ASPLENIUM, § EUASPLKNIUM. 121 



Ilab. Oaxaca, Mexico ; elev. 2-3000 feet of the Cordilleras, Liebmann. — This, 

 if I uiulerstand rightly from tlic remarks in the Danish language, and as may be 

 inferred from the specific character, is allied to A. auriculatum of Swartz and 

 this work {A. falx, of other authors). 



77- A. (Euasplenium) gibbosiim, Fee; "fronds pinnate 

 lanceolate entirely glabrous, pinntc 17-19 pairs petiolate 

 lanceolate horizontal or a little deflexed acuminate crenulate 

 inferior base cuncate semicordate auricled above cristato- 

 gibbose, the margins crenate, crenatures unequal, neivelets re- 

 mote not extending to the margin, sori distant narrow inverse 

 at the auricle, sporangia ovate shortly pedicellate, annulus 

 18-20-articulate, spores episporiate fimbriate in the circum- 

 ference naked and subreniform." Fee, Gen. Fil. p. 195. — 

 Metten. Asplen. p. 101. A. salicifolium, yS, Griseb. PL Carib. 

 p. 134 {fide Met L). 



Ilab. Guadeloupe, Perottet, Duchassaing. — " Folia (pinnaj) valida, lobocristato 

 niagno superiore insigne." — As the author observes, "Cette fougere doit prendre 

 place a cote de \'A. fair" it may probably be safely referred to that species {A. 

 auriculatum, Sw.). 



78. A. (Euasplenium) compressuni, Sw. ; glabrous, caudex 

 erect short or scarcely any, stipites tufted stout semiterete 

 paleaceous a span long, fronds including the stipes 2 feet 

 and more high crespitose ovato-lanceolate acuminate carnoso- 

 coriaceous pale-green pinnated, pinnte patent ol)long-ensiform 

 gradually acuminated obscurely sinuato-serrate, the broad 

 truncated superior base parallel with the rachis, inferior base 

 excised and alato-decurrcnt on the rachis, costa strong pro- 

 liferous from gemmae, veins forked, sori large oblong nearly 

 transverse, involucre firm pale, rachis compressed stout 

 winged.— ^1^. Sijn. Fil. p. "19 et p. 270. Willd. Sp. PL v. 

 p. 320. Hook. FiL Exot. t. 76. Metten. Asplen. p. 100. 

 A. foecundum, Kze.in Linncea, xx. p. 234 et p. .305. Metten. 

 FiL Hort. Lips. p. 73. Darea foecunda. Fee. 



Hab. St. Helena, Masson, Frascr, J. D. Hooker, Lady Dalhousie, Cuming, n. 

 430. — Exclusively, we believe, a native of St. Helena, and very distinct in its 

 characters. 



79. A. (Euasplenium) alatum, II.B.K. ; caudex indistinct 

 almost none, stipites Cccspitose 4 inches to a span high 

 winged as is the whole rachis between the pinn?c with 

 generally a broad green margin, fronds herbaceous niem- 

 branaceous broad-lanceolate acuminate often proliferous at 

 the apex pinnated 1-1 1 foot long, pinnte rather numerous 

 distant horizontal 1-2 inches long nearly sessile from an 



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