ASPLENIUM. 491 



226*. A. (Dipl.) grammitoides, Hk. ; rhizome wide-creeping; scales copious, 

 lanceolate, brown, membranous ; st. grey-stramineous, 3-4 in 1., scaly throughout ; 

 fr. lanceolate, 6-9 in. L, bipinnatifid ; rachis stramineous, copiously scaly, winged 

 in upper half ; lower pinnae distant, free, subpetiolate, lanceolate, f-1 in. L, J in. br., 

 much reduced on lower side, cut down to a broad wing into close oblong subentire 

 lobes, lowest anterior largest ; texture moderately firm ; ribs below rather scaly ; 

 veins pinnate in lower lobes ; sori oblong, most in a row oblique close to midrib 

 of pinnse. Hk. Sp. 3. p. 228. ex parte. Hk. Ic. t. 913. 



Hab. Philippine and Malay Isles. D. Solanderi, Carrutk. Fl. Vit., p. 356, from the 

 Sandwich Isles, differs by its nearly naked stem and rachis. 



231*. A. (Dipl.) SchkuJiri, Thwaites ; caud. erect; scales dense, small, lan- 

 ceolate, dark-brown; st. f-1^ ft., grey-green, naked; fr. deltoid, 1^-2 ft. 1., tri- 

 pinnatifid ; lower pinnae distant, oblong-lanceolate, 6-8 in. 1., 1^-2 in. br., their 

 rachis winged to base ; pinnl. ligulate-oblong, f in. br., sessile, cut into shallow 

 close oblong blunt lobes ; texture moderately firm ; surfaces bright-green, naked ; 

 veins pinnate only in lowest tertiary segm. ; sori in., medial in a single row in 

 the pinnules. Diplazium Schkuhri, jBedd. F. S. I. t. 230. D. microphyllum, 

 Dem.? 



Hab. Ceylon, C. P., 3100. General habit and cutting just that of some of the forms 

 of American crenulatum. 



235*. A. (Dipl.) Mildei, Kuhn ; st. 4-6 in., tufted, dull-brown, naked ; fr. 

 oblong-lanceolate, 6-9 in. 1., bipinnate ; pinnce close, stalked, lanceolate, ascend- 

 ing, under 1 in. br., produced on upper, cuneate-truncate on lower side at base, 

 several lower subequal ; lower pinnl. ascending-rhomboid, distinctly stalked, 

 l|-2 lin. br., auricled on upper, subdimidiate on lower side ; texture moderately 

 firm ; surfaces naked, dark-green ; venules distinct, erecto-patent ; sori \-% in., 

 produced from midrib nearly to edge. Kuhn, Linn. 36. p. 95. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador, Jameson, 727 ; Spruce, 5335. Perhaps a variety of 

 Franconis. 



244. A. (Dipl.) sechellarum, Baker ; arborescent ; st. and rachises brown-stra- 

 mineous, glabrous, muricated ; basal scales firm, lanceolate, brown, f in. ; fr. 

 5-G ft. L, subdeltoid, tripinnatifid ; pinnce oblong-lanceolate, 1^-2 ft. 1. ; pinnl. 

 ligulate-lanceolate, sessile or short-stalked, 2-3| in. 1., |-1 in. br., cut down to a 

 narrow wing into close ligulate toothed segm. 1-1^ lin. br. ; texture subcoriaceous ; 

 surfaces bright-green, naked ; veins 8-12-jugate, simple, with sori running nearly 

 from midrib to edge. 



Hab. Seychelles, frequent in damp, shady woods, Bouton, Home, 165 ; Madagascar, 

 Soivin. Trunk 6 feet high. 



251*. A. (Di.pl.} membranaceum,'Mett. ; arborescent; rachises dull-brown, naked, 

 not muricated ; fr. 4-5 ft. 1., subdeltoid, tripinnatifid ; pinnce oblong-lanceolate, 

 1 ft. or more L, 5-6 in. br. ; pinnl. sessile, ligulate-lanceolate, |-| in. br., cut down 

 to a broad wing into close denticulate blunt lobes 2-2| lin. br., base on lower side 

 slightly oblique ; texture chartaceous ; surfaces green, naked ; veins distinct, dis- 

 tant, 5-6-j ugate, simple ; sori slender, reaching nearly from midrib to edge. 

 Kuhn, Linn. 36. p. 103. 



Hab. Pitcairn's Island, Mattfaws, Cuming ; Coral Island, Beechey ; and a closely-allied 

 plant with pinnules more cuneate-truncate on lower side at base, the lower stalked, 

 from Samoa, gathered by Rev. T. Powell and J. G. Veitch. Differs from Mascaren 

 arborescens by broader segments and fewer veins. 



251*. A. (Dipl.) Gaudichaudii, Mett. ; arborescent ; st. nodulose, purplish- 

 black at base ; basal scales ^-f in., lanceolate, blackish ; fr. ample, subdeltoid, 



