il 
. Aspidium Kümense. Rhizoma? petiolus? lamina 4 longa, 
8° lata, subovata, acuminata, superne glabra, fuscescens, infra 
opaco-viridis, tripinnatisecta, rhachis glabra, costulae primariae 
et secundariae sparse paleaceae, paleis late-ovatis, subito- 
acuminatis; segmenta primaria erecto-patentia 4-5 longa, 
—2"/2‘' lata, ovato-lanceolata acuta, petiolata; secundaria,. 
rhombeo-ovata obtusa, 1—1'/s longa, 1/a— 3/4“ lata,. inaequi- 
latera plerumque petiolata pinnatisecta; tertiaria inferiora 
petiolata ala angustissima conjuncta, superiora sessilia, basi 
eonfluentia, rhombeo-ovata, obtusa, e basi inferiore cuneata, 
superiore oblique truncata crenato-dentata apiee bi-vel tri- 
dentata; nervi inferiores furcati apicem erenarum vel dentium 
adeuntes; sori in segmentis tertiaris infimis 2—4 ramum 
anticum nervorum occupantes costae magis quam margini 
approximati, in segmentis superioribus 2, confluentes et fere 
totam laminam obtegentes; indusium gelabrum reniforme 
membranaceum integrum; sporangia annulo 12—14 articulata, 
Fila ovatae vel globosae; paraphyses nullae. Afr. or. trop. 
d rad. mont. Kilimandjaro. (Kersten.) 
Cyatheae spec. Species valde affinis C. Dregei Kze., 
differt autem paleis segmentorum ultimorum firmis, dilaceratis 
ovatis vel lanceolatis acutis, quae in C. Dregei semper lineares 
longe acuminatae observantur. Speeimina manca sterilia,. 
Lygodium Kersteni. Rlıizoma? petiolus primarius basi 
puleis nigrescentibus longe acuminatis obsitus, semiteres, ala 
 angustissima ab ortu frondium deeurrenti instruetus, quadri- 
pollicaris. Lamina tenuiter coriacea flexuosa, costis petiolisque 
pubescenti-setosa. Nervi Neuropteridis prominuli. Segmenta 
Puarie non articulata, infima deltoidea, cordata, palmatiloba, 
obi laterales ovati, obtusi, argute serrati, nervi dentes 
adeuntes; lobi terminales pinnatisecti, obtusi, laeiniis serratis, 
superiora erecto-patentia; fertilia ovato-lanceolata subgemma 
setis pallidis circumdata, dichotoma, subtripinnatisecta 5—8 
Juga; segmenta secundaria pinnularum e basi cordata ob- 
longo-lanceolata ala angustissima confluentes ‚ ultima e basi 
cuneata deltoidea apice subito producta; laciniae e basi cuneata 
ovatae, obtusae, palmatilobae, margine in lacinias fertiles 
dentatae. Laciniae fertiles spiciformes, bilineales, compressae, 
labrae aut rarissime pilis albescentibus adspersae, utringue 
—10 sporangia dentibus cuculliformibns velata gerentes; 
sporae globosae vel tetraedrico-globosae. — Insula Nossi-beh 
ad Madagascariam. (Kersten.) — Afr. or. prope Mombas. (id.) 
Der Haupt-Catalog ift nad dem Spyjtente des Brofeflor 
Mettenius, die einzelnen Species find nah dem Alphabete 
georbnet.: Ueberall werden die auf die afrifaniiche Flora Bezug 
