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31*. A. Lindeni, Moore ; st. black, naked ; fr. large, pentagonal, tripinnate ; 

 rachises pubescent above, naked beneath ; segm. subdistant, 1 in. 1., oblong- 

 rhomboid, falcate, acuminate, outer borders closely bluntly lobed, and lobes 

 toothed ; sori oblong or reniform. Gard. Chron. 1860, p. 778. 



Hab. Amazon Valley j introduced by Linden. 



31*. A. villosissimum, Mett. ; st. above 1 ft. 1., like rachises, densely paleaceo- 

 pilose above and below ; fr. deltoid, bipinnate above, 1 ft. 1. ; side pinnae ascend- 

 ing unijugate ; pinnl. close, 10-12 lin. 1., 2-3 lin. br., subsessile, lanceolate-trape- 

 zoid, obtuse or acuminate, outer edges toothed ; texture subchartaceous ; surfaces 

 dark-green, upper thinly, lower more densely clothed with adpressed, slender, 

 soft, reddish hairs ; sori elongated ; inv. densely villose. Kuhn, Linn. 36. p. 73. 



Hab. Panama, Schott, 65. 



36*. A. sericeum, Eaton ; basal scales large, brown, linear ; st. tufted, 2-4 in. 1., 

 clothed like rachis with fine spreading brown hairs ; fr. lanceolate, bipinnate, 



f-] ft. 1., 2-3 in. br. ; pinnae multijugate, stalked, ascending, lower 1^-2 in. 1., 

 with 5-7 distinct pinnules ; side pinnl. ^-f in. 1., short-stalked, rhomboid, lower 

 border straight or rather decurved, inner parallel with rachis, outer corner del- 

 toid, upper edge denticulate, auricled at base; end segm. larger, rhomboid, equi- 

 lateral ; texture membranous ; surfaces pale-green, densely clothed with adpressed 

 grey hairs; sori narrow, straight, j-^ in. 1., 2-6 to a segment. Bot. Zeit. 1869, 

 p. 361. 



Hab. Cuba, Wright. Nearest deltoideum, but pilose and bipinnate. 



42*. A. Bennettii, Carruth. ; st. and rachises black, naked ; fr. 1 ft. 1., del- 

 toid, 2-3-pinnate ; pedicels 3-4 lin. 1. ; segm. broader than deep, ^-f in. br., entire, 

 hemispherical or round-cordate ; texture membranous ; upper surface glabrous, 

 lower densely bristly ; sori reniform, 6-10, crowded round outer border of seg- 

 ment, i-2 lin. br. Fl. Vit.p. 346. 



Hab. Sandwich Isles, Lieut. Strickland. Very near to or perhaps identical with 

 A. scabrum, Kze. 



42*. A. Veitchianum, Moore ; st. 4-6 in. 1., black, naked like rachises ; //. 

 6-8 in. 1., deltoid, bipinnate in lower half, reddish when young ; pedicels - in. 1. ; 

 side pinnl. rhomboid, -|-f in. 1., lower border straight, more or less deflexed from 

 tip of pedicel, inner distant from rachis, upper and outer shallowly lobed ; end 

 segm. ^-f in. br., equilateral, rounded in upper, deltoid in lower half ; texture 

 membranous ; surfaces naked ; sori 8-12 to a segment, round, minute, indented 

 into the final lobes. Gard Chron. 1868, p. 1090. 



Hab. Andes of Peru, Pearce. Midway in habit between cethiopicum and lunulatum. 



44*. A. subvoluUle, Mett. ; fr. subscandent, 2-4 ft. 1., oblong, tripinnate, 6-8 

 in. br., with naked glossy castaneous st. and zigzag rachises; central pinnce 

 lanceolate, with a few short spreading pinnl. ; final petioles very short ; side 

 pinnl. rhomboidal, |- in. 1., lower edge in a line with petiole or deflexed, inner 

 edge touching or wrapped over rachis, outer shallowly lobed ; lowest pinnl. equi- 

 lateral, much wrapped over rachis of pinnae ; surfaces naked, bright-green ; sori 

 minute, round, 6-12 to a segment. Kuhn, Linn. 36. p. 76. A. concinnum, 

 /3 subscandens, Baker, Syn. Fil. edit. 1. p. 123. 



Hab. Andes of East Peru, Spruce, 5378, 5706. 



45*. A. Wagneri, Mett. ; st. 4-6 in. 1., naked, glossy ;fr. subdeltoid, 6-9 in. 1., 

 3-4-pinnate ; lower pinnce and pinnl. stalked, deltoid ; lowest pedicels 1-1 .', lin. 1. ; 



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