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to pinnatifid, with obtuse dentate apices. Spots in two rows a little re- 

 moved from the nerve : involucres reniform. 



A native of Diana's Peak, where it grows to be from 20 to 30 inches 

 high : is of a soft delicate texture : the spots numerous and very large. 



I. AspiDiuM coriaceum. Willd. 5. p. 268. 



Stipes as long as the oppositely bipinnate, ovate fronds. Leaflets 

 linguiform, crenate-serrate, and pinnatifed. Spots in one line half way 

 between ',he nerve and margin ; involucres reniform. 



Is also a native of the south face of Sandy Bay range of mountains, where 

 it rises to the height of about 2 feet, and generally amongst bushes. It 

 difiers from A. capense in little else than the shape of the apices of the 

 pinnae, and the single row of spots, whereas in that species it is double. 



I. AsPLENiuM tenellum. R. 



Stipes polished. Fronds linear recurved, apices rooting, alternately 

 pinnate : leaflets numerous, obliquely linguiform, obtuse crenate, anterior 

 side of the base enlarged, posterior attenuate. 



A pretty, small (6-8 inches) species, with the habit o{ Adiantiim caudatum, 

 found indigenous on the tops of the high mountains in the centre of the 

 Island. 



I. AsPLEmuM falcatum. Browns Prodrom. p. 150. 



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Stipes as long as the lanceolate, alternately-pinnate, firm, smooth 

 fronds, S-sided, 3-grooved, pretty smooth and black. Leaflets short- 

 petioled, falcate-lanceolate, lobate ; lobes and fine ensiform apices serrate. 

 A most beautiful species, growing in small tufts on the top of Sandy 

 Bay ridge, to be about 2 feet high. Compare with A. falcatum. Willd. 5. 

 325 : it agrees pretty well with his definition. 



I. AsPLENiUM prcemorsum. Willd. 5. p. 339. 

 I. AsvijErnvsufilamentosum. R. 



Stipes longer than the thin, ovate, alternately-tripinuatifed frond, 



