108 ASPLEXIUM, § EUASPLENIUM. 



rent so as to form a wing to the depressed rachis, terminal 

 pinna long-petiolate, veins forked rather distant, sori mode- 

 rately patent linear contiguous to the pale costa, involucres 

 pale-green membranaceous broad. — Kau/f. En. Fil. p. 166. 

 Metten. Fit. llort. Lips. p. 72 ; Asplen. p. 95. 



Ilab. Brazil, Chamisso. Gangosoco, in Minas Geraes, Gardner, n. 530. Organ 

 Mountains, Gardner, n. 1 73 (iiinnse narrower). Venezuela, Fendler, n. 326. 

 Ocaua, N. Granada, Schlim, n. 308, and 039. — This appears to be a distinct, yet 

 not much known, species. In size and form of pinna; there is some resemblance 

 to Aspl. lueidum, but it differs in many respects. 



56. A. (Euasplenium) IFo/kerce, Hook. ; glabrous, stipes a 

 span high and as well as the flexuose racliis compressed, frond 

 impari-pinnate 1^-2 feet high, brownish-green when dry 

 pinnated, pinnae rather long petiolate (petiole 4 to an inch 

 long) remote broad-lanceolate submembranaceous much and 

 finely acuminated deeply and coarsely serrated, the long 

 apex inciso-serrate, the base obliquely cuneate, superior base 

 rounded inferior obliquely and moderately excised, terminal 

 pinna sometimes with 2 cuneate pinnules at the base, veins 

 distinct remote patent simple or forked all soriferous, sori 

 linear broad contiguous to the costa but not extending to 

 the margin, involucre broad brown membranaceous some- 

 times diplazioid and this second involucre smaller than the 

 other, opening towards that on the next vein below (conse- 

 quently also scolopendrioid). (Tab. CLXIII.) 



Hab. Ceylon, Mrs. General Walker. — Mr. Moore has marked this in my herba- 

 rium as Aspl. vulcanicum, Bl. (from Java), but it is undoubtedly quite distinct 

 from that species : at once distinguished by its different colour, thinner texture, 

 by the broader form and the very coarsely-serrated pinn;e, and by the very inciso- 

 serrated acuminated point. 



57. A. (Euasplenium) Labillardieri, Kze. in Mett. ; 

 " membranaceous tender glabrous, petiole livid narrow-mar- 

 gined, frond Ij foot long ovato-oblong impari-pinnate, pinnae 

 12-15 pairs obliquely patent 4-5 inches long 8-9 lines wide, 

 from an entire base below cuneate above broader cuneato- 

 rotundate elongato-oblong rarely ovato-lanceolate acuminate 

 very slightly remotely crenulato-serrulate, veins translucent 

 1.^ line distant standing at an angle of 45° simple or generally 

 forked at the base, sori distant narrow 4-5 lines long ap- 

 proaching nearer the margin than the costa, involucre tender 

 narrow, ' manifeste in parenchyma productum.' " Metien. 

 Asplen. p. 95. t. 4. /. 11 {single pinna only). 



Hab. Isle of Bourbon, La liiUardiere. — Mettenius places this in his arrange- 



