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extremity strongly serrated with sharp teeth, and, what is 
more remarkable, in the receptacles being placed in very 
much interrupted lines, at a considerable distance from the 
margin. The receptacles have also a more complete fissure 
for their whole length, and consequently they open wider than 
those of M. frazinea. It appears to be exclusively a native 
of Brazil, from whence we possess specimens from Professor 
Raddi, Mr. Macrae, and the late Captain Carmichael. 
2. AnciopTERis. Hoffm. 
Sori oblongi, transversi, in lineam submarginante confluentes. 
Capsule discrete, duplici serie dispositee, ellipticee, sub- 
compressee, poro antice dehiscentes. 
1. A. evecta. Hoffm. 
Fronde bipinnata, pinnulis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis 
(acumine sterili) serratis basi subcuneato-truncatisve, venis 
opacis simplicibus furcatisve intermediis nullis, soris margina- 
libus dense approximatis.— Hoffm. in Comm. Get. v. 12. p. 29. 
t.5. Hook. et Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 36.—A. Indica, Desv. Journ. 
Bot. v. 1. p. 261.— A. crassipes, Wall. Cat. No. 187. 
Has. Islands of the Pacific Ocean. East Indies, Dr. 
Wallich. Ceylon, Dr. Emerson. Java, Dr. Blume.—We are 
unable to trace any permanent difference between the various 
states of this plant that have been noticed by authors. Our 
friend Dr. Wallich himself doubts whether his A, crassipes 
be distinct, Blume, in his Enumeratio Plantarum Jave, 
describes three varieties, each of which he is almost inclined 
to consider as a separate species. Of these we have seen 
no authentic specimens. 
2. A. longifolia (Grev. et Hook.) | 
Fronde bipinnata, pinnulis lo e lineari-lanceolatis acumi- 
natis breviter obtusissime dentatis basi cordatis, venis simpli- 
cibus furcatisve aliis simplicibus pellucidis tenuibus alternan- 
tibus, soris rémotitisculis ad summum — n 
atingentibus. —— . — n 
Has. Pitcairn’s and Society toiii M Mathews (m2) 
—If this be examined with a little attention, it can never be 
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