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rior laciniffi curved hippocrcpiform rarely diplazioid, invo- 

 lucre tender pubescent above at the margin." Mettai. — 

 Link, Sp. Fil. p. 94. Mettcn. Fil. Hort. Lips. p. 77. t. 1.3. ./'. 

 17, 1 8. Asp/cn. p. 201. Loive, Nat. Hist. Fil. v. t. 52. Athy- 

 rium decurtatum, Pr. Tent. Pterid. p. 98. Moore. 



Hal). Brazil. — Is tliis any way dinFerent from Anpl. thclypteroides? It seems 

 to be only known in a state of cultivation. It is greatly to be desired that those 

 who invent and describe new species in plants of such difhcult determination 

 as the species of this family, would offer some remarks on their athnities. 



232. A. (Athyrium) gymnogrammoides, Kl. ; "frond tripli- 

 cato-])innate subcoriaceous and as well as the rachis and stipes 

 quite glabrous, pinnules subsessile lanceolate rather obtuse, 

 secondary pinnules (small) adnate oblong obtuse, lowest su- 

 {>erior one larger inciso-dentate the rest confluent sharply 

 dentate at the ajiex, sori large near tlie costules sparse, uni- 

 versal rachis and stipes dilated channelled above," caudex 

 very large densely rooting copiously paleaceous with large 

 ferruginous lanceolate lacerated scales, stipites densely tufted 

 stramineous glossy scaly below. Bl. — A. gymnogrammoides, 

 KL Metten. Asp/en. p. 193. t. G.f. 13, 14. Aspidiuni cos- 

 tale, Bl. En. Fil. Jew. p. 170. Asplenium, Bl. in Herb. Hook. 

 (notSw.). Athyrium, 3/oo?'e. Aspl. foliolosum ?, TFall.n. 359. 

 Blume has the following vars. : " Var. B ; frond more slen- 

 der, pinnules smaller, secondary setaceo-dentate. — Var. C ; 

 frond ovate or oblong coriaceous, pinnules more cuneate at 

 the base sparingly muricate at the costa, secondary ones ob- 

 soletely denticulate. — Var. D ; frond ovate coriaceous shining, 

 pinucB very much acuminated, pinnules approximate sparing- 

 ly muricated on the costa above, secondary ones obovate 

 denticulate at the apex." 



Hab. Mountains of Java, Blume, m Herb. Nosfr., Thos. Lobb, n. 272, quite ac- 

 cording with Blume's s])ecimens, as do specimens from India proper, the Neilgher- 

 ries, Sir Fred. Adams, Gardner. Ceylon {Klotzsch), Gardner, n. 1344 and 1345. 

 Copious specimens from the following localities are greener and more membrana- 

 ceous, hut they are all marked costale by Mr. Moore, and many have the pinnules 

 more deeply cut, to which Mr. Moore gives the name of var. dissecfum : they 

 liave considerable affinity with Aspl. macrocarpum ; Khasya, elev. 5-6000 feet, 

 Hook. fil. et Thomson, n. 205 ; Griffith (fronds often 2 'feet long). Sikkim, 

 abundant. Hook. fil. et Thomson, n. 206, elev. 9-10,000 feet. Nepal, Wallich, 

 n. 231 (this is marked "costale, var. dissecfum," by Moore, but is A. pecti- 

 natum. Wall.). Wallich's n. 359 (" A. foliolosum. Wall.") is also so marked by 

 Moore, in my herbarium, J. costale, and probably correctly: but this and its 

 allies are particularly ditficult to determine. Mettenius's figure of Aspl. gymno- 

 grammoides seems quite to accord with this, and hence I adopt that name, though 

 not a very appropriate one. 



233. A. (Athyrium) medium, Carm. ; caudex?, stipes 5- G 



