ALSOPHILA. 457 



reduced ; segin. ligulate, subacute, falcate, denticulate, \-% in. br., adnate at base ; 

 texture subcoriaceous ; both sides green, naked except the ribs above ; veins 14-15- 

 jugate, distinct, deeply forked ; sori few, costular. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador, Spruce. Caudex 3 feet high, an inch thick, subflexuose. 



11*. A. pilosissima, Baker ; fr. ample, tripinnatifid ; rachises dull-brown, not 

 muricated, densely clothed with firm spreading grey hairs ; pinnae oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, 1-1^ ft. 1. ; pinnl. close, sessile, ligulate, 2^-3 in. L, -f in. br., cut down to 

 a narrow wing ; segin. close, blunt, subfalcate, f in. br., inciso-dentate, the edge 

 of the fertile ones recurved ; texture subcoriaceous ; both surfaces bright-green, 

 densely pilose, the lower with a few broad minute whitish scales on the ribs ; 

 veins 7-8-jugate, very distinct, the lowest forked at the tip ; sori large, medial. 



Hab. Mount Campana, East Peru, Spruce, 4322. 



12*. A. pungens, Kaulf. ; fr. ample, tripinnatifid ; rachis grey, naked ; pinna 

 oblong-lanceolate, l-l ft. 1. ; pinnl. lanceolate, acuminate, 3-3| in. 1., f-f in. br., 

 sessile, cut down to a distinct wing ; segm. blunt, falcate, subentire, 2 lin. br. ; 

 texture subcoriaceous ; both sides bright-green, naked ; veins 7-8-jugate, simple, 

 distinct ; sori minute, medial. Baker, FL Bras.fasc. 49. p. 323. 



Hab. British Guiana. 



12*. A. gibbosa, Klotzsch ; fr. ample, tripinnatifid ; rachises brown or substra- 

 mineous, glabrous beneath ; pinnce oblong-lanceolate, l|-2 ft. 1. ; pinnl. long- 

 stalked, articulated at the base, ligulate, 4-5 in. L, 1 in. br., cut down to a broad 

 wing ; segm. close, falcate, blunt or subacute, serrulate, 2^-3 lin. br. ; texture 

 rigidly subcoriaceous ; lower surface naked, upper dull-green, naked except the 

 ribs ; veins 8-9-jugate, forked at the middle ; sori small, medial. Baker, FL 

 Bras. fasc. 49. p. 326. 



Hab. British Guiana. Eichd. Schomburgk, 1124 ; Appun, 1052. East Peru, Spruce, 

 4331. 



14*. A. Wendlandi, Mett. ; fr. ample, tripinnatifid ; rachises dull-brown, not 

 muricated ; pinnae oblong-lanceolate ; pinnl. sessile or short-stalked, ligulate, cut 

 down to a narrow wing ; segm. close, blunt, inciso-crenate ; texture subcoriaceous ; 

 lower surface glabrous, with scattered ovate brown scales on the ribs ; veins 

 distinct, forked ; sori near the midrib, mixed with dense much-branched para- 

 physes. Kuhn,Linn. 36. p. 158. 



Hab. Costa Rica, Wendland, 761. 



15. A. infesta, var. j3 ; A. lasiosora, Mett. ; pinnl. stalked ; recep. more densely 

 paraphysate. Kuhn, Linn. 36. p. 157. y, A. alutacea, Kze. ; pinnl. 1 in. or 

 more br. ; segm. larger, distinctly toothed ; lower veins subpinnate. A. crassa, 

 Karst. FL Columb. 2. t. 199. S, A.phalerata, Mart. ; segm. 2 lin. br., close, blunt, 

 entire ; sori larger, confined to the lower veins. Crypt. Bras. t. 42. Hk. Sp. 1. 

 p. 42. A. Blanchetiana, PresL 



Hab. Andes and Brazil. 



15*. A. caracasana, Klotzsch ; fr. ample, tripinnatifid ; rachises stramineous; 

 glabrous below, the main one muricated ; pinnce oblong-lanceolate, 1^-2 ft. 1. ; 

 pinnl. ligulate, nearly sessile, 3-4 in. 1., f-1 in. br. ; segm. blunt, close, denticulate, 

 2-31in.br.; texture moderately thick, not coriaceous; both sides bright-green, 

 naked ; veins 7-8-jugate, deeply forked ; sori subcostular. 



Hab. Andes of Columbia. 



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