6*7. HEMlONITIS. 847 



H. gymnopteroidea, Copel., Polypod. Philipp., 67; Bemv- 

 mma ^"iaMlia, Copel, Philipp. Journ., II, 406, p. p. ; ( ? Syngramma Zol- 

 ;eri, Diek}t\^ var. major; Hemigramma Zollingeri, Christ, 'var. major, 

 rist, Philipp. Joih^ II, 170. 



Rhizome short, erfesL scaly at the extremity. Fronds clustered, the ste- 

 i sessile or subsessile, 7^^7 c.M. long, S'/*— S c.M. broad, oblanceolate, 

 ;use or acute, repand and cnSp^ at the edge, broad or contracted at the 

 se. Texture papyraceo-herbaeeousr^our dark-green with light patches; 

 •faces naked except on the usually scaljscosta; areolae rather large, with .g 

 )ious free veinlets. Fertile fronds on stipfes^^— 15 c.M. long, the fronds [ g' . 

 -10 c.M. long, 2—4 c.M. broad, the lamina oft^l^mterrupted. Soriferous \^ 

 ns 1—3 on each side, ± parallel to the costa, occasi»mlly anastomosing; » 

 ire lower surface soon covered by the sporangia. 



Var. major: Stipes of barren fronds to 16 c.M. long, scS^ Barren 

 nds simple or pinnatifid, or pinnate at the base. Segments to 3 on^ch 

 e. Fertile fronds much contracted, 8 c.M. long; segments to 2 on each sii 

 sture herbaceo-membranaceous. 



* (2) H. arifolia, Moot-e (not BeM.), Christ, Parnkr. d. Erde, 60; 

 cordata, Hk. ^ Grev., Ic. Fil., tab. LXIV; (not Rb.), Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 



; Bedd., Ferns S.I., tab. LIII; H. cordi folia, Rb., Hk., Fil. Exot, tab. XXXV ; 

 olenium arifolium. Burnt., (oldest name). 



Rhizome erect, the scales linear-lanceolate. Stipes erect, polished, red- 

 h-brown or blaok, furnished with spreading hairs. Fronds dimorphous, 

 •ren fronds cordate, a'/j — 77j c.M. long, often nearly as broad, with a 

 p sinus at the base, the edge entire or crenate, the point blunt, the stipe 

 -10 C.M. long. Fertile fronds sagittate, the lobes acute; lateral lobes + 

 lexed, the edges entire, straight or concave; the stipe 20 — 25 c.M. long. 

 :ture herbaceous or coriaceous, ± flaccid; each lobe with a central rib; 

 as anastomosing copiously. Sori reticulate. 



Trap. Asia. 



* (3) H. palmata, £., Hk. 6k., Syn. Fil., 398; Diels, in Engl. & 

 ntl, Nat. Pfl. Pam., I*, fig. 138, C— D. 



Rhizome erect. Stipes of barren fronds 5 — 10 c.M, long, of the fertile 

 ids IB— 30 C.M. long, glossy, dark-chestnut-brown, clothed with soft, 

 owish hairs. Fronds B — 15 c.M. each way, palmatifid with 5 nearly 





