52. GTMNOGRAMME, §§§§§§§ SELLIGUEA, 389 



B. Main veins prominent, texture coriaceous. Sp. 76-70. 



76. G. (Sell.) Fiei, Hk. ; rhizome firm, wide-creeping, the scales bright-brown, 

 fibrillose ; Jr. dimorphous, the barren ones 3-4 in. 1., l|-2 in. br., ovate-oblong, on 

 stems 1-3 in. 1., the fertile ones 3-6 in. 1., f-lj in. br., on shorter stems, both 

 acute and entire ; texture coriaceous ; both sides naked ; main veins distinct, the 

 intermediate veinlets obscure ; sori linear-oblong, immersed, in single rows 

 between the main veins, not reaching either to the midrib or edge. — Hk. Sp. 

 6. p. 158. 



Hab. Malay Peninsula and Isles. — P. vulcanicum, Blume, is said to be like this, but 

 to have the barren and fertile fronds uniform. 



77. G. (Sell.) heterocarpa, Blume ; rhizome woody, wide-creeping, the scales 

 dense, J in. 1., linear, full-brown ; St. 6-9 in. 1., firm, erect, naked ; /r. 6-12 in. 1., 1-2 

 in. br., the point much acuminated, the edge entire, the lower part narrowed very 

 gradually ; texture subcoriaceous ; both smes naked, glossy ; main veitis distinct 

 to the edge, the veinlets hidden / sori linear-oblong, immersed, one between each 

 main vein, not extending either to the edge or midrib. — Hk. Sp. 5. p. 160. 



Hab. Java. 



78. G. (Sell.) Hamiltoniana, Hk. ; rhizome wide-creeping, woody, the scales 

 linear, dull-brown ; fr. dimorphous, the barren ones 1 ft. 1., 3-4 in. br., spathu- 

 late, the stem 2-3 in. 1., the fertile ones 4-6 in. 1., 1^ in. br., the stems more than 

 1 ft. 1., slender, naked ; texture subcoriaceous ; both sides naked ; main veins 

 distinct to the edge, with copious intermediate areolae with free included veinlets ; 

 sori in broad continuous rows, one between each main vein. — Hk. Sp. 5. p. 160. 

 Ceterach pedunculata, Hk. Sf Gr. t. 6. 



Hab. East Himalayas (subtropical region). 



79. G. (Sell.) catidi/ormis, Hk. ; rhizome woody, creeping, the scales large, 

 pale-brown, lanceolate ; St. 6-9 in. 1., firm, erect, glossy, pale-brown ; fr, 6-9 

 in. 1., ovate-oblong acuminate, the sterile ones 3-4, the fertile ones 1-2 in. br. ; 

 texture coriaceous ; both sides naked ; main veins distinct to the edge, the veinlets 

 obscure ; sori in one continuous or interrupted row between the main veins. — 

 Hk. S^. 5. p. 158. Sot. Mag. t. 5328. 



Hab. Mergui, Moulmein, and Malayan and Polynesian Isles to Tahiti and New 

 Caledonia. 



** Frojids compound. — Sp. 80-84. 



80. G. (Sell.) palmata, Baker ; st. 6-9 in. 1., polished, naked, ebeneous ; Jr. 

 6-9 in. each way, cut down palmately very nearly to the base into five divisions, 

 the central one" 4-6 in. 1., 1-1| in. br., oblong-lanceolate, slightly sinuated, the 

 others similar but shorter, and often unequal-sided ; texture thin-herbaceous ; 

 both sides nearly naked ; main veins wavy and falling short of the edge ; areolce 

 fine, irregular, with a few free veinlets ; sori fine, irregular in shape, united on 

 the uniting veinlets. 



Hab. San Christoval, Solomon Isles, Milne, 508. 



81. G. (Sell.) eUiptica, Baker; rhizome woody, wide-creeping; st. 1 ft. or 

 more 1., firm, erect, naked, stramineous ; fr. 12-18 in. V., 6-9 in. br., cut down 

 nearly to the rachis in the upper and quite in the lower part into 4-6 linear-oblong 

 pinnoe on each side, which are 6-8 in. L, ^1^ in. br. ; ^ea^are herbaceous ; rachis 

 and both sides naked ; main veins slender, not distinct to the edge ; areolw large 

 and unequal, with free veinlets ; sori hnear, -oblique, reaching the midrib, but 

 not the edge. — Polyp. Thunb, G. decurrens, Hk. Sp. 6. p. 161. 



