es. MO]VOGHlA.M»lA., Schhuhr. 



Sori linear, placed on or close to the costa, often protected by 1—2 

 lateral outgrowths of leaf-tissue. 



Frdnds narrow, linear, grass- or rush-like, simple or rarely subdichoto- 

 mous, not articulate to the creeping rhizome, mostlyl with no other veins 

 than the costa. Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., tab. VI, fig. 51 ; Diels in Engl. & Prantl., 

 Nat. Pfl.Fam., P, fig. 1B7, B— 6. 



Tropical. . 



ISee Supplement 1. 



Arrangement of the sections. 



1. EUMONOGRAMMA. Fronds more or less approximate ; lateral veins wanting. 



2. PLEUROGRAMME. Fronds tufted ; lateral veins present. 



EUMONOGRAMMA. 



•{•. Fronds gradually dilated towards the apex. Sori with i raised outgrowth 

 at the side. (1) M. dareicarpa. 



f.f . Fronds not gradually dilated towards the apex. Sori flanked by 2 raised 

 outgrowths. 



I + Fronds very fine, subcap\illary. (2) it. tricholdea. 



i ++ Fronds less fine, not subcapillary. (3) M. paradoxa. 



(1) 11. dareicarpa, MU., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 375; Hk., Spec. 

 Fil., V, tab. CCLXXXVni, A. 



Rhizome slender, creeping, the scales minute, narrow, brown. Fronds 

 I'/j — a'/j c.M. lotig, 1 — I'/j m.M. broad near the top, subacute, narrowed 

 gradually downwards but without a distinct stipe, the fertile taller and rela- 

 tively more slender than the barren ones. Sorus along 1 side of the costa, 

 covered by an outgrowth from it reaching nearly to the margin, occupying 

 the higher part of the frond, not more than 6 m.M, long. 



Borneo, Philippmes, New Guinea. 



