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247. A. (Eudij)lazium) playifagineum, L. ; caudex subter- 

 ranean densely clothed with coarse wiry radicles and 

 crowned witli a few black scales, stipites tufted a span and 

 more long slender subterete a little scaly below, fronds coria- 

 ceous subspithanieous 2-3 inches wide broad-elliptical lan- 

 ceolate acuminate obtuse at the base entire or serrated espe- 

 cially at the apex, costa rarely slender, veins horizontally 

 patent fascicled each fascicle 3-4 times forked, outer branches 

 soriferous, sori slender unequal in length sometimes extend- 

 ing from near the costa almost to the margin. — Linn. Sp. PI. 

 p. 1537. Metten. Asplen. p. 161. Diplazium, Sw. Byn. Fil. 

 p.9]..t.2. f. 4. Willcl. Sp. PL V. p. 351. Sch/c. Fil t. 85. 

 Hook. Gen. Fil. t. 55 B. Hemionitis, Sm. Act. Taur. v. 410. 

 Diplaz. acuminatum, Raddi, Fil. Bras. p. 41. t. 57 ; and D. 

 repens, Raddi, Syn, Fil. p. 103.— Var. /3. subhastatum ; frond 

 at the base on each side with a large lobe, leaves subhastate. 

 — Var. 7. auricidatum ; frond with a small free elliptical au- 

 ricle on each side at the base. 



Hah. West Indian Islands and tropical America; Jamaica, Brown, Purdie. 

 Guadeloupe, U Herminier. Mexico, Galeotti (4000 feet elev.), 71. 6398 ; Linden, 

 n. 28; Licbmann. Guatemala, Skinner. Venezuela, Fendler, n. 164. New 

 Granada, Ocaila (elev. 5000 feet), Schlim, 11. 499. Brazil, Raddi, Moricand, 

 Gardner, n. 30. — /3. Tovar, in Venezuela, Moritz. — 7. Guadeloupe, Beaupurtuis, 

 ill Herb. Nostr. — A striking and very distinct species, with a caudex forming a 

 stout, descending, woody rhizome, densely clothed with very coarse wiry fibres. 

 The two varieties here noticed exhibit a disposition to become pinnate ; indeed, 

 in var. y the small auricles represent pinn;c, being distinct from the rest of the 

 frond, but quite sessile. A specimen of the common form, from Brazil, is proli- 

 ferous on one side at the base. 



248. A. (Eudiplazium) castanafolium, Sw. ; fronds simple 

 ovato-lanceolate mucronate serrated at the apex. — Siv. Syn. 

 Fil. p. 91, Willd. Sp. PL v. p.S5]. Metten. Asplen. p. 162. 

 Callipteris, Bory, Voy. aux 4 lies d'Afrique, \. p. 282. 



llah. West Indies; Island of St. Thomas, Bory. 



** Fronds pinnated below only. 



249. A. (Eudiplazium) Zeylanicum, Hook. ; caudex terete 

 repent subterraneous naked black, stipites remote solitary 

 4 inches to a span long paleaceous Avith lax dark subulato- 

 lanceolate scales, fronds subcoriaceo-membranaceous a span 

 to a foot long 1-2 inches broad lanceolate acuminate deeply 

 pinnatifid in the middle pinnate at the base serrated only 

 towards the apex, lobes and pinnae horizontal oblong obtuse, 

 veins pinnated entire or forked, sori linear, involucres with 



