458 ALSOPHILA. 



16*. A. prcecincta, Kunze ; fr. ample, tripinnatifid ; rachises dull-brown, 

 glabrous, smooth ; pinnae oblong-lanceolate, l-l ft. 1. ; pinnl. lanceolate, dis- 

 tinctly stalked, 3-4 in. 1., f-1 in. br., cut down to a broad wing ; segm. blunt, close, 

 subfalcate, crenulate, 2-3 lin. br. ; texture subcoriaceous ; both sides bright-green, 

 naked ; veins 7-8-jugate, those of the fertile segments simple, of the barren forked ; 

 sori minute, marginal. Baker, Fl. Bras.fasc, p. 324. t. 54. 



Hab. Bahia, Blanchet. 



16*. A. oblonga, Klotzsch ; fr. ample, tripinnatifid ; rachises grey, naked and 

 smooth below ; pinnce lanceolate, 1-1 ft. 1. ; pinnl. close, sessile, ligulate, l-2 

 in. 1., -f in. br., cut down to a distinct wing ; segm. close, ligulate, blunt, entire, 

 in. br. ; texture subcoriaceous ; both sides green, glabrous except ribs above ; 

 veins 4-6-jugate, simple; sori minute, medial. Baker, Fl. Bras. fasc. 49. 

 p. 323. 



Hab. British Guiana, Rich. SchomburgJc, 1125 ; Appun, 174. 



16*. A. floribunda, Hook. MSS. ; fr. ample, tripinnatifid ; rachises strami- 

 neous, clothed with minute firm raised scales on the lower side ; pinnae lan- 

 ceolate, 12-15 in. 1., 3-4 in. br. ; pinnl. ligulate, blunt, sessile, in. br., cut \-\- 

 way down into close blunt subentire segm. under \ in. br. ; texture subcoriaceous ; 

 upper surface bright-green, naked, lower paler, glabrous, with dense minute pale 

 bullate scales on the ribs ; veins 4-5-jugate, simple ; son minute, medial. 



Hab. Mount Campana, East Peru, Spruce, 4715. 



16*. A. falcata, Mett. ; fr. ample, tripinnatifid ; rachises grey-stramineous, 

 glabrous below, smooth ; pinnae lanceolate, l|-2 ft. L, 3-3| in. br. ; pinnl. lan- 

 ceolate, sessile, falcate, in. br., cut about halfway down into close denticulate 

 blunt segm. scarcely in. br. ; texture moderately firm ; both surfaces glabrous, 

 and without scales ; veins simple, 3-jugate ; sori minute, lower in lobe medial, 

 upper subcostular. Kuhn, Linn. 36. p. 155. 



Hab. Island of Gorgona, Seemann, 



17*. A. Schlimii, Mett. ; fr. ample, tripinnate ; rachises pale-brown, densely 

 pilose, and clothed with large linear-subulate brown scales ; pinnae oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, 1J-2 ft. 1. ; pinnl. sessile, ligulate, 3-4 in. 1., f-1 in. br., cut down to the 

 rachis or a narrow wing ; segm. close, falcate, ligulate, denticulate, 1-1 J lin. br.; 

 texture subcoriaceous ; ribs on both sides densely pilose, and the rest of the surface 

 slightly so ; veins 9-12-jugate, forked ; sori costular, filling up nearly the whole 

 of the fertile segments except the tip ; recep. densely pilose. Kuhn, Linn. 36. 

 p. 157. 



Hab. Andes of Columbia, Schlim, 223 ; Lindig, 254. Midway between dongata and 

 paleoldtci. 



38*. A. Macgillivrayi, Baker ; fr. ample, tripinnatifid ; rachises substrami- 

 neous, smooth, and glabrous beneath ; pinnae oblong-lanceolate, 12-15 in. 1. ; 

 pinnl. lanceolate, distinctly stalked, cut down to a narrow wing, 2^-3 in. 1., ^-| 

 in. br. ; segm. l|-2 lin. br., close, blunt, subfalcate, denticulate ; texture subco- 

 riaceous ; both sides green, glabrous, the lower with a few minute broad pale 

 scales on the ribs ; veins 9-10-jugate, forked above the middle ; sori minute, 

 medial. 



Hab. Louisiade Archipelago, Macgillivray. 



44*. A. Loddigesii, Kze. ; fr. ample, tripinnatifid ; rachises pale-brown, glossy, 

 glabrous, muricated ; pinnos oblong-lanceolate, f-1 ft. 1. ; pinnl. close, sessile, 



