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70— 80° decurrentes; nervi manifesti, utringue 7—9, infimi 
anastomosantes, proximi cum radio maenlarım ad sinns hya- 
linos anastomosantes, seeusque memhranam hyalinam sinnnm 
cum proximis superioribus confluentes, snperiores liberi, omnes 
soriferi; sori costulis potius quam margini approximati; inda- 
sium margine selis furealis obsitum; sporangia setis bi- tri- 
furcatis instruetum. 
Aspidium lonchophyllum Kze, mse. — Asp. catacolo- 
bon Eitinsh. farn. p. 182. T. 126. f. 9. 10. — Asp. niti- 
dudum Eitingh. farn. p. 188. T. 123. f. 3. — 
Brasilia, Bahia (Moricand). 
E seetione Aspidi refracti A, Braun. 
Aspidium varians Meit. 
Rhizoma deest; folia temuiter chartacea, tennissime sea- 
herula, supra glahra, infra in costis nervisgque sparse sein- 
losa; petiolus 4” longus, cum .rhachi tennissime tomentellus, 
tivido-rahellus; lamina 9” longa, basi 10“ lata, deltoideo - 
ovala, pinnatiseeto - pinnatipartita; segmenta 4—-6 juga, pe- 
tiolulata, petiolulo ad 3 longo, infima patentissima ad 6” 
longa, 1— 1%.” Iata, lineari-ohlonga Ireviter acuminata, 
pinuatipartita; laciniae contiguae, ala 2% Iata coadumatae, 
ala Jongiores oblongae, falcatar, obtusae 3. acuminalar, integer- 
rimae, basales abbreviatae s, abortivac; nervi prominuli, utrinque 
10—15 indivisi, rarius furcati, 2-3 inferiores lateris utriusque 
ad sinus eonniventes, infimi hine inde arenm Goniopteridis 
efformantes; inferiores soriferi; seri reniformes, hamati s. 
asplenioidei, superiores margini snbapproximati; indusium, 
membranaceum, pallidum margine setis pancis elongatis ob- 
situm, 
Mexieo, prov.-S, Louis (Virlet n. 82.). 
Aspidio Schaffner: (Nephrodiv Fee) proximum, quod vero 
