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440. A. fuscnm, Relz Obs. ii. p. 28, t. 5. A. amoenum, 

 Wall. Cat. n. 78. Hook, et Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 103. Pliiken. 

 Aim. I. 4,/. 3. 



Hab. China, Osbeck, Becc/iei/, Oman, Vachel. Nepal, Srinuggur and 

 Kamoun, Walliclt. Assam and Khasiya, Malacca, Griffith. Ceylon, 

 Gardner. Java, Lobh, Zollinger. — The firmer texture, the short often quite 

 cuneate and broad pinnules, but especially the elonj^ated sovi (resemblinjj^ 

 those of A. obtiisinn) readily distinguish this fern from all the pedate species. 

 It is probably a native of all the warmer parts of India and China. 



63. A. hispidulum, Svv. ; frond narrow flabelliform bipar- 

 tito-pedately divided tripinnale, secondary pinnae linear-lan- 

 ceolate acuminate falcate, pinnules chartaceous rigid close 

 dimidiate oblong-cuneate olive brown when dry glaucous be- 

 neath striated pubescenti-hirsute especially beneath (often 

 glabrous) subspinuloso-serrate, superior base truncate apex 

 obtuse, sori copious small on the up})er margin and reaching 

 to the apex (on almost every pinnule) 7 — 11 on each pinnule 

 in the sinus of the serralures, involucres orbicular-cordate 

 hispid or glabrous convex, stipes triquetrous ebeneous sca- 

 brous, rachis ebeneous hispid or pubescenti-scabrons. Sw. 

 Syn. Fil. p. 124 and 321. Willd. Sp. PL v. p. 444. Br. 

 Prodr. p. 155. A.pubescens, Schkr. Fil. 108, /. 116, (a good 

 general reseinblance). Willd. Sp. PI. v. p. 439. A. peda- 

 tum, Forst. Prodr. p. 83, //. 458, [not Linn). A. nervosum, 

 Siv. Si/n. Fil. p. 123. Willd. Sp. PI. v. p. 443. A. plica- 

 tum, Kaidf. En. Fil. p. 201. A. scabrum, Wall. Cat. n. 79. 

 A. flabellulatum, Wall. Cat. n. 2177, {not Linn.) 



Hab. Society Islands, Forster (in Herb, nostr.), Beechey, Barclay, Cum- 

 ing, n. 1415, Mathetvs, n. 11. Austro-Caledonia, Labillardiere. New Hol- 

 land, Port Jackson to the Tropics, Brown, Fraser, Cimningham, Cloives, 

 Mitchell, n. 184 and 3.39, Sieber, Sinclair. Dunk Island, Dr. Mc Gil- 

 livray. New Zealand, Fraser, All. Cunningham, Colenso, Sinclair, Hooker, 

 Lyall. Norfolk Island, All. Cttnningham, Dr. Falconer, Dr. Vaughan 

 Thomnrm. Ceylon, Mrs. Genl. Walker, Gardner. Bourbon, Capt. Car- 

 michael. Herb, nostr. (ex Herb. Paris). Mauritius, Telfair, Wallich, ^-c. 

 East Indies; Dindygul, elev. 1500 — 2000 feet. Dr. Wight in Wall. Cat. n. 

 2177. Neilgherries, Gardner. Java [Hoffmansegg, in Herb, nostr.) Am- 

 boyna, (in Herb, nostr.). — Few Ferns are better marked than the present, 

 few less understood, and few more widely dispersed, judging from speci- 

 mens in my own herbarium. I possess one marked " Chacapoyas, Peru ;'' 

 but I do not venture to give the station without expressing my doubt if 

 there be not some error. 



{Veins every tvhere anastomosing.) 



64. A. (Hewardia) Le Prieurii, n. s. ; frond subcordate 



