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69*. A. macrophklium, Baker ; rhizome creeping ; basal scales lanceolate, mem- 

 branous, dull-brown ; st. 3-4 in. 1., like the rachis, furnished with a few spreading 

 scales like those of the base ; fr. lanceolate, G-9 in. 1., 2-2^ in br., proliferous; 

 pinnae 15-20-jugate, close, subsessile, blunt, lanceolate, unequal-sided, 1-1^ in. 1., 

 -| in. br., deeply crenate, parallel with rachis on upper side, cuneate- 

 truncate on lower, lowest rather reduced, much deflexed, auricled ; texture mo- 

 derately firm ; rachis narrowly winged upwards ; surfaces naked, dull-green ; 

 veins d'istinct, distant, erecto-patent, most simple : sori infra-medial, many 

 parallel, 1-1-1 lin.l. 



Hub. Fernando Po, 2,000 ft., Mann, 338. General habit between tenerum and 

 abstitswM, 



70 ;: '. A. cciitrifiiflate, Baker; rhizome short-creeping ; scales dark-brown, minute, 

 linear-subulate ; st. 3-4 in., naked, purplish-brown ;fr. lanceolate, 6-9 in. 1., 2J-3 

 in. br. ; rachis narrowly winged below the pinnse ; pinnae 12-15-jugate, sessile, 

 moderately close, lanceolate-falcate, unequal-sided, 1-1^ in. 1., f in. br., acumi- 

 nate, toothed, upper base square, auricled, lower cuneate-tnmcate, lowest little 

 reduced ; texture thin, firm ; surfaces naked, bright-green ; veins erecto-patent, 

 fine, moderately close, simple or forked ; sori irregular, 1-1^ lin. 1., mostly remote 

 from midrib and near edge. 



Hab. Tarapoto, East Peru, Spruce, 4085. 



72*. A. angolense, Baker ; st. tufted, 6-12 in., dull-green, with a few minute 

 spreading linear scales ; fr. oblong-deltoid, 5-6 in. L, gemmiparous ; rachis con- 

 tinuously winged in upper half and below the pinnse ; pinnae 3-4-jugate, ascend- 

 ing, ligulate-lanceolate, 2-4 in. 1., -f-f in. br., acuminate, dentate, base narrowly 

 winged, upper side parallel with racliis, lower cuneate-truncate ; texture subco- 

 riaceous ; surfaces naked, dark-green ; veins erecto-patent, distant, forked ; sori 

 regular, parallel, reaching from near midrib to within a short distance of edge, 

 lower tj-f in. 1. 



Hab. Angola, Welwitsck, 86. 



75*. A. cequabile, Baker ; st. short, grey, naked ; fr. lanceolate,. 4-5 in. 1., 

 1 in. br. ; pinnce close, 15-20-jugate, lower distinctly stalked, many lower equal, 

 rhomboid-oblong, very unequal-sided, obtuse, inciso-crenate, ^ in. 1., 3-4 lin. br., 

 square, often subauricled on upper side at base, much truncate on lower ; texture 

 subcoriaceous ; veins erecto-patent, fine, moderately close, simple except lowest, 

 stopping a space from edge of crenations ; sori regular, parallel, 1-1| lin. 1., nearer 

 edge than midrib ; inv. broad, firm. 



Hab. Island of Diego Garcia, Mascaren group, sent by Lady Barkly. 



86. A. Serra, var. natalensis, Baker; pinnce pinnatifid throughout halfway 

 down to the rachis, with sharply-toothed erecto-patent lobes ; sori crowded 

 against midrib. 



Hab. Natal, Buchanan. 



94*. A. Gardner^ Baker ; rhizome short-creeping ; st. grey, 2-6 in., with a 

 few small scattered scales ; fr. lanceolate, \-\ ft. L, 3-5 in. br., often gemmi- 

 parous ; rachis not winged ; pinnce 8-10-jngate, distant, ascending, lanceolate, sub- 

 petiolate, acute, central 2-3 in. 1., ^- in. br., toothed, square on upper side, 

 cuneate-truncate on lower side at base ; texture thin but firm, supple ; surfaces 

 bright-green, naked ; veins erecto-patent, forked, moderately close ; sori regular, 

 parallel, 5-6-jugate, - in. 1., nearer midrib than edge. A. macrophyllum, 

 Thwaites, non Sw. 



Hab. Ceylon, Gardner, Tkwaites, 0. P. 1371, Watt. For pointing out the distinctive 

 cliaracters heie I am entirely indebted to Mr. Wall. 



