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of 2-4, rarely anastomosing. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 1. Brit. F. t. 37. S. Lindeni, HJc. 

 Ic. PI. t. 488. 



Hab. Britain and Gothland to Spain, Madeira, the Azores, the Caucasus and Japan ; 

 United States and Mexico, rare. A very large number of curious varieties and mon- 

 strosities are in cultivation, of which the most remarkable has non-indusiate sori 

 edge and upper surface of the frond and anastomosing venation. 



2. S. Hemionitis, Sw. ; st. 4-6 in. 1., slender, slightly fibrillose ; fr. 4-6 in. ]., 

 oblong-lanceolate, the base hastato-cordate, with short and rounded or prominent 

 and almost acute lobes ; texture thinner than in the last ; sori shorter ; veins 

 more branched. HJc. Sp. 4. p. 2. 



Hab. Spain, S. France, Italy, and the Mediterranean Islands. 



3. S. pinnatum, J. Sm. ; st. compressed, greyish ; fr. 2-4 ft. 1., with an entire 

 terminal pinna 4-6 in. ]., 1^-2 in. br., proliferous at the point and 1-6 pairs of 

 similar lateral ones ; texture subcoriaceous ; veins usually once forked ; sori 

 oblique, -f in. 1., 1 lin. br. HTc. Sp. 4. p. 2. 



Hab. Philippines, Cuming, 187, 311. S. longifolium, Presl (Micropodium, Mett.), 

 gathered at Luzon by Haenke, has a simple undivided frond, and the limit between the 

 edges of the contiguous involucres marked by a thin line, whilst in S. pinnatum it is an 

 evident lamelliform crest. See Mett. Fil. Ind. 2. p. 233. 



4. S. Durvittei, Bory ; rhizome firm, wide-scandent ; st. 2-3"in. ]., firm, erect, 

 naked ; fr. varying from simple lanceolate-oblong, 6 in. 1., 1 in. br., the edge 

 crenate, the base auricled (these alone fertile), to subdeltoid bipinnatifid, with 

 several pinnae on each side, the lowest 1^ in. 1., f in. br., cut down nearly to the 

 rachis into narrow toothed or pinnatifid lobes ; texture subcoriaceous, both sides 

 naked ; veins of entire frond subparallel, simple or forked ; sori reaching from 

 the midrib two-thirds of the space to the edge without any raised line between 

 them. Kunze t Suppl. SchJc. p. 9. t. 5. Micropodium, Mett. 



Hab. Ualan ; gathered first by Durville. 



Antigramme, Presl* Frond with a distinct midrib, veins anastomosing 

 towards the edge. Sp. 5-6. 



5. S. (Anti.) Brasiliense, Kunze ; st. short, fibrillose ; fr. 6-12 in. 1., \-\\ in. 

 br., subentire, tapering towards both ends ; texture coriaceous ; veins anasto- 

 mosing about two-thirds of the distance from the midrib to the edge ; sori 

 linear, confined to the free veins. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 3. 



Hab. Brazil. A. subsessilis, Fe*e, is a subsessile form, with a longer and narrower 

 frond than usual. 



6. S. (Anti.) plantagineum, Schrad. ; st. 6-9 in. 1., firm, grey, naked ; fr. 6-10 

 in. 1., 3-5 in. br., ovate, the base rounded or truncate or cordate, the edge entire ; 

 texture coriaceous ; veins anastomosing within about ^ in. of the edge ; forks of 

 the free veins J in. apart ; sori confined to the free veins. S. Douglasii, 

 Hk. Sp. 4. p. 3. Asplenium, Hk. & Gr. Ic. 1. 150. 



Hab. Brazil. 



Schaffneria, Fee. No distinct midrib, but the veins flabettate, uniting 

 towards the edge. Sp. 7. 



7. S. (Schaff.) nigripes, Hk. ; st. 1-2 in. 1., black, polished, naked, jointed at the 

 apex ; fr. obovate or roundish, 1-1 1 in. br. ; texture thick, coriaceous; sori in 



