190 CHARACTERS OF TRIBES AND GENERA. 



I arrange the genera of the tribe under the following 

 heads : — 



Series 1. — Veins anastomosing. 



* Sori naked. 

 ** Sori indusiate. 



Series 2. — Veins free. 

 * Sori indusiate. 

 ** Sori nahed. 



Series 1. — Veins anastomosing in various loays. 



* Sori nahed. 



Sect, 1. DlCTTOPTERIDE/E. 



Veins angularly or compoundly anastomosing. Sori 

 punctiform, rarely oblong or linear. 



95. — Stegnogramme, Blume (1828). 

 Gymnogramma, Hooh. S^j. Fit. 

 J'crnation contiguous, sub-fasciculate, decumbent. Fronds 

 pinnate, 1 to 3 feet high, pilose ; pinniB lanceolate, 4 to 5 

 inches long, sub-pinnatifid. Veins costceform pinnate, 

 venules acutely anastomosing, sporangiferous nearly their 

 whole length, forming linear naked sori. Sporangia 

 pilose. 



Type. Stegnogramme aspidoides, Blume. 



Illust. Hook. Ic. PL, t. 950 ; Moore Ind. Fil., p. 50 B. ; 



Hook. Syn. Fil., t. 6, fig. 52 B. 

 Obs. — This genus consists of a single species, a native 

 of the East Indies and Java. In habit and general ap- 

 pearance it resembles several species of Gonio'ijten.i, 



