324 CHARACTERS OF TRIBES AND GENERA. 



^. 9>!0); M. longiMinm, Mett. (ScolojMndrium, Pr., Beliq. 

 Hcenk.,p. 48, t. 9, /. 1) ; M. pinnatum, Mett. {Scolopendrwn, 

 J. Sm.) ; M. Durvillei, Mett. (Borij, Kunze, Siij'pl. SchJc., 

 p. 9, t. 5). 



They are natives of Malay, Philippine, and Fiji islands. 



M. pinnatuvi and ill. Durvillei differ from the rest of the 

 species in having- pinnate fronds ; their sori are, however, 

 characteristic of 2Iicropodium. 



184. — SCOLOPENDEIUM, Sin. (1793). 

 Hooh. Sp. Fih, Asplenium, Linn. 



Vernation fasciculate, erect, acaulose. Froiids simple, 

 entire, or lobod, from 6 inches to 2 and 3 feet long. Veins 

 forked, venules free, the superior and inferior branch of 

 each fascicle contiguous, parallel, and sporangiferous on 

 their proximate sides, constituting two linear, confluent 

 sori, each furnished witli a linear indusium, the free mar- 

 gins of which connive, forming, as it were, one sorus. 



Type. Asplenium Bcolopendrium, Linn. 



Illust. Hook, and Bauer, Gen. Fil., t. 57 B. ; Moore Ind. 

 FiL, p. 39 B ; J. Sm., Ferns, Brit, and For., fig. 112. ; 

 Hook. Syn. Fil., t. 4, fig. 41 A. 



Ops. — This as a genus differs from Asplenium, only in the 

 sori being confluent in pairs, each furnished with its own 

 indusium, the free edges of which connive, and thus form- 

 ing a double sorus. 



Although the connivent sori is the only point by which 

 this genus is distinguished from Aspleiiiian, Sir William 

 Hooker has nevertheless in the " Species Filicum " raised 

 it to the dignity of a tribe which he names Scolopendriecn ; 

 it contains only nine species, which ho arranges under 

 four sections, namely, Euscolopendrimn, Antigrammu, ScJiaff. 



