62. GYMNOGRAilME, §§§§§§§ SELUGUEA. 3S7 



parallel, uniting only near the edge, and indistinct beyond where they join ; sori 

 extending on all the veins from the midrib to where they join. — Hk. Sp. 5. 

 p. 154. 



Hab. Singapore and PhUippines. United by Kuhn with the last. 



65. G. (Syn.) miinata, Hk. ; St. 6-12 in. 1., glossy, naked, straw-coloured or 

 chesnut-brown ; fir, 6-12 in. 1., 4^8 in. br., qninate, the terminal pinna the 

 largest, 6-12 in. 1., 1^-2 in. br., oblong-lanceolate acuminate, the edge entire, 

 the lower part narrowed gradually to the base, the lowest pair deflexed and 

 originating from the base of the lateral pair ; texture subcoriaceous ; both sideit 

 naked ; veins fine, parallel, uniting near the edge, with long sori upon all of 

 them.— fifc. Sp. 5. p. 152. t. 297. 



Hab. Borneo, VanecoUa, and Solomon Isles. — Frond like the leaf of a horse-cbesnnt. 



§§§§§§§ SeUiguea, Sory. Veins anastomosing variously and tisuoBy copiously. 

 Differs from Phymatodes only by the elongated sori. Fig. 52. e. f. Sp. 6&-S4. 



* Fronds simple. Sp. 66-79. 



+ Main veins hidden. Sp. 66-70. 



66. G. (Sell.) lanceolata, Hk. ; rhizome wide-creeping, the scales small, linear, 

 dull-brown ; fr. 6-12 in. 1., §-# in. br., the point acute, the edge entire, the 

 lower third narrowed graduaUy to the base or a short stem ; teidure thick, 

 coriaceous but flaccid ; both sides naked ; veins obscure, the midrib much more 

 slender than in G. involuta, the sori more oblique and falling considerably short 

 of the edge.^fli. Sp. 5. p. 156. Grammitis, Bi. & Gr. t. 43. 



Hab. Japan, China, Himalayas, Neilgherries, Ceylon, Fiji, Samoa, Mascaren Isles, 

 Katal, Guinea Coast. 



67. G. (Sell.) meancana, Baker ; rhizome wide-creeping, the scales large, lan- 

 ceolate-acuminate, dnll^brown ; fi: subsessile, 6-10 in. 1., 1-lJ in. br., the point 

 acute, the lower half narrowed very gradually to the base ; texture coriaceous 

 but flaccid ; both sides naked ; veins obscure, the midrib broad and fleshy at the 

 base but almost vanishing upwards ; son linear-oblong, few and not close, 

 almost in one row on each side, not far from the midrib. — SeUiguea, Fee. G. 

 Salvinii, ift. <S>>. 5./>. 157. 2nd Cent. t. 71. 



Hab. Mexico and Gnatemala. 



68. G. (Sell.) dongata, Hk. ; rhizome wide-creeping, tomentose ; St. distant, 

 5 in. 1., naked, ebeneous ; fi: 4-8 in. 1., J-^ in. br., narrowed graduaUy to both 

 ends, the edge entire ; texture coriaceous ; both sides thinly dothed with small 

 scales ; veins obscure ; midrib black in the lower part ; sori linear-oblong, 

 placed end to end La single rows midway between the midrib and edge. — Hk. Sp. 

 5. p. 157. 



Hab. Cuba to Eio Janeiro and Jnan Fernandez. — Habit and scales of Polyp, 

 lanceolatum. 



69. G. (Sell.) inroluta,^o6k.; rhizome creeping, the scales large, lanceolate, 

 dull-brown ; fir. 8-12 in. 1., 1-2 in. br., the point acuminate, the edge entire, the 

 lower part narrowed very gradually to the base or a short broad compressed 

 stem ; texture thick, coriaceous but flaccid ; both sides naked ; areolce obscure, 

 without free veinlets ; sori in long parallel very oblique lines reaching from the 

 midrib nearly to the edge. — HI. i^. 5. p. 155. Grammitis, Hi. <6 Gr. t. 53. 

 S. Wallichiana, HI. le. t. 204. 



Hab. N". India, Neilgherries, Ceylon, Malaccas, Solomon Isles. 



