36 6. ALSOPHILA. 



elongato-oblong, acuminate, second, ones 2-3 in. 1., not articulated, petiolulate, 

 on both sides, and, more thickly at the costse hispido-pilose, from a truncated 

 or on the inferior side cuneate base (the superior rounded), linear-lanceolate, 

 pinnati-partite ; segm. oblong, the anterior side rotundato-obtuse, denticulate ; 

 second, veins of the segm. forked, soriferous at the fork, or, simple and soriferous 

 and the sori dorsal ; upper ones sterile ; sori between the costule and the 

 margin, 4-6 on each side the costule ; recept. with copious hairs (paraphyses), 

 scarcely longer than the capsules," Mett. Hk. Sp.l.p. 46. Mett. F. H. Lips. 

 p. 109. 



Hab. Brazil. I only possess a garden (but authentic) specimen of this from Professor 

 Metteuius. 



24. A. pycnocarpa, Kze. ; "fr. coriaceous, with elevated forked veins, ovate, 

 bipinnate ; prim, pinnce petiolate, approximate at the base and apex of the 

 frond, obliquely lanceolate ; st. articulated and incrassated at its base ; pinnl. 

 subsessile, divergent from a broader base, subcuneately oblongo-lanceolate, 

 crenate or incised at the base, obtuse at the apex ; subfalcate, entire ; costce 

 albo-squamose beneath ; sori approximate, subcontiguous ; rachises angulate, 

 flexuose, aculeolate at their base ; partial ones margined towards the apex and 

 as well the aculeolate st. albido-paleaceous ; caud. short." Kze. in Schk. Fil. 

 Suppl. \.p. 208. t. 86. Hk. Sp. 1. p. 46. 



Hab. Peru. A very peculiar-looking species, judging from the figure, for I have never 

 seen a specimen. 



25. A. microphylla, Kl. ; "fr. l ft. 1., bipinnate ; rachis semiterette, convex on 

 the back, plane upwards, adpressedly hirsute ; pinnce 4-8 in. 1., lanceolate, patent, 

 thin ; pinnl. 9-15 lines 1. by 4 lines w., pinnatifid, remote, oblong, rather 

 obtuse, sessile, glabrous above, subhirsute at the rachis beneath, especially 

 below the middle, clothed at the costa with distant, ovate, acuminate, aureous 

 scales; lobes oblong, subfalcate,' obtuse ; veinlets simple; sori small, whitish, 

 inserted on the middle of the back of the veins, globose ; recept. minute, glabrous." 

 Kl. in Linn. 18. p. 641. A. squamata, Kl. (fide Moore']. 



Hab. Caracas, Moritz, n. 110. 



26. A. Sahinii, Hk. ; principal rachises f in. thick, glossy-ebeneous black, 

 slightly rough to the touch, scarcely to the eye ; fr. firm, subcoriaceous, glabrous, 

 dark green, pale beneath, tripinnate, 3 ft. and more 1., ovato-lanceolate, 

 acuminate ; second, pinnce 4-5 in. 1., oblong-acuminate, again pinnate with close- 

 placed shortly petiolate pinnl., f in. 1., subhastato-lanceolate, acute, or obtuse, 

 pinnatifid, serrated at the apex, lowest pair of lobules frequently rounded and 

 free (separate from the rest) ; veins pinnated ; sori in a series nearer the costa 

 than the margin ; recept. often 2-lobed and shortly stipitate. 



Hab. Chilasco, Guatemala, Salvin & Godmwi. A very distinct and peculiar species. 



27. A. Godmani, Hk. ; rachises asperous, stramineous ; fr. bipinnate, mem- 

 branaceous, full green and more or less hairy on both sides with sparse, white, 

 longish hairs ; prim, pinnce 16-18 in. 1., 4-6 in. w., oblong, much acuminate ; 

 pinnl. approximate, sessile, 2^-3 in. 1., 5-6 lines wide, narrow-oblong, horizontal, 

 deeply to the costa pinnatifid, almost pinnate ; lobes very compact and crowded, 

 so that the space between them can scarcely be seen except when held between 

 the eye and the light, pinnatifid about half-way down to the costa with small, 

 acute, ovate lobules, upper ones rarely toothed ; veins one to each lobule, once or 

 twice forked, the lowest lobule (exactly square), only one veinlet on each side 

 soriferous ; sori small, of few caps., receptacles hairy ; principal rachises and costce 

 stramineous, pubescent and villous, and partially paleaceous with small ciliated 

 scales. 



Hab. Coban, Guatemala, Salvin & Godnian. A very elegant and very distinct species 



