ASPLENIUM, § EUASPLEXIUM. 95 



J. Sm. ; Kunze next before A. salif/num, Bl., and remarks, " Species a forma sini- 

 I)lici, jam subinde fertili, ternatain, quinato-pinnatam et vere pinnatam, quovis 

 latere pinnis 3-6, percurrit, textura froiulis subcoriacea et luarginc repando- 

 crenulata alata variat." Tbe pinna represented by Mettenins 1. c. is larger than 

 the i)inna2 of J. salignum, not so narrowed towards the base, and wants the 

 callous base of the costa where it unites with the rachis : the veins too are much 

 more numerous and approximate. 



35. A. (Euasplenium) salf(;nnm,B\. ; "frond of two kinds 

 {fronde d'lfformi) sterile quite simple, fertile ternate or sub- 

 quinato-pinnate, pinna petiolate linear-lanceolate attenuated 

 at each extremity serrulate submembranaceous and as well 

 as the stipes and rachis glabrous." (Tab. CLXV.) Bl. En. 

 Fil. Jav. p. 175 [not Metten. in Hort. Fil. Lips. p. 72. t. 7, 

 nor Asplen. p. 95). — Kze. in Bot. Zeit. vi. p. 14G. "A. ser- 

 ricula, Fee ?, Gen. Fil. p. 19G " {Metten.). 



Ilab. Shady places, mountains of Java, Blunie, in Herb. Nostr., ZuUinger, n. 

 344 z. — ^ly only 8i)ecimen of this, from the author, is totally unlike what Met- 

 tenius fiirures and describes iox A. salignum, Bl., but which I think is identical with 

 A. persicifolium of J. Sm. The specimen of Blume (here figured) is, however, the 

 pinnated form only. Stipes 4 J inches high, slender, very pale-green, subcoriaceo- 

 membranaceous, opaque, glabrous. Pinna; seven, 4-5 inches long, lateral ones op- 

 posite, distant, from a slightly narrowed or attenuated and cordate base, lanceolate, 

 much acuminated, obscurely serrated, more so at the point, costa rather broad, 

 pale-stramineous, its base much dilated, so as to form a singularly callous kind of 

 petiole between the lobes of the cordate base, terminal pinna tlie largest, broad 

 at the base and suddenly decurrent so as to form a winged peliole three-quarters 

 of an inch long, veins simple or forked, horizontally patent, distant, sori linear, 

 short, extending from the costa al)out halfway to the margin, involucres short. 

 Kunze compares it with A. diversifolium, Bl., next to which he and Blume place it. 



36. A. (Euasplenium) marinum, L. ; caudex short thick 

 woody crowned with dense glossy purple-brown subulate 

 scales, stipites tufted and as well the greater part of the 

 rachis ebeneous-brown, fronds 3 inches to a span and more 

 long ol)long- or broad-lanceolate coriaceo-membranaceous 

 pinnate, pinnae 1-2 inches long oblong or lanceolate subtra- 

 pezoid obtuse sinuato-lobate or serrate the obliquely cuneate 

 base entire, inferior base slightly excised the superior base 

 truncate rarely subauriculate,uppermost pinnae decurrent, the 

 extreme lobe pinnatitid, sori large oblique oblong often con- 

 fluent, involucres subcoriaceous, veins obscure forked, rachis 

 winged green above. — Linn. Sp. PL p. 1540. Siv. Sipi. Fil. 

 p. 79. mild. Sp. PI. V. p. 318. Metten. Fil. Hort. Lips. p. 

 73. Asplen. p. 135. Schk. Fil. t. G8. Sm. Engl. Bot. t. 392. 

 Moore, Ferns, Nat. Print, t. 38. A. trapeziforme, Ends. 



Hab. Although so common on the rocky coasts of the British Isles as far north 

 as the Orkneys, it is nowhere known as an inhabitant of Germany or Scandinavia 



