174 ASPLEXIUM. 



sori parallel with the costa, rachis iiairy." 7^077/ in JFilld. Sp. 

 PL v. p. 335. — Met tern. Asplen. p. 158. Moore, Lid. Vil. j). 123. 

 Aspl. cajnopteroides, Desv. Prodr. p. 276. 



I lab. Bourbon, Bon/. — This is placed next to A.tpl. caudatum by Willdenow, 

 but he makos no aUusioii to its affinities. Mettenius places it between A. stereo- 

 phyllum, Kze., and A. splendens, Kze. 



(Compositas varise. — For tho most part hi-tripiniinte or decompound, without the 

 character of the previous or of the following groups. A very heterogeneous 

 set, it must be confessed.) 



152. A. (Euasplenium) pumilum, Sw. ; caudex small erect 

 scarcely any unless the tufted fibrous roots can be so called, 

 stipites CcEspitose 1-G inches long slender green castaneous 

 at the base, fronds 2-4 or 5 inches long membranaceous 

 deltoid acuminate, pinntc few 5-9 or 11 superior ones con- 

 fluent intermediate ones sessile and as are the superior lobes 

 ovato-lanceolate obtuse or acuminate cuneate at the base lo- 

 bato-pinnatifid the lobes unequally serrated, lowest pair often 

 again pinnate, veins pinnated often hairy beneath several 

 times forked, sori very irregular oblong or linear-elongate, 

 involucres very thin membranaceous generally ciliated at the 

 margin.— ,S2<7. FL Ind. Occ. iii. p. 1610. Syn. Fil. p. 76. 

 JVil/d. Sp. PI. V. p. 308. Metteii. Fil. Hort. Lips. p. 75 ; 

 Aspl. p. 127. Moore, Ind. Fil. p. 158. Aspl. anthriscifolium, 

 Jacq. Coll. ii. p. 103. t. 2. /. 3, 4. A. humile, Spr. Neue 

 Ent. '\\\. p. 6. A. pumilum, var. hymenophylloides. Fee, 7me 

 Mem. p. 54. t. 15. f. 4. "A. Schimperianum, Hochst. PL 

 Sc/iimp." [Metten.]. A. tenerrimum, Hochst. PL Schimp. 

 n. 2064. A. minimum, Mart, et Gal. Fil. Mex. p. 55. t.\5. 

 f. 1. A. heterophyllum, Pr. Rel. Hconk. \. p. 40 {fide Moore). 

 'Plum. FiL t. 66 A. 



Ilab. W. Indies, Swart z ; Jamaica, M'Fadyen, Purdie. Martinique, Belanger ; 

 Cuba, Pveppig, C. Wright, n. 301 ; ^lartinique, Sieh. n. 361 ; St. Vincent, L. 

 Guilding ; Guadeloupe, L. Henninier (large, pinna; much acuminated). Caracas, 

 Moritz, n. 19. Venezuela, Fendler, n. 130. Mexico: Orizaba, F. Mueller, n. 

 2331 (frond small, simple, 3-lobed), n. 21 (compound, and pinna; much acumi- 

 nated) ; 'I'capa, Linden, n. 1486 ; San Hlas, and Central America, Sinclair, 

 Beechey (p. una; and pinnules much laciniated). Abyssinia, rocky, shady places, 

 on niounl.uns near Amba Sea, alt. 6000 feet, n. 2064, W. Schiniper. — A variable 

 yet well-marked species, well figured by authors, and not easily confounded with 

 any other, except it be some very small and young states of Jspl. firmum, espe- 

 cially the form called A. Ruizianum by Klotzsch. 



153", A. (Euasplenium) septentrionale, Sw. ; small caudex 

 creeping densely radiculose scarcely paleaceous, stipites nu- 

 merous tufted ^~G inches high erect flexuose Green brown at 



