OXXU. GENEBA OF TEENS : 



(b) Sori pedicellate. 



171. EUPODIITM, J- Smith, KooTc. Journ. Sot. iv. 190. 



(in obs.); Id., Land. Jowm. Sot. i. 129. 

 Maeaihb ep., AuDt. 



Sori dorsal, non-inTolucrate, pedicellate, roundish-oblongjhorny 

 opaque, longitudinally divided into two opposite valves or lobes, 

 thus consisting of two opposite series of (about 4) connate spore- 

 cases, tbe valves convex outside, plane within, the spore-oases of 

 each valve bursting on their inner face, by a vertical cleft or 

 slit. Seceptacles sub-globose, medial. Involucres none. Veins 

 (pinnules) simple forked or pinnate, from a central oosta ; venules 

 free, dorsally soriferous. 



Fronds large, tri-pinnate J pinnules articulated. Eaehis winged. 

 Rhizome ileahy, sub-globose, or becoming erect in age. — A genus 

 well-distinguished by the pedicellate sori. 



Ex. : E. Kaulfassii, J". Sm. 



Order— UAHATTIACEM. rrfSe— KAULPUSSINE.E. 



172. KATJIiPTISSIA, Blume, Bmm. Ml. Jama, 260. 



MACEOSTOitA, Hooker MS. ; AsFlDll Bp., Auct. 



Sori dorsal, non-indusiate, sessile, globose, fleshy-coriaceous, 

 concavo-hemispherical, crenate, consisting of 10 — 12 spore-cases 

 arranged in a single concrete cyclose series ; the spore-cases 

 bursting on the inner face, by a vertical oblong or linear-obovate 

 cleft or slit. Seceptacles globose, compital. Veins prominent, 

 pinnate ; venules anastomosing in hexagonoid areoles, soriferous 

 on the points of confluence, the ultimate areoles containing free 

 clavate veinlets. 



Fronds coarse, ternate, the under surface furnished copiously 

 with cavities, which are probably secretory organs. Ehizome 

 thick, ? decumbent. — The structure of the fructifications in this 

 genus is very distinct from all others, the single series of concrete 

 spore-cases forming a shallow circular cup-shaped, or rotate mass_ 

 Ex. : E. eescnUfolia, Bl. [ K assamica, Oriff. 



