250 43. ASPIDIUM, POLYSTtCHUM. 



point acute, the edge finely not spinosely serrated, the upper side bluntly 

 auricled, the lower obliquely truncate at the base ; texture very coriaceous ; 

 rachis usually scaly; veins inconspicuous; sori in two long rows. Hk./Sp.A. 

 p. 10. Fil.Ef.t.63. 



Hah. Madeira. P. maderense, Johnst. (Ann. N. H. April, 1866), is a form with 

 pinnae pinnate at the base. 



7. A. (Polyst.) acrostichoides, Swz. ; st. 6-8 in. 1., densely clothed below with 

 pale-brown lanceolate scales ; fr. 1^-2 ft. 1., 3-5 in. br., the pinnce of the lower 

 half barren, 2-3 in. 1., J in. br., spinoso-serrated throughout, auricled at the 

 base above, the pinnee of the upper half fertile, much smaller ; texture sub- 

 coriaceous ; rachis straw-coloured, usually rather scaly ; veinlets in groups of 

 four; sori occupying the whole under side of the fertile 'pinnae. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 9. 



Hab. Canada to Florida and the Mississippi. A. Schweinitzii, Beck, is a form with 

 lobed pinnae. 



8. A. (Polyst.) lepidocaulon, Hk. ; st. tufted, 6-9 in. 1., weak, densely clothed 

 with large cordate brown scales ; fr. 1 ft. or more 1., 4-6 in. br., sometimes 

 elongated and radicant at the point ; pinnce 2-3 in. 1., -f in. br., lanceolate- 

 falcate, not toothed, the two sides unequal, the upper ones with a triangular 

 auricle at the base ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis densely scaly like the stipe, 

 lower surface with scattered scales; veins obscure, sometimes slightly con- 

 nected ; sori principally in two rows a short space from the midrib. Hk. Sp. 4. 

 p. 12. *. 217. 



Hab. Japan and Tsus-Sima. Habit and texture of A. falcatum, but the veins only 

 casually joined, and the rachis densely scaly. 



9. A. (Polyst.) Lonchitis, Swz. ; st. densely tufted, 1-4 in. 1., ebeneous and 

 clothed with large lanceolate pale-brown scales at the base ; fr. 12-18 in. 1., 

 1-2 in. br., pinnate throughout ; pinnce -1 in. 1., J- in. br., ovate-rhomboidal, 

 subfalcate, the two sides unequal, the point mucronate, the edge spinuloso- 

 serrated, the upper side sharply auricled at the base, the lower obliquely 

 truncate ; rachis nearly naked ; texture coriaceous ; sori usually in two rows. 

 Hk. Sp. 4. p. 8. Brit. F. t. 9. 



Hab. Arctic Europe to Portugal, Naples, Greece, Himalayas, and Davuria ; Green- 

 land, and mountains of the N. United States, and British America. 



10. A. (Polyst.) mucronatum, Swz. ; st. tufted, 2-4 in. ]., stout, erect, densely 

 clothed with large reddish-brown lanceolate scales ; fr. 12-18 in. 1., l|-2 in. 

 br., pinnate throughout ; pinnce very numerous, often imbricated, |-1 in. 1., 

 -if in. br., subrhomboidal, unequal-sided, the point mucronate, the edge sub- 

 entire or slightly lobed, distinctly auricled at the base on the upper side ; 

 texture very coriaceous ; rachis stiff and densely scaly ; sori in a long row on 

 each side the midrib. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 9. t. 216. 



Hab. West Indies. Very like the preceding in appearance and texture. 



11. A. (Polyst.) lachenense, Hk. ; st. densely tufted, 2-4 in. ]., stout, 

 ebeneous, and clothed with large lanceolate scales below ; fr. 4-8 in. ]., ^-| in. 

 br., pinnate throughout ; pinnce j- in. 1., 2-3 lin. br., ovate-deltoid, the two 

 sides equal, the point bluntish, the edge spinoso-serrated, bluntly lobed below 

 halfway down; texture coriaceous; rachis stramineous, fibrillose ; sori often 

 covering the whole under side of the pinnse. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 8. t. 212. 



Hab. Sikkim, Himalayas (13-16,000 ft.) ; gathered by Drs. Hooker, Thomson, and 

 Anderson. 



12. A. (Polyst.) triangulum, Swz. ; st. tufted, 2-6 in. 1., with large dark- 



