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acuminated obtusely duplicato-serrate, lowest pinnae some- 

 what diminished in size, auricles duplicato-serrate sterile 

 veins immersed distant 1-2 lines apart at an angle of 20-35° 

 (the lowest excepted) forked from the base, sori on each side 

 10-16 two lines long oblong impressed prominent not ex- 

 ceeding half the width of the pinnic between the rachis and 

 margin, involucre membranaceous rather broad fornicate ma- 

 nifestly passing {productnm) into the parenchyma." Me/ten. 

 Asplen.p. 98. t. 4./ 10. 



Hal). Brazil {Beyrick). Venezuela, " Funck and Schlim. n. GOG." — Apparently 

 only known to Kunze and Mcttcniiis. The latter has furnished us witli a cha- 

 racter, but it is to be regretted no remarks are made on its affinities, .\lettenius 

 places it l)etween A. Zenkerianum (our A. persicifolium) and J. anisophyllum : 

 l)ut, judging from the size of the pinnaj figured, it is a much smaller plant than 

 either. 



67. A. {Kuns])\eni\im) ch/(enopteron, Fee ; "fronds pinnate 

 lanceolate, rachis compressed, petiole sulcate and depressed, 

 pinnae ovato-lanceolate acuminate glabrous shortly stipitate 

 oblique at the base cmarginate below gibbous above the 

 margin crenate, crenatures unequal, veins disappearing within 

 the margin, sori short adult ones thick and connivent, invo- 

 lucre very broad, sporangia ovate large, annulus 22-24 arti- 

 culated, spores subreniform." Fee, Gen. Fil. p. 194, and ']me 

 Mem. Foiig. p. 47. t. 16. f. 1. — Metten. Asplen.p. 98. 



Hab. Bourbon {Olivier). — The whole plant seems scarcely more than a span or 

 a foot high. 



68. A. (Euasplenium) Feci, Kze. ; "fronds pinnate squa- 

 mulose lanceolate radicant, rachis violet-purplish at the 

 base, pinna3 15-18 pairs lanceolate cuneate at the base mar- 

 gined below extended at the apex which is caudiform ser- 

 rated and sterile the margin bidentate(?), teeth unequal sub- 

 incised, veins remote thickish, costa slender, flexuose, pale, 

 sori very thick turgid ovate brown, involucre large M-hite, 

 capsules reddish, pedicel very long, annulus 24-26 articulated, 

 spores ovate." Kze. in Litt. — Fee, Gen. Fil. p. 194. 'Jme Mem. 

 p. 49. ^.15. /. 2. Metten. Asplen. p. 98. Moore, hid. Fil. 

 p. 129. 



Hab. Mexico, Galeolli. — A species quite unknown to me, probably nearly 

 allied to A. hasta/um, Kze. in Linnica, xxiii. p. 305, fiom Venezuela, etc. — It 

 is a native of Mexico ; and, judging from the figure and description, scarcely 

 differs from J. has/alum, except in the larger terminal lobe, more uniformly ser- 

 rated pinnae, and the more oblique and shorter sori. Mettenius and Moore, how- 

 ever, both uphold it as a species. 



69. A. (Euasplenium) ans/ust'tfolium, Mich. ; fronds gla- 



