486 ASPLEN1UM. 



96. A. petiolulatum, Mett., Kuhn, Fil. Afr.p. 110, Bourbon, and A. 

 Hance, Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 5 vol. p. 255, China, differ from type by their shorter, 

 subdeltoid, deeply-lobed, distinctly-stalked lower pinnae ; and var. subcequilaterale, 

 Baker, Fernando Po, Mann, 379, by its more numerous (15-16-jugate) pinnae, 

 the lowest narrowed into a petiolule 3-4 lines long, more rigid texture, closer 

 sori (not less than 30 to a pinna), and upper base more cuneate-truncate. 



107*. A. limdum, Mett. ; rhizome stout, short- creeping ; st. 5-6 in., dull brown- 

 black, nearly naked ; fr. lanceolate, 6-9 in. 1., 2 in. br., bipinnatifid ; rachis 

 naked, greenish, flattened in upper half ; pinnce 10-12-jugate, lanceolate-acute, 

 in. br., square on upper side, broa 



subpetiolate, lj-l in. 1., in. br., square on upper side, broadly truncate in a 

 curve on lower side at base, cut down to a narrow centre into irregularly 

 deeply inciso-crenate square ascending lobes, the lowest anterior much largest, 

 3-4 lin. br. ; texture subcoriaceous ; surfaces green, naked ; veins immersed, 

 close ; sori irregular, J- in. 1., reaching into the lower, not into the upper lobes. 

 Kuhn, Linn. 30. p. 100. 



Hab. Venezuela, Fendler, 156; Angola, Welwitsch, 89, 101. Between caudatum and 

 furcalum. 



107*. A. lobulatum, Mett. ; rhizome short- creeping ; st. 6-9 in., grey, nearly 

 naked; fr. lanceolate, 1-1^ ft. 1., 5-6 in.br.; pinnce 15-20-jugate, lanceolate, 

 subpetiolate, 3-4 in. 1., 1-1 J in. br., narrowed from base to acute or acuminate 

 point, inciso-pinnatifid in upper half, deeply pinnatifid in lower, basal anterior 

 lobe much produced, base on lower side cuneate-truncate ; texture subcoriaceous ; 

 surfaces naked ; veins fine, pinnate in many lower lobes ; sori reaching nearly 

 from midrib to edge, lower -f in. 1. Kuhn, Linn. 36. p. 100. 



Hab. Sandwich Isles. Midway between caudatum and affine. 



109*. A. Gueinzianum, Mett. ; st. greenish, with a few scattered ovate scales ; 

 fr. lanceolate, 9 in. 1., 1 in. br., bipinnatifid ; pinnce many, lax, subpetiolate, 

 rhomboid-oblong, f in. I., cut down to a broad wing, rounded with an auricle 

 on upper side at base, cuneate-truncate on lower ; lobes 2-3-jugate, lowest on 

 upper side cuneate-obovate ; texture subcoriaceous ; surfaces dull-green, naked ; 

 sori 1-2-jugate, subparallel with costa, and 1-2 oblique at base of lowest lobe. 

 Kuhn, Fil. Afr. p. 103. 



Hab. Natal, Gueinzius. 



110*. A. purpurascens, Mett., rhizome wide-creeping ; scales minute, blackish ; 

 st. 7 in. 1., bright purplish like rachis ; fr. deltoid, 9 in. ]., bipinnatifid ; pinna; 

 short-stalked, close, patent, lanceolate-acuminate ; pinnl. oblong-lanceolate all 

 but lowest, confluent in a narrow wing, obtusely toothed ; surfaces glabrous, 

 light-green ; veins distinct, oblique, simple or forked, running up to sinuses of 

 teeth ; sori long but falling short of edge and midrib. Kuhn, Linn. 36. p. 102. 



Hab. Foot of Mount Chimborazo, "Spruce, 5697"; but our specimen of that number 

 is A . cultrifolium. 



114*. A. parallelum, Baker ; st. naked, 2-2 ft. \fr. deltoid, l|-2 ft. 1., bipin- 

 nate ; rachises grey, naked ; lower pinnce deltoid, stalked, 7-8 in. 1. ; pinnl. 

 linear, entire, 2-3 in. 1., gradually narrowed to a cuneate sessile base, and an 

 acute point, slightly cut away on lower side ; texture subcoriaceous ; surfaces 

 naked, grey-green ; sori erecto-patent, simple, parallel, nearly touching both 

 edge and midrib ; inv. broad, persistent. A. bipinnatum, Hilkb. MSS. non 

 Brack. 



Hab. Sandwich Isles. Like bipinnate WaHcerce or sumatranum. 



