38. ASPLENIUM, EUASPLENIUAT. 21 T 



135. A. incisum, Thunb. ; st. tufted, 1-3 in. 1., polished, chesnut-brown ; fr. 

 6-12 in. 1., l-2 in. br., with numerous pinnae on each side, the lower distant and 

 blunt, the central ones lanceolate-deltoid, 1 in. 1., ^ in. br., cut down to the 

 rachis into numerous ovate-rhomboidal pinnl., much truncated at the base on 

 the lower side and deeply incisc-pinnatifid ; texture thinly herbaceous ; rachis 

 greenish above, compressed, flaccid ; veins one to each tooth ; sori linear-oblong, 

 one to each vein. A. elegantulum, HL Sp. 3. p. 190. 2nd Cent. F. t. 28. 



Hab. Japan (common), Tsus-Sima, Chusan, W. China. Very near .4. lanceolatum, but 

 narrower in outline, and thinner in texture. 



136. A. lanceolatum, Huds. ; st. tufted, 3-4 in. 1., naked, glossy, chesnut- 

 coloured ; fr. 6-9 in. 1., 2-4 in. br., with numerous pinnae on each side, the lower 

 ones distant, 1-1^ in. 1., J-f in. br., cut down to the rachis into numerous oblong- 

 rhomboidal pinnL, which are truncate on the lower side, sharply toothed and 

 often broadly lobed below ; texture herbaceous ; rachis firm, erect, green or 

 tinged with chesnut ; veins fine, the lateral ones usually once forked ; sori 

 copious, when mature covering nearly the whole under surface. Hk. Sp. 3. 

 p. 190. Brit. F. t. 32. 



Hab. South-west of Europe ; England to Greece, Algiers, Madeira, Azores, St. Helena. 

 A. obovatum, Viv. (Hk. & Gr. t. 147), is a less divided southern form with obovate 

 pinnules. 



Group of A. bulbiferum. Venation pinnate. Fronds 1 ft. or more long. 

 Ultimate divisions ample, herbaceous. Sp. 137-144. 



137. A. angustatum, Presl; st. 6-12 in. 1., naked, greyish or ebeneous below; 

 fr. 6-12 in. 1., 4-6 in. br., with numerous pinnae on each side, the lower ones 



deltoid, 2-4 in. 1., 1^-2 in. br., lobed and pinnatifid on the upper, cut down below 

 into distinct inciso-crenate ovate-rhomboidal or spathulate pinnl. j- in. br. ; 

 texture herbaceous ; rachis naked, compressed and winged upwards ; veins 

 pinnate ; sori linear, falling considerably short of the edge. Mett. Aspl. 177. 

 non Desv. 8f Bl. 



Hab. Brazil. --This is nearest A. adianloides, but considerably less compound, with 

 blunt sessile subspathulate pinnules. 



138. A. scandicinum, Kaulf. ; st. tufted, 6-12 in. 1., naked, grey, firm ;fr. 12-24 

 in. 1., 8-15 in. br., deltoid, quadripinnate ; lower pinnae distant, deltoid, 6-9 in. 1., 



'4-6 in. br., with numerous stalked deltoid pinnl. on each side ; seam, deltoid, cut 

 down nearly or quite to the rachis ; ult. divisions cuneate-spathulate, deeply fla- 

 bellately cut ; texture herbaceous ; rachis firm, naked ; veins one to each ult. 

 division ; sori copious, linear. A. adiautoides, Raddi. Hk. Sp. 3. p. 186. 



Hab. Jamaica and Brazil. Distinguished in the group by its distant long-stalked 

 pinna? and pinnules. 



139. A. Wardii, Hk. ; st. 6-9 in. 1., erect, slender, polished, greyish, scaly 

 towards the base ; fr. 12-15 in. 1., 10 in. br., deltoid, with numerous lanceolate 

 pinnce on each side, the lowest 5 in. 1., lj in. br., cut down to the rachis into 

 numerous ovate-rhomboidal pinnl., which are f in. 1., J in. br., the point blunt, the 

 two sides unequal, the upper one auricled, the lower one obliquely truncate at the 

 base, the edge very slightly crenate ; texture thinly herbaceous ; rachis slender, 

 polished, greyish ; veins conspicuous, the central lateral ones twice forked ; 

 sori in two regular oblique rows near the midrib. Hk. Sp. 3. p. 189. 2nd Cent. 

 F. t. 33. 



Hab. Island of Tsus-Sima, Wilford, 717. A very distinct species. 



140. A. pseudo-nitidum, Raddi ; st. 1 ft. 1., polished, glossy, purplish-black ; 



