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41. SCOLOPENDRIUM, ANTIGRAMME, SCIIAFFXERIA. 247 



of 2-4, rarely anastomosing. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 1. Brit. F. t. 37. S. Lindeni, Hk. 

 Ic. PI. t. 488. 



Hab. Britain and Gothland to Spain, Madeira, the Azores, Caucasus, Persia, Japan ; 

 United States, Canada, Mexico. A very large number of curious varieties and mon- 

 strosities are in cultivation, of which the most remarkable has non-indusiate sori on the 

 edge and upper surface of the frond and anastomosing venation. 



2. S. Hemionitis, Sw. ; st. 4-6 in. 1., slender, slightly fibrillose ; fr. 4-6 in. 1., 

 oblong-lanceolate, the base hastato-cordate, with short and rounded or prominent 

 and almost acute lobes ; texture thinner than in the last ; sori shorter ; veins 

 more branched. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 2. 



Hab. Spain, S. France, Italy, and the Mediterranean Islands. 



3. S. pinnatum, J. Sm. ; st. compressed, greyish ; fr. 2-4 ft. 1., with an entire 

 terminal pinna 4-6 in. h, 1^-2 in. br., proliferous at the point and 1-6 pairs of 

 similar lateral ones ; texture subcoriaceous ; veins usually once- forked ; sori 

 oblique, -f in. 1., 1 lin. br. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 2. 



Hab. Philippines, Cuming, 187, 311. S. longifolium, Presl (Micropodium, Mett.), 

 gathered at Luzon by Haenke, has a simple undivided frond, and the limit between the 

 edges of the contiguous involucres marked by a thin line, whilst in S. pinnatum it is an 

 evident lamelliform crest. See Mett. Fil. Ind. 2. p. 233. 



4. S. Durvillei, Bory ; rhizome firm, wide-scandent ; st. 2-3 in. 1., firm, erect, 

 naked ; fr. varying from simple lanceolate-oblong, 6 in. 1., 1 in. br., the edge 

 crenate, the base auricled (these alone fertile), to subdeltoid bipinnatifid, with 

 several pinnce on each side, the lowest l in. 1., f in. br., cut down nearly to the 

 rachis into narrow toothed or pinnatifid lobes ; texture subcoriaceous, both sides 

 naked ; veins of entire frond subparallel, simple or forked ; sori reaching from 

 the midrib two-thirds of the space to the edge without any raised line between 

 them. Kunze, Suppl. Schk. p. 9. t. 5. Micropodium, Mett. 



Hab. Ualan ; gathered first by Durville. 



Antigramme, Presl. Frond with a distinct midrib, veins anastomosing 

 towards the edge. Sp. 5-6. 



5. S. (Anti.) Brasiliense, Kunze ; st. short, fibrillose ; fr. 6-12 in. 1., 1-1^ in. 

 br., subentire, tapering towards both ends ; texture coriaceous ; veins anasto- 

 mosing about two-thirds of the distance from the midrib to the edge ; sori 

 linear, confined to the free veins. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 3. 



Hab. Brazil. A. subsessilis, Fe, is a subsessile form, with a longer and narrower 

 frond than usual. 



6. S. (Anti.) plantagineum, Schrad. ; st. 6-9 In. 1., firm, grey, naked ; fr. 6-10 

 in. 1., 3-5 in.br., ovate, the base rounded or truncate or cordate, the edge entire ; 

 texture coriaceous ; veins anastomosing within about ^ in. of the edge ; forks of 

 the free veins ^ in. apart ; sori confined to the free veins. S. Douglasii, 

 Hk. Sp. 4. p. 3. Asplenium, Hk. <& Gr. Ic. t. 150. 



Hab. Brazil. 



Schaffneria, Fee. No distinct midrib, but the veins jlabellate, uniting 

 towards the edge. Sp. 7. 



7. S. (Schaff.) nigripes, Hk. ; st. 1-2 in. 1., black, polished, naked, jointed at the 

 apex ; fr. obovate or roundish, 1-1 1 in. br. ; texture thick, coriaceous ; sort in 



