210 ASPLENIUM, § EUASPLEXIUM. 



sides almost forming a parallelogram) acuminated only at 

 the apex, sparingly stellato-squamulose beneath, here and 

 there proliferous subchartaceous pale green bipinnate, pri- 

 mary pinnae from 1-2 inches long horizontally patent sin- 

 gularly uniform in the whole length linear obtuse nearly 

 sessile again pinnated (or they may be said to be deeply 

 pinnatifid), j^nnules or segments 2-3 lines long linear-cla- 

 vate or subspathulate obtuse straight or a little curved de- 

 current with the rachis simple monosorous or the lowest 

 superior one is bifid or subpinnatifid, veins solitary central, 

 sori large conspicuous occupying nearly the length of the 

 pinnule marginal, involucres colour and texture almost of 

 the frond, main rachis compressed, partial ones distinctly 

 winged. — Kze. Bot. Zeit. vi. p. 176. Hook. Fil. Exot. t. A\ 

 {where, for Aspl. furcatum, Bl. p. 186, read Darea furcata, 

 BL p. 207, excl. syn.). Metten. Fil. Hort. Lips. p. 71- 

 Meiten. Asplen. p. 111. Moore, Ind. Fil. p. 116? Aspl. 

 Veitchianum ?, Moore, Ind. Fil. I. c. ? A. Thunbergii, /3 Be- 

 langeri, Kze. {olim.) Darea Belangeri, Bory, in Belong. Voy. 

 Bot. p. 51. Darea appendiculata, Bl. En. p. 206 {fide De Vriese 

 in Herb. Nostr.). Aspl. decorum, Kze. Bot. Zeit. vi. p. 176. 



Ilal). Java, about Buitenzorg and on the lofty mountains, Relanyer, Blume, 

 and Thos. Lobb (in ITcrb. Nostr.). — This is assuredly a very distinct species, as 

 clearly shown by our figure and remarks in the ' Filices Exotica;.' Its parallelograniic 

 form is very peculiar, and the species appears to be confined to Java. Java speci- 

 mens, from De Vriese, of Darea appendiculata, Bl., show that to be identical with 

 A. Belangeri, and Kunze's Aspl. decorum is confessedly the same. The affinity 

 of the species, however diflfereut, is clearly with A. Borbonicum, Hook., and A. 

 prolongatum, Hook. 



203. A. (Euasplenium) dichotomum, Hook. ; small; caudex 

 small rather stout erect rooting on all sides, paleaceous at 

 the apex, stipites tufted an inch or a little more long slender 

 compressed pale green deciduously setoso-paleaceous, fronds 

 3-4 inches long oblong acute membranaceous green subtri- 

 pinnate, primary pinnae i-j of an inch long subdimidiato- 

 ovate rather distant all petiolate dichotomous, pinnules 

 scarcely more than \ of an inch long narrow linear acute 

 once or twice forked the fertile segments subclavate, vein 

 central, sorus quite marginal linear-ol)long, rachises all com- 

 pressed green. — Hook. 2nd Cent, of Ferns, t. 39. 



Hab. Borneo, Kina Balou, Uugh Low, Esq. ; Lobouk Peak, elev. 5000 feet, 

 jiorth-east side of Borneo, Thos. Lobb. — A small and extremely delicate species, 

 the whole height scarcely exceeding 4 inches. 



204. A. (Euasplenium) Shutthworthianwn, Kze.; "frond 



