38. ASPLENIUM, ANISOGONIUM. 243 



ones ; texture coriaceous ; veins in pinnate groups, the outer upper vein of the 

 group joining the others before they reach the edge, but the separate groups free 

 from one another. Hk. Sp. 3. p. 265. 



Hab. Mexico, Liebmann. 



265. A. (Aniso.) Kunzei, Mett. ; st. 6-15 in. 1., firm, erect, furfuraceous ; fr. 

 varying in shape from spathulato-elliptical, 9 in. 1., 2 in. br., slightly lobed 

 below, to 18 in. 1., 6-9 in. br., the upper half deeply pinnatifid, with deltoid or 

 lanceolate-acuminate lobes, the lower half with distant oblong-acuminate entire 

 pinnce 3-4 in. 1., If -2 in. br. ; texture coriaceous ; veins in pinnated groups which 

 unite very near the midrib, with slender lines of sori on each extending to the edge. 

 Hk. Sp. 3. p. 266. 



Hab. Ecuador and Peru. 



266. A. (Aniso.) cordifolium, Mett. ; st. 6-12 in. 1., firm, erect, scaly below ; fr. 

 8-12 in. 1., 3-4 in. br., entire, cordate at the base, the point acuminate ; texture 

 coriaceous ; veins in close groups of about four, anastomosing copiously in the 

 outer half of the pagina ; sori reaching from the midrib to the edge. /3, D. 

 integrifolium, Blume ; fr. 12-18 in. 1., subdeltoid, with a large terminal and 

 one or two pairs of smaller but similar spreading lateral pinnce. Hk. (Sp. 3. 

 p. 267. Ic. t. 936. 



Hab. Philippines and Malayan Peninsula and Isles. 



267. A. (Aniso.) alismcefolium, Hk. ; st. 2-6 in. 1., firm, erect, scaly throughout ; 

 fr. varying in shape from simple, oblong-lanceolate, 6-9 in. 1., 2-3 in. br., the 

 edges entire, the apex acuminate, to ternate or pinnate, with a large terminal 

 and three pairs of lateral pinnce 9 each like the entire frond of the simple 

 state ; texture coriaceous ; veins about three to a group in the inner half, but 

 anastomosing copiously with hexagonal areolse towards the edge. Hk. tip. 3. 

 p. 267. 



Hab. Luzon, Cuming, 116. 



268. A. (Aniso.) lineolatuin^ Mett. ; st. 6-9 in. 1., firm, erect, grey, scaly below ; 

 fr. occasionally simple, usually with a terminal pinna and 3-6 pairs of lateral 



ones, which are 6-12 in 1., 2 in. or more br., entire, often suddenly acuminate ; 

 texture coriaceous ; rachis naked ; veins 4-8 to a cluster, uniting slightly 

 towards the edge. Diplazium, El. A. elegans, Mett. Hk. Sp. 3. p. 268. Ic. 

 PL t. 939. 



Hab. Philippines and Malayan Peninsula and Islands. 



269. A. (Aniso.) heteroplilebium, Mett. MSS. ; st. 1 ft. 1., grey, scaly 

 throughout ; fr. 12-18 in. 1., 8-9 in. br., with 6-8 opposite pairs of pinnce below 

 the pinnatifid apex ; the lowest 2 in. or more apart, 3-4 in. 1., 1-lJ in. br., the 

 edge undulated, the point acute, the base cordate on both sides ; texture thinly 

 herbaceous ; colour dark-green ; rachis villose and fibrillose throughout ; both 

 surfaces naked ; veins pinnate, the groups joining one-third of the way from the 

 midrib to the edge, and the veins of the same and different groups anastomosing ; 

 sori not reaching the edge, copiously diplazioid.' 



Hab. Mishmee and Assam, Griffith. 



270. A. (Aniso.) decussatum, Sw. ; st. 1-2 ft. L, strong, erect, often muricated ; 

 fr. 2-4 ft. 1., with numerous pinnce on each side, which are 6-12 in. L, 1-2 in. br., 



often proliferous in the axils, the edge nearly entire or slightly lobed ; texture 

 herbaceous or subcoriaceous ; veins in copiously pinnated groups, with a 

 distinct barren vein in the centre, uniting one-third of the distance from the 



