Asplenium—continued. 
being entire, cordate at base, and long-acuminate at apex. sori 
q extending from the midrib to the edge. Philippine and Malay 
is Islands. Stove. SYN. Anisogonium cordifolium. 
Fic. 99. FROND AND PINNA OF ASPLENIUM COMPRESSUM. 
A. costale (costal). sti. 1ft. or more in length, tufted, stout, 
erect. fronds large, the apex pinnatifid, the lower part capioualy 
pinnate; pinne often lft. long, Sin. broad, cut down half or 
OF ASPLENIUM CRINICAULE. 
1900 SUPPLEMENT—RECENT INTRODUCTIONS, &C. 99 
Asplenium— continued. 
two-thirds of the way to the rachis into blunt, slightly incised- 
serrated lobes. sori copious, broad, falling very short of the 
edge. West Indies to Peru. Stove. Syn. Diplazium costale. 
A. crenulatum (slightly crenate). caw. erect. sti. firm, erect, lin. 
to lyin. long, hardly scaly below. fronds 2ft. to Sft. long, Sin. to 
15in. broad, pinnatifid at apex ; pinne 6in. to 8in. long, lin. broad, 
eut half or two-thirds of the way to the rachis into slightly- 
toothed, oblong lobes or segments. sori about in. long, 
disposed close to the midvein of the fertile segments. Tropical 
America, A strong-growing, stove species, of nearly arborescent 
habit. Syn. Diplaziwm crenulatum. - 
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Fic. 101. FROND OF ASPLENIUM DECUSSATUM. 
A. crinicaule (hairy-stalked). sti. erect, 3in. to 4in. long, 
sparsely covered with dark brown hairs. fronds 6in. to 9in. long, 
ldin. broad ; pinne fifteen or more on each side, horizontal, sub- 
coriaceous, obtuse, irregularly crenate on the edges, the upper 
side suddenly narrowed and sometimes auricled at base, the 
lower obliquely truncate. China, Sikkim, &e. Stove. See 
Fig. 100. Syn. A. Beddomei. 
A. decurrens (decurrent). sti. short, grey, naked. fronds 1}ft. 
to 14ft. long, oblong-lanceolate; pinn five or six pairs, firm, 
parchment-like, dark green, proliferousat their extremity, adnate 
at their lower base, nearly or quite free and rounded on the 
Fic. 102 ASPLENIUM EBENEUM. 
