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deciduous woolly hairs ; fr. 6-18 in. 1., 4-6 in. br., with 12-20 pinnse on each 

 side, which are lanceolate-deltoid in g-eneral outline, 2-3 in. 1., f-1 in. br., cut 

 down throughout nearly or quite to the rachis into linear-cuneate pinnl., which 

 are sharply serrated on the outer edge ; texture coriaceous ; rachis firm, erect, 

 more or less fibrillose like the stem ; veins deep-channelled, flabellate ; sori 

 linear, radiant. Hk. Sp. 3. p, 165. A. prsemorsum, Sw. 



Hab. Tropical America, from Mexico and the West Indies to Peru ; Polynesian Islands 

 and Australia northward to Tsus-Sirna and the Himalayas ; Cape Colony to Mascaren 

 Isles, Abyssinia, and the Canaries. Distinguished from the preceding by its fibrillose 

 rachis and longer and narrower divisions. 



126. A. affine, Swartz ; st. 6-12 in. 1., firm, erect, grey, nearly naked ; fr. 

 12-18 in. 1., 6-12 in. br., with numerous pinnae on each side, the lower ones 

 lanceolate-rhomboidal, cut down to the rachis into numerous distinct rhom- 

 boidal pinnl. 4-6 in. 1., 1-^-2 in. br., which are again inciso-serrate or deeply 

 lobed ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis firm, naked ; veins subflabellate ; sori 

 copious, linear. Hk. Sp. 3. p. 170. t. 202. A. spathulinum, J. Sm. Hk. Sp. 3. 

 p. 170. 



Hab. Mascaren Isles, Ceylon, Philippines, Borneo, Fiji, Sandwich Islands. Very 

 Beared, cuneatum, but a more robust plant, with often 10-15 distinct pinnules to the 

 lower pinnae. 



127. A. nitidum, Swz. ; st. 1 ft. L, firm, erect, greyish, naked ; fr. 2-3 ft. 1., 

 1 ft. br., with numerous lanceolate-deltoid pinnae on each side, the lowest of 

 which are 6-9 in. 1., 2-3 in. br., cut down to the rachis into numerous stalked 

 subdeltoid pinnl., which are again cut down to the rachis into broad flabellato- 

 cuneate segm., inciso-serrate round the outer edge ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis 

 firm, grey, naked : veins channelled, flabellate ; sori short, radiant. Hk. Sp. 3. 

 p. 172. ' 



Hab. North of India, Ceylon, Malayan Peninsula and Isles. Very near the last, but 

 a still larger plant, with ample shining rhomboidal acuminate pinnules, sometimes again 

 pinnatifid. 



128. A. laserpitii folium, Lam. ; st. tufted, 6-12 in. 1., firm, erect, greyish, 

 naked ; fr. 2-4 ft. 1., 6-18 in. br., with numerous pinnae on each side, the lowest 

 deltoid-lanceolate, 6-9 in. 1., 4-6 in. br., cut down to the rachis into numerous 

 distinct pinnl., the lowest with rhomboidal-cuneate segm. again deeply pinnatifid ; 

 texture herbaceous ; rachis slender, naked ; veins fine and deeply channelled ; 

 sori short, linear-oblong, irregular. Hk. Sp. 3. p. 171. t. 203. 



Hab. Polynesian Islands and N. Australia northward to Chusan and Assam ; and 

 gathered also by Gerrard in Natal. Like the two preceding, closely allied to A . cuneatum. 



129. A. nigritianum, Hk. ; st. tufted, strong, erect, 4-6 in. 1., nearly black and 

 densely villose ; fr. 12-18 in. 1., 4-6 in. br., with numerous horizontal or slightly 

 deflexed pinnce on each side, which are 2-3 in. 1., -|-^ in. br., cut down to the 

 rachis into numerous subdimidiate rhomboidal pinnl., the lower ones once 

 deeply lobed and also inciso-crenate, the lowest imbricated over the main rachis ; 

 texture subcoriaceous ; rachis firm, erect ; veins subflabellate ; sori oblong. 

 Hk. Sp. 3. p. 223. 2nd Cent. t. 44. 



Hab. Prince's Island and St. Thomas, Guinea Coast ; gathered by Barter and Mann. 

 A very distinct species, of which our dried specimens are nearly black. 



130. A. scandicinum, Kaulf. ; st. tufted, 6-9 in. 1., firm, erect, grey, naked ; 

 fr. 9-18 in. 1., 4-8 in. br., with numerous rather distant pinnce on each side, the 

 lower ones subdeltoid, 3-6 in. 1., 1-1^ in. br., cut down to the rachis into 

 numerous stalked subdistant pinnl., which are again cut down into cuneato- 



