182 CHARACTEES OF TEIBES AND GENERA. 



89. Caltmmodox, Presl. (1836). 



Grammiies:, Blume ; Plectopterii, Fee ; Poli/jKxlimn, sp. Hook. 



Sji. Fil. 



Vernaiion fasciculate, acaulose. Fronds linear lanceolate, 

 2 to 4 inches liigli, \ incli wide, pinnatifid, tlie upper 

 segments folded longitudinally, forming a cyst, and fertile. 

 Veins one in each segment and sporangiferous, forming 

 oblong sori, included in the fold of the segments. 



Type. Orammites CMcidJata, Blume. 



Illust. Blume, Fl. Jav., t. 50, f. S ; Fee, Gen,, p. 230, 

 t. 19, B ; Moore, Ind. Fil, p. £0, A. 



Oes. — This genus, founded on Grainmiies eitcidlala of 

 Blume, is readily distinguished from its cong-eners by the 

 segments being- folded, forming a cuculus or C3'st, including 

 the sori. Two species possess the above character ; natives 

 of CeyloH, Java, Borneo, and Philippine Islands. 



Sp. C. c/ucullatus, Blume ; C. clavifer, Rooh. (^Grammites, 

 Bool:., Seed. Cent., t. 5). 



90. LOMAPHLEBIA, /. Sin. 



Grammiies, sp. Siv. ; Sect. Ghilopteris, Fresl.; PoJypodium, 

 sp. Hook. Sp. Fil. 



Vernation fasciculate, acaulose. Froitds ctespitose, stipate, 

 simple, linear, entire, smooth, opaque, 4 to t! inches 

 high. Veins forked, apices of the venules combined 

 by a continuous transverse marginal vein, the exterior 

 venules of each fork fertile, bearing ovate, oblong oblique 

 sori. 



Type. Grammilis linearis, Sioartz. 



Illust. Schk. Fil., t. 7. 



Ocs. — The species on which this genus is founded, with 



