5« 7. OLEICHENIA. § A. MERTEHSIA. a. DICRANOPTERIS. 



* (3) G. Morrisii, Mett., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 449 ; Bedd., Ferns S.Br.I., 

 Suppl., tab. CCCXLVI. 



Fronds forked. Branches oblong-lanceolate, 60 — 100 c.M. long, pinnate. 

 Pinnulae lanceolate, distant, alternate, the lowest stalked, 15 — 25 c.M. long, 

 cut down to a narrow wing into + close, ligulate, spreading, ,blunt segments, 

 the higher ones growing gradually smaller. Texture coriaceous ; surfaces 

 naked, the under one green or glaucous; veins once forked. Sori medial, 

 12 — 20 to a segment. 



Malacca. 



* (4) Ci. glauca, Hk., Christ, Farnkr. d. Erde, 540 ; Hk., Spec. Fil., I, 

 tab. Ill, B; G. Imgissima, BL, Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 10; G.giganlea, Wall.,Beid., 

 Ferns Br.L, I, tab. XXX ; Hk., 1. c, tab. HI, A ; Polypodium gldumm, Thb., i '^ 

 (oldest name). a 



Fronds large, forked. Branches to 6 M. or more long, bearing numerous § 

 closely placed pinnulae. Pinnulae as long, 10 — 25 c.M. long, 2 — 5 c.M. broad, ^ 

 cut down nearly or cpiite to the costa into numerous segments. Segments ~ 

 linear-lanceolate or oblong, obtuse, pale or more or less glaucous t/ 



beneath, to 5 m.M. broad. Under surface naked or sparingly covered with 

 small, ciliate scales. Capsules 3 — 5, often mixed with hairs. 



Malaya; Japan, China, Trop. Asia, Australia and Polynesia. 



* (5) d. arachnoidea, Mett., Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 11; G. 

 sima, BL, var. rigida, BL, Enum., 251 ; G. Imgissima, BL, var. arachnoides, Hk. 

 Bk., Syn. Fil., 12; Ci glama, Hk.,'var., C. Ghr;, Ind. Fil. 



Like G. glauca, Ek., but the stipes and rachises densely lomentose with 

 ferrugineous, membranaceous, crisped, ciliate or fimbriate scales leaving the 

 rachises ± rough when they fall. Under surface densely tomentose with the 

 same scales. Capsules immersed bctwocH the tomentum. 



Malayan Islands. " 



* (6) G. IVarburgii, ChrUt, Ann. Btz., XV, 78. 



Fronds forked. Branches flexuose, pinnate, ^furcate at the apex, ± 50 

 c.M. long. Pinnulae distant, alternate, spreading, dichotomously forked. The 

 1 — 3 lowest branchings nudate, the other ones leafy, with the rachises naked 

 or covered vyith deciduous, reddish tomentum. Ultimate branches 5 — 15 c.M. 

 long, 2 — 4 C.M. broad, acuminate. Lobes or leaflets spreading, 15 — 50 on 

 each side, linear, 2—3 m.M. broad, free or joined at the base, the apex 

 blunt; higher lobes abbreviated, reduced. Texture ± herbaceous to sub- 



