36 6. ALSOPHILA. 



elonc;ato-ob]ong, acuminate, second, ones 2-3 in. 1., not articulated, petiolulate, 

 on both siiJes, and, more thickly at the costse hispido-pilose, ft'om a-truncated 

 or on tlie inferior ^ide cuneute base (the superior rimnded), linear-lanceolate, 

 ])innati-pHrtite ; S(gm. oblont^-, the anterior side rotundato-obtuse, denticulate ; 

 second, veins of the scgm. forked, soril'eroiis at the fork, or, simple and soiiferous 

 and the sori doi sal ; up])er ones sterile ; sori between the costule and the 

 niaryin, 4-G on each side the costule ; recept. with copious hairs (paraphyses), 

 scarcely longer than the capsules," 31ctt. — Ilk. t^'p. \. p. 4G. Mett. F. II. Lips. 

 p. 109. 



Hab. r.razil, — I only possess a garden (but authentic) specimen of this from Professor 

 Mettenius. 



24. A. pycnocarpa., Kze. ; "/r. coriaceous, with elevated forked veins, ovate, 

 bipinnate ; prim, pinna petiolate, ajiproxiniate at the base and ape^ of the 

 fiond, obliquely lanceolate; st. articulated and incrassated at its base; pinnl. 

 subsessile, divergent from a broader base, subcuneately oblongo-lanceolate, 

 crenate or incised at the base, obtuse at the apex ; subfalcate, entire ; costm 

 albo-squamose beneath ; sori approximate, subcontiguous ; rachises angulate, 

 llexuose, aculeolate at their base ; partial ones margined towards the apex and 

 as well the aculeolate st. albido-paleaceous ; caud. short." — Kze. in Schk. Fil. 

 ISuppl. \.p. 208. t. 8G.^ Hk. Sp. 1. p. 46. 



Hab. Peru. — A very peculiar-looking species, judging from the figure, for I have never 

 seen a specimen. 



2.5. A. microphylla, Kl. ; "/r. \\ ft. 1., bipinnate ; rachis semiterette, convex on 

 the back, plane upwards, adpressedly hirsute ; pinnce 4-8 in. 1., lanceolate, patent, 

 thin ; inrinl. 9-15 lines 1. by 4 lines w., pinnatifid, remote, oblong, rather 

 obtvise, sessile, gla1)rous above, subhirsute at the rachis beneath, especially 

 below the middle, clothed at the costa with distant, ovate, acuminate, aureous 

 scales; lobes oblong, subfalcate, ol)tuse ; veinlets simple; sori small, whitish, 

 inserted on the middle of the back of the veins, globose ; rece2)t. minute, glabrous." 

 — A7. in Linn. 18. p. 541. A. squamata, A7. {Jide Moore). 



Hab. Caracas, Moritz, n. 110 ; Punch & Schlim, n. 976, 978, and 998. 



2G. A. Scdvinii, Hk. ; ^9n'??c?}x7 rachises | in. thick, glossy-ebeneous black, 

 slightly rough to the touch, scarcely to the eye ; fr. firm, subcoriaceous, glabrous, 

 dark green, pale beneath, tripinnate, 3 ft. and more 1., ovato-lanceolate, 

 acuminate ; second, pinnce 4-5 in. I., oblong-acuminate, again pinnate with close- 

 jdaced shortly petiolate pnnnl., | in. 1., subhastato-lanceolate, acute, or olituse, 

 jdnnatitid, serrated at the apex, lowest pair of lohdes frequently rounded and 

 free (separate from the rest) ; veins pinnated ; sori in a series nearer the costa 

 than the margin ; reccpjt. often 2-lobed and shortly stipitate. 



Hab. Chilasco, Guatemala, Salvin & Gudman. — A very distinct and peculiar species. 



27. A. Godmani, Hk. ; rachises asperous, stramineous ; fr. bipinnate, mem- 

 branaceous, full green and more or less hairy on both sides with sparse, white, 

 longish hairs ; jmrn. pinnce Ki-IB in. 1., 4-G in. w., oblong, much acuminate ; 

 piiml. approximate, sessile, 2^-3 in. 1., 5-6 lines wide, narrow- oblong, horizontal, 

 deeply to the costa pinnatifid, almost pinnate ; lolcs very compact and crowded, 

 so that the space between them can scarcely be seen except when held between 

 the eye and the light, pinnatifid aliout lialf-way down to the costa with small, 

 acute, ovate lohdes, upper ones rarely toothed ; veins one to each lobule, once or 

 twice forked, the lowest lobule (exactly Mjuare), only one veinltt on each side 

 soriferous ; sori small, of few caps., recei>tacli'S luiiiy ; principal rachises a.u6 costce 

 stramineous, pubescent and villous, and iiartially paleaceous with small ciliated 

 scales. 



Hub. Colaii, Guatemala, Sahin & Gcdmmi. — A very elegant ajid very distinct species 



