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reclinatum, Houlst. and Moore, Gard. Mag. of Bat. ii. p. 2G0. 

 J. Sm. Cat. of Cull. Ferns, p. 44. Lowe, Hist, of Ferns, v. 

 p. 13 /). A. luiiulatum, var. proliferum, Mettea. Asplm., 

 and var. stolon iferum, p. 121. "A. stoloniferum, Jiory, 

 Voy. i. p. 329. Sw. Syn. Fit. p, 81. WiUd. Sp. PI. v. 

 p. 333;" and "A. ixlatnm. Rich. Sert. Astrolab. ii. p. 52" 

 {fide Mettenius) . A. Fernandesianum, Kze. Annal. Pterid. 

 p. 22. Metten. Aspl. p. 124. Gay, Fl. Chit. vi. p. .'")03. 

 Moore, Ind. Fit. p. 130. " Colta, PI. Chit. xli. p. G9."— Var. 

 hurpeodes ; larger 12-14 inches long, pinntc more falcate 

 long and finely acuminated. (Tab. CLXXVIII.) Metten. 

 Asp ten. p. 1122. A. harpeodes^ Kze. in Linncea, xviii. p. 329. 

 Liebm. Fit. Mex. p. 90. Moore, Ind. Fit. p. 135. Fee, Gen. 

 Fit. p. 19G {fde Metten.). A. falcatum. Mart, et Gal. Fit. 

 Mex. p. 58 [not Lam.). — Var. subbipinnatum ; pinna3 deeply 

 lobato-pinnatifid, or again pinnate. A. erectum, var. pinnati- 

 partitum, Metten. Asplen. p. 122. A. pulchrum, Tfiouars, ex 

 Pr. Tent. Pterid. p. 108. Kze. Bot. Zeit. xi. p. 165 {accord- 

 ing to Metten. Asplen. p. 118. t. 10. /. 516). A. cuneatum, 

 Kze. in Linncea, x. p. 516. A. reclinatum, var. lobatum, 

 Moore, in Herb. Nostr. and Ind. Fit. ined. A. lobatum and 

 A. gracile, Pappe and Raivs. Syn. Fit. Afr. Austr. p. 22. 

 Moore, Ind. Fit. p. \A\,and A. Pappei?, Moore, I.e. p. 152. 



Ilab. Here, lest I should have erred in amalgamating so many species of other 

 authors whose opinions are at least equally worthy of respect with my own, I intend 

 mainly to confine myself to specimens in my own herbarium, and especially to 

 such as have been more or less circulated among botanists, and bearing numbers. 

 I shall take what I have noticed above as variations, in succession, and offer a 

 few observations thereon. — Normal form. Bourbon, iJory. Herb. Mns. Paris, in 

 Uerb. Nostr. (in some specimens there is an auricle both above and below the 

 base). Mauritius, Sieher, n. 137, Bouton. S.Africa, abundant. Miller (bordering 

 on A. jtrotensum), Zeyher, n. 4629, and n. G91 ; Dreffe (one specimen marked 

 A. brachyotus, Ker), Millie, M'Gillivray, Sanderson (from Natal and Macalisberg), 

 Dr. Alex. Prior, Mundt, W. H. Harvey. Grahamstown, Atherstoue, Col. 

 Bolton (pinnai longer, subacuminated, some specimens copiously proliferous at 

 the apex, and some passing into the var. subbipinnatum), Carmichael. Tristan 

 d'Acunha, Carmichael (A. Ijiseriatum, Carm. MS.). West Indies, Cuba, C. 

 Wright, n. 849 (laige). Linden, n. 1895. St. Vincent, L. Guilding. Peru, 

 Anderaarca, Matheirs, n. 1099, a?;/? 1100. Tarapota, Eastern Vera, Spinice, n. 

 3966. Columbia, Moritz, n. 185 and 186. Venezuela, Fendler, n. 138. Ecuador, 

 Andes, Jameson, n. 24. Brazil, Raddi, J. D. Hooker, Sellow (" A. Sellovianum," 

 and "A. Auricularia," Desv., Kl. in Herb. Nostr.), Milne and M'Gillivrai/, n. 

 188, Swainson, Gardner, h. 44, 163, and 166, Martins ("A. regulare," Sw.), 

 Raddi (" A. tenerurn"). East Indies, Peninsula, JJ'allich, JViyht, n. 93. Neil- 

 gherrics, Thomson, M'Tvor, n. 19 and 231. Cevlon, Mrs. Genl. Waller, Thwai/es, 

 n. 2141, Gardner, n. 107 1.— Var. proliferum. St. Helena, Pritchard, Lady Dal- 

 housie, Cuming, n. 426, /. D. ILooker (elcv. 2000 feet). Ascension Island, Green 

 Mountain, on rocks, most abundant (A. stoloniferum, Bory), Bory, J. D. ILooker, 

 Dr. Lyall, Seemann, n. 2062. Western Tropical Africa, Prince's Island, Bight of 



