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bipinnate at the base, piniiatifid at the apex, lower pinnre al- 

 ternate from an vxnequal base oblong more remote, pinnules 

 sessile sul)truncate at the base slightly curved subelHptical 

 obtuse subauriculate serrulate, sori oblong minute with few 

 capsules in two series close by the veins of the pinnules and 

 the costule of tiie lacinitc, racliises slender flexuose as well as 

 the stipes of moderate length, the latter stramineous fur- 

 nislied with two obtuse-angled glands towards the apex 

 (abortive pinnae) sparingly and minutely paleaceous." — Kze. 

 in Bat. Zeit. vi. p. 537 (««'^ Dijjlaz.). Metten. Asp/en. p. 191. 

 Hal). Japan, " Goring, n. 95, 104."— If a true diplazioid Fern, this is perhaps 

 the most northern of any known. I am quite unacquainted with it. 



{Fronds bi-trij)innate. — Soiith American.) 



288. A. (Eudiplazium) 7^>«y2<:'o»i5, Metten. ; "stipes 10-12 

 inches, frond sul)coriaceous glalirous dark green above glau- 

 cous-green beneath (not so in Dr. Liebmann's specimen in 

 my herbarium) 2 feet long 10-12 inches wide broad-lanceo- 

 late acuminate bipinnate pinnatifid upwards pinnato-pinna- 

 tifid confluent at the apex, pinnje alternate patulous 6-7 

 inches long 2 inches wide petiolate lanceolate long-acuminate 

 acute, pinnules alternate patulous l^ inch long 4 lines wide 

 inequilateral lanceolate subfalcate, lowest ones petiolate ob- 

 liquely cuneate at the base sessile with the superior base, 

 inferior base decurrent, the superior ones adnate towards 

 the apex gradually confluent, the apex more or less acutate, 

 pinnatifid above only duplicato-crenate, segments falcato- 

 lanceolate obtuse or truncato-obtuse serrate, lowest segment 

 of the superior margin larger than the rest, the sinuses acute 

 towards the middle of the pinnule scarcely incised, costa and 

 partial rachis margined, primary rachis and stipes canalicu- 

 late in front convex on the back, veins pinnated, venules 

 simple or forked, sori curved crowded (scarcely) lowest ones 

 doul)le, stipes towards the base clothed with lanceolate mem- 

 branaceous brown scales, rhizome subterraneous subvertical 

 ceespitose." — Liebm. Fil. Mex. p. 104 [sub Diplaz.). Metten. 

 Asplen. p. 166. t. 5. /. 30 [fragment only of a pinna). 



Hab. Me.\ico ; Oajaca, Liebmann,in Herb. Nostr., Galeotii,n. G483 (Meffen.), 

 Jurgensen, n. 732. — My specimen of this from the author is \\ foot long, with 

 every appearance of being only a primary pinna. Specimens in my collection 

 which 1 take to be the same as this, with smaller pinnai and pinnules and seg- 

 ments, but more compound, often tripinnate, are from Jamaica, Purdie, and 

 Wilson, n. 503 ; and Peru, Archedona, Jameson. 



289. A. (Eudiplazium) dubium, Mett. ; caudex ?, "frond 



