222 38. ASPLENIUM, DAREA. 



162. A. (Darea) davallioides, Hk. ; st. tufted, 3-4 in. 1., firm, naked ;fr. 4-6 in. 1., 

 2-3 in. br., deltoid, quadripinnate, with 6-9 pinance on each side, the lowest much 

 the largest, 2-3 in. 1., 1-1| in. br., deltoid ; pinnl. deltoid, with a broadly-winged 

 rachis and lower segm. again pinnatifid, with curved divaricate lateral divisions, 

 1-1^ lin. 1., | lin. br. ; texture thick, coriaceous; colour bright-green; rachis 

 compressed ; veins one to each division ; sori copious, quite lateral, oblong, often 

 occupying the whole upper side of the ult. divisions. Hk. Sp. 3. p. 212. 

 2nd Cent. F. t. 40. Humata dareoidea, Mett. 



Hab. Japan, Tsus-Sima, Loo Choo, Hong-Kong, Formosa. The species of all the 

 group that comes nearest to Davallia. 



163. A. (Darea) irregulare, Baker ; st. scattered, 2-4 in. 1., naked, firm, erect, 

 pale-green ; fr. 6-8 in. 1., 2-3 in. br., with numerous pinnae on each side, the 

 uppermost simple, |~ in. 1., linear-falcate, those next in order dichotomously 

 forked, the lowest regularly pinnate, with a prolonged simple point and several 

 distant pinnl. J-f in. 1., ^ lin. br. ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis flaccid, naked, 

 compressed ; veins one to each pinnl. ; sori sometimes ^ in. 1., with very narrow 

 involucres. 



Hab. Sierra del Crystal, Guinea Coast, Mann, 1636. 



164. A. (Darea) Richardi, Hk. fil. ; st. tufted, 3-6 in. 1., firm, erect, greenish, 

 scaly throughout ; fr. 5-6 in. 1., 2 in. br., with 12 or more close-placed lanceolate 

 erecto-patent pinnce on each side, which are cut down to a winged rachis into 

 numerous ovate-rhomboidal pinnL, which are again deeply pinnatifid with 

 linear-mucronate segm. 1 lin. or less 1. ; texture coriaceous ; rachis firm, com- 

 pressed ; one vein in each segm. ; sori oblong. Hk. Sp. 3. p. 197. Ic. PL t. 977. 



Hab. New Zealand. This seems to be nearest some of the dwarf tripinnatifid forms 

 offlaccidum. 



Fronds ample, 1-3 ft. I. Sp. 165-177. 



165. A. ( Darea) flaccidum, Forst. ; st. tufted, 4-8 in. 1., stout, greenish, naked ; 

 fr. 1-3 ft. 1., 4-8 in. br., often pendent, with numerous close or distant lanceolate 

 pinnae, which are 4-8 in. 1., ^-| in. br., sometimes rather rigid and recurved, 

 sometimes quite flaccid and drooping like the main rachis, sometimes deeply 

 pinnatifid but more often cut down to the thick rachis in oblique or subfalcate 

 narrow linear lobes ; texture thick, subcoriaceous ; rachis naked, pale- green like 

 the frond, compressed upwards ; veins obscure, one in each lobe ; sori in the 

 divided form quite marginal. Hk. Sp. 3. p. 205. 



Hab. New Zealand, Australia, Van Diemen's Land ; and gathered lately also by Dr. 

 Hillebrand in the Sandwich Islands, and Mr. Sandeison in Natal. A very variable 

 species. 



166. A. (Darea) rutcefolium, Kunze ; st. tufted, 6-9 in. 1., compressed, 

 greenish, naked ; fr. 6-15 in. 1., 2-3 in. br., with 12-20 pinnce on each side, 

 the lowest subdeltoid, 2 in. or more 1., cut down to the rachis into numerous 

 erecto-patent distant pinnl. on each side, the lowest on the upper side again cut 

 down into erecto-patent linear segm., the lowest on the under side suppressed ; 

 texture coriaceous ; rachis compressed ; colour pale-green ; sori small, marginal. 

 Hk. Sp. 3. p. 206, A. stans, Kze. A. prolongatum, Hk. Sp. 3. p. 205. 

 2nd Cent. t. 42. 



Hab. Cape Colony northward to Natal and Zambesi Land ; Himalayas, Ceylon, Japan, 

 and Fiji. 



167. A. (Darea) Borbonicum, Hk. ; st. tufted, 4-6 in. 1., firm, erect, greyish ; 

 fr. 6-15 in. 1., 3-4 in. br., with 12-20 distant erecto-patent pinnce on each side, 



