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is a form of A. cuneatum). Metten. Asphn.p. 160. t. 5./. 31 

 [exd. syn.A. spathulinum, J. Sm.). A. insigne, 7^/. En. Fil. 

 Jav. p. 188 {pinnules acuminated). A. pulchellum, JVall. 

 Cat. n. 214. A. trigonopterum ? Kze. Bot. Zeit. vi. p. 524. 

 Metten. Asplen. p. 107- t. 5. /. 25 [pinnule only). Moore, 

 hid. Fil. p. 175 ? {sori unknown). 



Hal). East Indies, Tranquebar, Rottler. Assam, Simons, Griffith (pinnules 

 scarcely glossy, nuicli acuminated, deeply laciniated). Sikkim, Hooker fil. and 

 Thomson (pinnules smaller, opaque). Moulmeine, Parish (one specimen with 

 the narrow pinnules of Wallich's Sincapore plant). Malacca, Griffith, Cuming, 

 n. 37G. Java, Blume. Labuan, Thos. Lobb. Sincajinre, JVnlUch (pinnules and 

 segments much narrower), Thos. Lobb, n. 26. Ceylon, Mrs. Genl. Walker. — I 

 prefer giving the character of this variable species from the author. The pinnules 

 not only vary considerably in ditTerent specimens, but on the same individual, so 

 that, different as are the figures of Schkuhr and Mettenius, both are correct. I 

 have referred to it, from my own herbarium, such specimens as 1 believe to belong 

 to it. Cuming's sjjecimens, n. 376, may be considered typical of the species. 

 What is Aspl. polystichoides, BL, Herb. Lugd., from Borneo.' of which I find no 

 description. 



149. A. (Euasplenium) stereopliyllum., Kze. ; "frond cori- 

 aceous rigid sparingly pilose linear or linear-lanceolate acu- 

 minate bipinnate, pinnte shortly petiolate divergent or patenti- 

 divergeut trapezio-ovato-oblong obtuse subauriculate, pin- 

 nules remote cuneato- or spathulato-sublinear incised or 

 dentate at the apex, superior base larger wider more deeply 

 incised, all decurrent at the base, stipes short fusco-paleaceous 

 at the base and as well as the rachis subflexuose pilose terete 

 obsoletely margined rigid fusco-purpurascent opaque." Kze. 

 in Bot. Zeit. vi. p. 175. — Metten. Asplen. p. 158. 



Hab. Java, " Zollinger, n. 2236, and a. 2249."— "Allied to J. fragrans, Sw., 

 but distinct in the outline of the frond, in the form of the pinnules and rigid 

 habit. Blackish when dry. Frond 6-10 lines long, 2 inches wide at the base. 

 Stipes 3J-5^ inches long." — Mettenius, who describes this species apparently 

 from authentic specimens, places it near the S. African A. splendens, Kunze, but 

 does not allude to its afhnities. 



150. A. (Euasplenium) dareoides, Bory ; "fronds pyramidal 

 bi-tripinnate, pinna3 alternate very acute, pinnules wedge- 

 shaped below, above subtruncato-crenate." Bory in Belanger, 

 Bot. p. 50 {7iot Desv.). — Metten. Asplen. p. 158, Moore, Ind. 

 Fil. p.l2S. 



Hab. Java. " Cette espece croit a la maniere de I'Aspl. Ad.-nignim de nos 

 climats, mais est en tout plus grele." Its real affinity is very doubtful. Met- 

 tenius places it near A. dareeefoliwn, in a section with fronds bi-quadripinnate. 



151. A. (Euasplenium) dareeefoliwn, Bory; "fronds pin- 

 nate, pinnae lanceolate acuminate deeply pinnatifid, segments 

 lanceolato-cuneate unequally toothed at the apex, superior 



