ASPLRNItJM, ^ RIJASI'I.KNUJM. 117 



Jameson assures me the fresh-dried specimens liavc the fragrance of new-made 

 hay), of which it may he considered an alpine variety. The name of frnt/rans, 

 however, thougli ohler tlian hastatnni, cainidt lie retained, not Ijeing \\w frayrans 

 of Swartz. Moore, considering it distinct, has in his Index Fii. changed the 

 name to A. odoratum. Besides being much smaller than the true hasta/um, the 

 pinna; are much shorter and less acuminated, 1-2 inches long, and the rachis is 

 strongly winged One can have paid hut little attention to the species of ^.v- 

 plenium, who lias not satisfied himself that these arc variable characters ; indeed, 

 the wing is almost obsolete in some of our specimens of this variety. The Andine 

 specimens of Dr. Jameson, marked n. 50, have the pinnre deeply cut and lobcd, 

 and in one instance bipartite. 



71. A. (Euasplenium) elongatum, Sw. ; caudex a small 

 thick rhizome sparsely scaly, stipites 6-8 inches long ciespi- 

 tose and as well as the compressed rachis pale-hrownish- 

 green and subfurfuraceous with small lacerated deciduous 

 scales, fronds pale-green 8 to 12 inches long oblong suddenly 

 acuminate coriaceo-membranaceous opaque pinnate, pinnaj 

 1-2 inches long petioled horizontally-patent gradually smaller 

 upwards approximate (in general) oblong quite straight or 

 subfalcate very obtuse strongly serrated the base truncato- 

 cuneate oblique, superior base distinctly auricled inferior sub- 

 excised, terminal pinna narrow elongated acuminate pinna- 

 tifido-serrate sometimes twice or thrice as long as the rest, 

 veins simple oblique, sori copious on almost every vein short- 

 linear intermediate between the margin and the costa, invo- 

 lucres narrow-linear very firm. — '&w. Sijn. Fil. p. 79- Kze. 

 Bot. Zeit. vi. p. 174. Metten. Asp/en. p. 112. A. caudatum, 

 Ccw. Demonstr. p. 265. n. 632. A. productum, Pr. Reliq. 

 Hcenk. 1. p. 42. t. 8 f. 1 {excellent). — Var. acuminatum; seg- 

 ments acuminate. A. Doreyi, Kze. Annal. Pterid. p. 23. 

 Moore, Ind. Fil. p. 126. 



Hab. Marianne Islands (5w.). Luzon, Cuming, n. 1G3. Java, Blume, Zollinger, 

 V. 2220. Sineapore, Sir IV. Norris. Penang, Ladg Dalhousie, Ilance. Borneo, 

 Jl'allace. Taheiti, Barclay. Ceylon, Mrs. General Walker, Gardner, n. 1078. — 

 Var. acuminaiwn, " New Guinea, Dorey, and Java, Zollinger, n. 2935." — A well- 

 marked species, very regular, and rather stiff and formal in the arrangement of 

 the pinna;, and of the sori upon the pinna;. Presl's figure above quoted is a pe- 

 culiarly happy one. 



72. A. (Euasplenium) tenerum, Forst. ; "fronds pinnate, 

 pinnae oblong obtuse obtusely dentate, the superior base 

 truncato-suliauriculate, inferior cuneato-abbreviate." Willcl. 

 — Forst. Prodr. p. 80. Stv. Syn. Fil. p. 78 and 266. Schk. 

 Fil. p. 65. t. 69. Metten. Asplen. p. 113. — " Var. leaves co- 

 riaceous pale beneath, segments 1^ inch long." Metten. I.e. 



Hah. Pacific Islands, Forsfer.—\ar.: Ceylon, Gardner, n. 26 {Mef/eiii>i.<t).—l 



