38. ASPLEMUM, EUASPLEXIUM. / 215 



deciduous woolly hairs ; fr. 6-18 in. 1., 4-6 in. br., with 12-20 pinnae on each 

 side, which are lanceolate-deltoid in general outline, 2-3 in. 1., f-1 in. br., cut 

 down throughout nearly or quite to the rachis into linear-cuneate pinnl., which 

 are sharply serrated on the outer edge ; texture coriaceous ; rachis firm, erect, 

 more or less fibrillose like the stem ; veins deep-channelled, flabellate ; sori 

 linear, radiant. Hk. Sp. 3. p. 165. A. prsemorsum, Sw. 



Hab. Tropical America, from Mexico and the West Indies to Peru ; Polynesian Islands 

 and Australia northward to Tsus-Sima and the Himalayas ; Cape Colony to Mascaren 

 Isles, Abyssinia, and the Canaries. Distinguished from the preceding by its fibrillose 

 rachis and longer and narrower divisions. N\ 



126. A. affine, Swartz ; st. 6-12 in. 1., firm, erect, grey, nearly naked ; fr. 

 12-18 in. 1., 6-12 in. br., with numerous pinnae on each side, the lower ones 

 lanceolate-rhomboidal, cut down to the rachis into numerous distinct rhom- 

 boidal pinnl. 4-6 in. 1., 1^-2 in. br., which are again inciso-serrate or deeply 

 lobed ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis firm, naked ; veins subflabellate ; sori 

 copious, linear. Hk. Sp. 3. p. 170. t. 202. A. spathulinum, J. Sm. Hk. Sp. 3. 

 />. 170. 



Hab. Mascaren Isles, Ceylon, Philippines, Borneo, Fiji, Sandwich Islands. Very 

 near A. cuneatum, but a more robust plant, with often 10-15 distinct pinnules to the 

 lower pinnae. 



127. A. nitidum, Swz. ; st. 1 ft. 1., firm, erect, greyish, naked ; fr. 2-3 ft. 1., 

 1 ft. br., with numerous lanceolate-deltoid pinnae on each side, the lowest of 

 which are 6-9 in. 1., 2-3 in. br., cut down to the rachis into numerous stalked 

 subdeltoid pinnl., which are again cut down to the rachis into broad flabellato- 

 cuneate segm., inciso-serrate round the outer edge ; texture sul-coriaceou^ ; rachis 

 firm, grey, naked ; veins channelled, flabeldate ; sori short, radiant. Hk. Sp. 3. 

 p. 172. 



Hab. North of India, Ceylon, Malayan Peninsula and Isles. Very near the last, but 

 a still larger plant, with ample shining rhomboidal acuminate pinnules, sometimes again 

 pinnatifid. 



128. A. laserpitiifolium, Lam. ; st. tufted, 6-12 in. 1., firm, erect, greyish, 

 naked ; fr. 2-4 ft. 1., 6-18 in. br., with numerous pinnae on each side, the lowest 

 deltoid-lanceolate, 6-9 in. 1., 4-6 in. br., cut down to the rachis into numerous 

 distinct pinnl., the lowest with rhomboidal-cuneate segm. again deeply pinnatifid ; 

 texture herbaceous ; rachis slender, naked ; veins fine and deeply channelled ; 

 sori short, linear-oblong, irregular. Hk. Sp. 3. p. 171. t. 203. 



Hab. Polynesian Islands and N. Australia northward to Chusan and Assam. Like 

 the two preceding, closely allied to A. cuneatum. 



129. A. nigritianum, Hk. ; st. tufted, strong, erect, 4-6 in. 1., nearly black and 

 densely villose ; fr. 12-18 in. 1., 4-6 in. br., with numerous horizontal or slightly 

 deflexed pinnae on each side, which are 2-3 in. 1., ^-f in. br., cut down to the 

 rachis into numerous subdimidiate rhomboidal pinnl., the lower ones once 

 deeply lobed and also inciso-crenatc, the lowest imbricated over the main rachis ; 

 texture subcoriaceous ; rachis firm, erect ; veins subflabellate ; sori oblong. 

 Hk. Sp. 3. p. 223. 2nd Cent. t. 44. 



Hab. Prince's Island and St. Thomas, Guinea Coast ; gathered by Barter and Mann. 

 A very distinct species, of which our dried specimens are nearly black. 



130. A. divcrgcns, Mett. ;' st. tufted, 6-9 in. 1., firm, erect, grey, naked ; 

 fr. 9-18 in. 1., 4-8 in. br., with numerous rather distant pinna: on each side, the 

 lower ones subdeltoid, 3-6 in. 1., 1-H in. br., cut down to the rachis into 

 numerous stalked subdistant pinul., which are again cut. down into cuiuuto- 



