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ceolatis, pubescentibus squamosus ; folia membranacea rigidula, 
eglandulosa, snpra tenuissime hirta, infra ad costas pubescen- 
tia; petiolıs 1—3” lJongus cum rhachi straminens tenniter 
hirsutus; lamina 1° longa, lanceolata, pinnatiseeto - pinnatipar- 
tita; segmenta numerosa, paientissima, sessilia, media 21,“ 
longa, 5° lata, e basi superiore truncata, inferiore subcor- 
data, elongato - ohlonga, sensim attenuata, inferiora sensim de- - 
erescentia, triangularia; laeiniae ala" — °s"* Iata confluen- 
tes, contiguae, semioblongae s. ohlongae, .ohtusae, basales la- 
teris utriusque adanetae,; nervi utringue 4—6, plerique soriferi; 
sori margini approximati; indusium manifestum, setosum, glan- 
dulis destitatam, sporaugia inermia. 
Aspidium conterminum Bat. fil. Wright. Fendl. p. 209. 
Griseb. Cat. pl. Cab, p. 279. 
Cuba (Wright. 820.). — Martinien. 
Ab Asp. contermino W. lamina infra non glandulosa di- 
versum, Asp. semihastato Kze. proximo. (K.) " 
Aspidium pterifoläum Mett. 
Rhizoma adscendens paleis memhranaceis, ferrugineis 
ovato-lanceolatis, glaberrimis squamosum ; folia membranacea 
Inrido -viridia et praeter costas hrevissime hirtas glahra, infra 
in costis costulisgue ae rhachi setis patentibus molliter hir- 
suta; petiolus 6“ longus; lamina % longa, lanceolata hasi 
subabruptim aftennata, pinnatisecto-pinnatipartita; segmenta 
infra ad insertionem atrophoro manifesto tuberculiforme ex- 
seeto praedita, sessilia, approximata, media 5 — 6” longa, 1” 
lata, elongata sensim altenuata, inferiora ahruptim decrescen- 
tia, distantia abortiva; laciniae contiguae, elongato - oblongae, 
obtasae, integerrimae s. erenatae; nervi atrinque 10 — 15 ple- 
rique soriferi; sori margini approximati ; indusium manifestum, 
membranaceum, tenerum setis elongatis hamatis instructum. 
