546 66. STNGRAHMA. § S. DiCTTOGRAHllk. 



patent, sublanceolate, but distinctly unequal-^ided. Texture herbaceous; sur- 

 faces naked; no main veins; veins distinct, anastomosing irregularly; areolae 

 oblong, oblique, resembling those of Acrostichum, Sori linear, straight, curved 

 or flexuose, irregularly oblique, intermixed with shorter ones, v?hich are 

 roundish or oblong; capsules intermixed vfith numerous, densely crowded, 

 jointed, linear paraphyses, which have the upper part narrowly ellipsoidal, 

 deciduous. 



Amboyna (Boerlage). 



* (14) S. pinnata, J. Sm., Lond. Journ. of Bot, IV, 16», tab. VQ— 

 VIII, fig. C; Gymnogramme pinnata, Hk., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 590; Henmnitis 

 elongata, Brack., WHk., Expl. Exp., XVI, tab. VIII. 



Stipes subtufted, 15 — 30 c.M. long, firm, erect, glossy. Fronds 30 c.M. 

 or more long, nearly as broad, pinnate. Pinnae erecto-patent, to 15 — 25, c.M. 

 long, 1 — S'/a C.M. broad, narrowed gradually to both ends, cuneate at the 

 base, the lower ones stalked, simple or pinnate, the edges entire or nearly 

 so. Texture coriaceous ; rachis and surfaces naked ; areolae narrow, irregular, 

 usually in 2 rows between the costa and edge. Sori linear or oblong, irre- 

 gular, often confluent. 



East-Malayan Isles; Polynesia, Trap. Australia. 



&r. HEMIONITIS, Mdfuti. 



Sori linear, continuous along the veins, reticulate, vrithout paraphyses. 

 No indusium. 



Rhizome short. Stipes not articulate to the rhizome. Fronds simple or 

 lobed in malayan material, the fertile ones on the longest stipes: veins dis- 

 tinct, anastomosing copiously, bearing the sori throughout; no main veins, 

 but the fronds provided with 3 or more radiating ribs originating from the 

 base, 1 to each lobe or seginent ; areolae without free veinlets. Hk. Bk., Syn. 

 Fil., tab. VI, fig. 59, a; Uiels, in Eugl. & Prantl, Nat. Pfl.Fam.,r, fig. 138, C— U. 



A small genus, almost confined to the tropics. 



f. Barren' fronds cordate, fertile ones sagittate. (2) H arifolia. 



+.f . Both, barren and fertile fronds palmatehj 5-lobed. (3) H. palmata. 



