45G ALSOPIIILA. 



scales; veins 8-10-jugate, pinnate in the lobes; sori minute, subcostular ; inv. 

 small, membranous, depressed, glabrous. 



Hab. Lord Howe's Island, 0. Moore. 



19*. H. Melleri, Baker ; fr. ample, tripinnate ; rachises brown-stramineous, 

 glossy, naked ; pinnae oblong-lanceolate, 1-1J ft. 1. ; pinnL sessile, close, 2|-3 

 in. 1., I in. br., cut down to the rachis ; segm. ligulate, blunt, denticulate, in. br. ; 

 texture moderately firm ; both sides green, naked, except the ribs above ; veins 

 9-10-jugate, forked, distinct; sori minute, subcostular; inv. depressed, mem- 

 branous, glabrous. 



Hab. Madagascar, Dr. Meller. Very near H. Junghuhniana, hut not so firm in tex- 

 ture, with broader distinct segments, and a more conspicuous involucre. 



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3*. A. bipinnatifida, Baker ; st. short, slender, castaneous, naked, smooth ; 

 rachis naked below ; fr. 2-3 ft. 1., oblong, bipinnatifid, narrowed from the middle 

 gradually to both ends ; central pinnce short-stalked, ligulate, 4-5 in. L, in.br., 

 cut down to a narrow wing into close blunt ligulate subentire lobes, 2 lin. br., 

 lower 2-3 in. 1., deflexed ; texture membranous ; both sides green, especially the 

 uppe"r, bristly on the ribs, not scaly ; veins 8-9-jugate, distinct, forked ; sori 

 minute, placed at the fork nearer the midrib than the edge. 



Hab. British Guiana, Appun, 1C32. 



4*. A. Glaziovii, Baker ; fr. ample, bipinnate ; pinnce oblong-lanceolate, 1-1 J 

 ft. 1. ; pinnl. 12-15-jugate, distinctly stalked, ligulate, 2-2 in. L, 6-7 lin. br., 

 inciso-crenulate ; texture subcoriaceous ; both surfaces naked ; veins distinct, 3-4 

 in the central groups ; sori in a single row, a short distance from the midrib. 

 Fl. Bras.fasc. 49. p. 592. 



Hab. Eio Janeiro, Glaziou, 3J82. 



5*. A. sagittifolia, Hk. ; fr. oblong-deltoid, 4-6 ft. 1., bipinnate ; rachises stra- 

 mineous, muricated, with a few adpressed pale scales beneath ; pinnce lanceolate, 

 f-1 ft. L, the lower shorter, deflexed ; pinnl. sessile, ligulate, crenulate, cordate 

 on both sides at the base, l-l in. L, under | in. br. ; texture rigidly coriaceous ; 

 both sides green and glabrous, the lower with a few minute broad white scales 

 on the ribs ; veins 3-5 to a group ; sori large, irregularly uniserial, midway between 

 the edge and midrib of the pinnules. 



Hab. Trinidad, Cruger, Prestoe. 



5*. A. pterorachis, Baker ; fr. deltoid, bipinnate, 1 yd. 1. ; st. and rachis grey- 

 stramineous, smooth, glabrous ; basal scales lanceolate, brown, with a pale border; 

 lower pinnce stalked, lanceolate, 5-6 in. L, l-2 in. br. ; pinnl. close, ligulate- 

 oblong, under in. br., inciso-lobate, the lowest free, many central cuneate at 

 base, connected by a narrow wing ; texture membranous ; both sides bright- 

 green, glabrous, the lower with a few minute broad white scales on the ribs ; 

 veins in pinnated groups, with 2-3-jugate veinlets to each lobe; sori minute, irre- 

 gularly 1-2-serial, midway between the edge and midrib of the pinnules. 



Hah. Tarapoto, East Teru, Spruce, 4717. 



G*. A. paucifolia, Baker ; fr. 2-3 ft. 1., oblong, bipinnate ; st. % ft., black ; 

 basal scales lanceolate, black, with a brown edge; rachis black, naked on the 

 under side ; pinnce sessile, central 6-7 in. L, 1 in. br., cut down to rachis, lower 



