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pinnis lanceolatis iinbricatis subsessilibus infimis niaxiniis, pinnulis oblongis serratis 

 obtusis basi posteriori cuneato-truncatis superioribus aduatis infimis sessilibus obscure 

 pinnatifidis, piunularum venis superioribus furcatis inferioribus pinnatis, soris medianis 

 infimis geminis, involucro glabro persistente. 



Bermudas. — Endemic. Without special localities — A. Allen ; Lefroy ; Laffan. 



This species is allied to the well-known West Indian Asplenium franconis and 

 Asplenium crenulatum. Major-General Sir Eobert Laffan, whose name has been asso- 

 ciated with this species, succeeded Sir J. H. Lefroy as governor of the islands ; and during 

 his governorship, he introduced living plants of it into England. 



Asplenium rhizophyllum, Kze. 



Asplenium rhizophyllum, Kze. in Linnsea, ix. p. 71, not of Linnaeus; Hook, and Baker, Synop. Fil., 



ed. 2, p. 220. 

 Asplenium myriophyllum, Spreng. ex Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 684; Chapm., Fl. Southern U.S., 



p. 593. 



Bermudas. — Indigenous. Caves at Paynter's Vale — Moseley ; in clefts and holes of 

 limestone — A. Allen ; the caves — Lefvoy. 



Florida, West Indies, Tropical America, and Polynesia. 



The fern to which Mr Baker has given this name is midway between typical 

 Asplenium rhizophyllum and Asplenium cicutarium, and almost the same as Asplenium 

 monteverdense, Hook., Second Cent. Ferns, t. 41. Asplenium cicutarium proper has a 

 wide range in Tropical America and Africa. 



Asplenium trichomanes, Linn. 



Asplenium trichomanes, Linn., Sp. PL, ed. 1, p. 1080; Hook, and Baker, Synop. Fil., ed. 2, p. 196 ; 



Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 683 ; Chapm., Fl. Southern U.S., p. 592. 

 Asplenium anceps, Soland in Hook, and Grev. Ic. Fil., t. 195. 



Bermudas. — Indigenous. Walsingham — Farlow; woods in AVarwick Parish — Hunter; 

 the caves — Moseley ; Lefroy. 



Generally diffused in the north and south temperate regions. The Bermudan variety 

 is that described as Asplenium anceps. 



Aspidium coriaceum, Swartz. 



Aspidium coriaceum, Swartz, Synop. Fil., p. 57; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 690. 

 Aspidium capense, Willd., Sp. PI., v. p. 267 ; Hook, and Baker, Synop. Fil., ed. 2, p. 25-1. 



Bermudas. — Indigenous. Marshes — Moseley; confined to Devonshire Marsh — Lefroy; 

 Devonshire Marsh — Farlow. 



West Indies to Patagonia, and in Polynesia, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, 

 and the Mascarene Islands. 



