsula 

 of Malacca, Borneo, Philippine and other eastern islands. 



Sp. L. carnosa, Bl. {Polypodium sinuosum, Wall. ; Dry- 

 naria lomarioides, J. Sm.) 



