242 ASPLENIUM, § EUDIPLAZIUM. 



Diplaz. brevifolium, Kze. in Linncea, xxiii. p. 309 {Jide Met" 

 ten.). Diplaz. Schlimense, Fee, 8me Mem. p. 84. 



Hab. Jamaica, Swarf:, HrFadyen, Dr. Alex. Prior, Wiles {\)mnx niuchlobed). 

 Trinidad, Sir Ralph Woodward, Cruger. Martiniciue, BelaiHjer (too near A. eel- 

 tidifulimn). Cuba, C. U'rif/ht, n. 846, 1037?: sterile ultimate pinna undivided 

 (not pinnatifid, but resembling tbe lateral ones). Ocana, elev. 7000 feet, Schlim, 

 11. GOl (D. Schlimense, Fee). Woods of tlie Andes of Quito, Jameson, n. 303 ; and 

 Bay of Utria, west coast of Darien (pinnules smaller, sometimes slightly auricled, 

 and rarely i)innatifid), Seemann. iJbios, Brazil, ii. 24/4 {Moricand). — Swartz, 

 who first distinguished this species, describes it as having the pinnsc " angled at 

 tbe base," which is, indeed, characteristic enough of many of the specimens : and 

 he adds, " Varietas v. forsan distincta species : frondil)us pinnatis, ])innis acutis 

 crenato-serratis lasi retuno-angulatis." In saying this, he had probably the very 

 dubious A. celtidifoliiun in view. The length and exact position of the sori ia 

 relation to the costa and margin do not hold good in the two supposed species, 

 and Kunze's character is quite insufficient to distinguish them. 



258. A. (Eudiplazium) crassidens, Fee ; stipes stramineous 

 brown a span long epaleaceous, frond about a foot long co- 

 riaceo-mcmbranaceous dark-green paler beneath opaque pin- 

 natedj pinnae few 10-11 remote shortly petiolate 4 inches 

 long unequally ovato-lanceolate suddenly acuminate ob- 

 liquely attenuato-cuneate at the base rather coarsely serrated, 

 superior ones subdecurrently sessile, three ultimate ones 

 united into one and hastiform, veins approximate forked or 

 twice or thrice dichotomous more branched in the terminal 

 pinna, sori oblique parallel equal extending from the costa to 

 the margin often diplazioid in the upper pinnte, involucres 

 brown. — Hook. 2nd Cent, of Ferns, t. 18. Diplazium cras- 

 sidens. Fee, 8me Mem. p. 82. Metten. Asplen. p. 151. 



Hab. New Granada; Paranos of Ocafia, elev. 10,000 feet, Schlim, n. 393. — M. 

 Fee established the species upon Schlim's plant from the above locality, It is 

 rather a peculiar-looking species, with a costa dividing the pinna; into two un- 

 equal portions, tbe up[)er half tbe broader, and from the length and regularity of 

 the sori. But it is, perhaps, too near Aspl. Rcemerianum. 



259. A. (Eudiplazium) juglandifolium, Lam. ; caudex ro- 

 bust erect, stipites fasciculate a foot long sparingly and de- 

 ciduously setaceo-squamulose, fronds ample 2 2-3 feet and 

 more long pinnate subcarnoso-membranaceous (when recent) 

 oblong pinnate, pinnse numerous sessile free to the summit, 

 the supreme ones only decurrent 6-7 inches long oblong or 

 oblongo-lanceolate entire or only towards the obtuse or mo- 

 derately acuminated apex obscurely serrated obliquely cu- 

 neate at the base, veins subhorizontally patent twice or thrice 

 forked, branches parallel close, sori linear-elongated mostly 



