ASPLENIUM, § EUASPLENIUM. 181 



conjunctse, nisi omnes (vel omnes A. delicatulo excepto) varietates unius speciei." 

 Further observations will, I have little doubt, confirm this view of Dr. Mettenius; 

 but as at jjresent I find a greater l)reak between A. aurituyti and the still more 

 compound and finely cut group of which A.fragrans may be considered the type, 

 but which varies as much in itself as A. auritum does, 1 am at present disposed 

 to keep these two distinct. 



162. A. (Euasplenium) fi-agrans, S\v. ; caudex short thick 

 erect or oblique densely rooting (in very young plants it ap- 

 pears to beflagelliform), stipites tufted 3-5 inches lurid-green 

 with large opaque deciduous ovato-lanceolate scales at the base, 

 fronds 4 inches to a span and more long whitish-green co- 

 riaceous firm opaque ovate or oblong-ovate acuminate bi-tri- 

 pinnate, primary pinnic petiolatc ovato-lanceolate often much 

 acuminate 2-3 inches long, secondary ones shortly petiolate 

 oblong acute or acuminate lobato-pinnatifid with ratlier nar- 

 row erecto-patent sharply serrated segments, ultimate ones 

 or pinnules 3-4 lines long cuneato-oblong serrate at the ob- 

 tuse or acute apex, veins erecto-patent parallel simple, sori 

 nearly parallel with the costa and near the centre of the 

 pinnules soon confluent, involucres pale membranaceous ob- 

 long, rachises alato-compressed. — Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. iii. p. 

 1612. Syn. FiL p. 84. fVi/ld. Sjj. PL v. p. 345. iMetten. 

 Asplen. p. 104 [excl. syn. of Schk., which is A. furcatum). 

 Moore, Ind. FiL p. 133. Tarachia, Pr. A. Mexicanum, 

 Mart, et GaL FiL Mex. p. 62. /. 15. /. 4, and Liebm. FiL 

 Mex. p. 97 (according to original specimens from both). A. 

 planicaule, Loive, Hist, of Ferns, v. t. 10 (faithful, if not ele- 

 gant : but certainly not A. planicaule of " Wallich," nor is it 

 " from the island of Mexico," nor from " several parts of the 

 East Indies"). — Var. fmniculaceuni ; mostly tripinnate, the 

 secondary pinnae and pinnules narrower, the segments deeper 

 and more finely cut, sometimes so narrow as to be almost 

 setaceo-spinulose. Metten. Asplen. p. 104. A. fceniculaceum, 

 H.B.K. Nov. Gen. Am. i. p. 15. Hook, et Grev. Ic.Fil. t. 92. 

 Moore, Ind. FiL p. 132. A. coriifolium, Liebm. FiL Mex. p. 

 97. A. abrotanoides, Pr. Eel. H<enk. i. p. 47. t. 8. /. 2. A. 

 tenellum, Fee, Gen. p. 198. Csenopteris, Desv. 



Ilab. West Indies ; Jamaica, Swartz, Menzies, and all succeeding travellers. 

 Dr. Alexander Prior (Blue-mountain Peak), Ptirdie (Portland, connecting it 

 with A.ftenieulacc'um). Cuba, Wrkjht, n. 857, accompanied by a specimen of 

 A. deliculatum. Guadeloupe, Vllerminier, 71. 11; Parker. Dominica, Dr. Im- 

 ray, n. 55. Mexico, Jurgensen, n. 963 and n. 789; Oaxaca, 5000 feet elev., 

 Galeot/t, Gb47. Mirador, Z,/eiw«a«M (A. Mexicanum, Ziei.). Columbia; Vera- 

 guas, Seemaiui, n. 1518. Merida, 11. 303 (quoted by Moore and Mettenius as A. 



