200 38. ASPLENIUM, EUASPLENIUM. 



br., ovate in general outline, with a long, linear, terminal pinna and 2-3 opposite 

 pairs, which are 3-4 in. 1., ^-f in. br., with an acuminate point, the margin 

 faintly crenated, the base cordate, the nodes thickened ; texture coriaceous ; 

 rachis and both surfaces naked ; veins distant, obscure ; sori falling short of the 

 margin. -//. Sp. 3. p. 95. t. 165. A. diversifolium, Blume. 



Hab. Java. This and the two preceding agree in texture, but may be recognized by 

 the base of the pinnae. 



63. A. alatum, H. B. K. ; St. 4-6 in. 1., rather slender, naked, the upper part 

 winged, and the rachis furnished throughout with a distinct wing ; fr. 1-1^ 

 ft. 1., 3-4 in. br., with 12-20 horizontal sessile pinnce on each side, which are 1-1^ 

 in. 1., |-| in. br., bluntish at the point, the edge uniformly inciso-crenate, the 

 base nearly equal on both sides, but the upper one slightly more dilated ; texture 

 herbaceous ; veins usually once forked ; sori distant, not reaching either the 

 midrib or edge. Hk. Sp. 3. p. 121. 



Hab. West Indies and Columbia southward to Peru and S. Brazil. 



54. A. Vieillardii, Mett. ; st. tufted, 4-6 in. 1., firm, erect, nearly naked ; fr. 6-9 

 in. 1., 6 in. br., with a large linear-lanceolate terminal pinna, lengthened out at 

 the point and deeply serrated, and 3-4 pairs of erecto-patent similar lateral ones, 

 which are 4 in. 1., upwards of ^ in. br., equally truncato-cuneate, and the lower 

 ones slightly stalked at the base ; texture herbaceous ; rachis firm, grey, naked ; 

 veins oblique, once or twice forked ; sori distant, falling short of both edge and 

 margin. Mett. Annales, 4 ser. v. 15. p. 72. 



Hab. New Caledonia, Vieillard, 1645-6. 



55. A. salicifolium, Linn. ; st. tufted, strong, naked, erect, 6-12 in. 1. ;fr. 12-18 

 in. 1., 6-9 in. br., oblong, with a terminal pinna and 4-10 distinctly stalked often 

 horizontal ones on each side, which are 4-6 in. 1., f-1 in. or more br., the point 

 acuminate, the edge nearly entire or occasionally lobed below, the base equally 

 truncato-cuneate on both sides ; texture herbaceous ; veins erecto-patent, rather 

 close, once or twice forked ; sori falling short both of the edge and midrib. 

 Hk.Sp. 3. p. 112. 



Hab. West Indies and Panama southward to Eio Janeiro and Peru. According to 

 Mettenius, A . juglandifolium, Lam. (A. integerrimum, Spr.), is a distinct species, allied 

 to this, with entire pinnae ; and A. neogranatense, Fe'e, a form of the same with few pinnae, 

 the terminal one elongated. 



56. A. longicauda, Hk. ; st. 6-12 in. 1., firm, erect, brownish, nearly naked ; 

 fr. 12-18 in. 1., 6-9 in. br., with a large oblong-acuminate terminal pinna 6-8 

 in. 1., 1-1| in. br., which is often elongated and proliferous ; lateral pinnce 3-9 

 on each side, similar in shape to the terminal one, but usually smaller, the 

 margin obscurely undulated, the base nearly equal, and the lower ones slightly 

 stalked ; texture herbaceous ; colour deep-green ; veins ^ in. apart, simple or 

 forked ; sori broad and distant, not reaching either the edge or midrib. Hk. 

 2nd Cent. F. t. 69. 



Hab. Cameroon Mountains and Fernando Po. In one of Dr. Curror's specimens the 

 terminal pinna is a foot long, considerably sinuated upwards, and gemmiferous at the 

 apex ; the lateral pinnae are also often proliferous at the point. 



57. A. emarginatum, Beauv. ; st. 6-12 in. 1., firm, erect, brownish, nearly naked ; 

 fr. 12-18 in. 1., 6-9 in. br., with a large lanceolate-oblong terminal pinna 6-8 

 in. 1., l-l in. br., and 3-6 pairs of distant slightly-stalked lateral ones, the 

 lowest of which are rather smaller than the terminal one, the apex of each 



