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104 FERNS COLLECTED IN NORTH FORMOSA BY MR. WM. HANCOCK. 



frond 4-5 in., of the fertile 8-10 in. long. Sterile frond oblong- 

 lanceolate, simply pinnate, 8-9 in. long, 2^--3 in. broad, almost 

 membranous in texture, green and glabrous on both surfaces. 

 Pinnfe about 20 on a side, lanceolate, contiguous, aduate by a 

 dilated base, \ in. broad, acute, minutely denticulate. Veins very 

 distinct, rather ascending, simple or forked. Pinnae of fertile 

 frond fewer, remote, linear. Nearest the American L. semicordata 

 Baker. 



87. (14*). Lomaria (Eulomaria) apodophylla, n. sp. — 

 Caudex erect. Basal scales dense, dark brown, large, linear, firm 

 in texture. Fronds tufted, sessile, the sterile ones oblanceolate- 

 obloug, rather thick in texture, 6-9 in. long, 1^-2 in. broad, 

 simply pinnate, narrowed gradually to the base, green and glabrous 

 on both surfaces. Pinnae about 25 on a side, lanceotftte, sub- 

 obtuse, curving upwards, contiguous, adnate by a dilated base, 

 entire, the central ones about an inch long, ^ in. broad. Veins 

 quite hidden. Fertile pinna3 remote, linear, ascending, the central 

 ones f-1 in. long, 1-12 in. broad. Indusium broad, firm, glabrous. 



^v Allied to L. Spicant and the Chilian L. aspera Klotzsch. 



74. Woodwardia radicans Hm. 



24. Asplenium Xidus L. 



42. A. normale Don. 



37. A. resectum. Smith. 

 ' 34. (106-'=). Asplenium (Euasplenium) Hancockii, n. sp. — 

 Stpes densely tufted, 1^-8 in. long, greenish, clothed with minute 

 linear- subulate ascending dark brown paleae. Frond oblong-deltoid, 

 subcoriaceous, 3-4 in. long, IJ-l^ in. broad, tripinnatifid, green 

 and glabrous on both surfaces ; racliis slightly paleaceous. Lower 

 pinnae the largest, rhomboid, cut away cuneately on the lower side 

 at the base \-\ in. broad, with few cuneate pinnules confluent at 

 the base and strongly toothed on the outer edge. Veins distinct, 

 very ascending. Sori linear, falling a little short of both midrib 

 and margin. Indusium firm, persistent, glabrous. Allied to 

 \^A. laciniatum and the small forms of affine. 



88. Asplenium davallioides Hook. 

 78. A. nifjripes Blume. var. 



22. A. lanceum Thunb. 



46. A. hantamense Baker. 

 -^ 34. (106*). Asplenium (Diplazium) chlorophyllum, n. sp. 

 — Stipes tufted, dull grey-green, pubescent, as is also the rachis, 

 •i- ft. long. Frond oblong-lanceolate, simply pinnate, a foot long, 

 4-5 in. broad, moderately firm in texture, green on both surfaces, 

 minutely paleaceous over the lamina above, and densely clothed 

 with minute linear-subulate scales on the veins beneath. Pinnae 

 aboi;t 20 on a side, close, lanceolate, sessile, acute, crenulate 

 towards the tij), conspicuously auricled on the upper side at the 

 base, the central ones 2-2^ in. long, h-i in. broad, the lowest 

 strongly deflexed. Veins distinct, erercto-patent, deeply forked. 

 Sori falling but little short of both midrib and margin, \-\ in. long, 

 rarely diplagioid. Indusium crisped, narrow, moderately firm, pale 

 -^ brown, glabrous, persistent. Allied to A. pallidKni Blume. 



