200 38, ASPLENiuM, §§ euasplenium! 



br., ovale in general outline, with a long, linear, terminal pinna and 2-3 opposite 

 pairs, ■which are 3-4 in. 1., \-^ in. br,, with an acuminate point, the margin 

 faintly crenated, the base cordate, tlie nodes thickened ; texture coriaceous ; 

 rachis and both surfaces naked ; veins distant, obscure ; sori falling short of the 

 margin. — Hk. Sp. 3. p. i)5. t. 165. A. diversifolium, Blume. 



Hab. Java. — This and the two preceding agree in texture, but may be recognized by 

 the base of the pinnse, 



63. A. alatum, H, B. K, ; st. 4-6 in. 1., rather slender, naked, the upper part 

 winged, and the rachis furnished throughout with a distinct wing; fr. 1-1|- 

 ft. 1., 3-4 in. br., with 12-20 horizontal ?>es5\\Q pinnce on each side, which are 1-1^ 

 in. 1., |-| in. br,, bluntish at the point, the edge uniformly inciso-crenate, the 

 base nearly equal on both sides, but the upper one slightly more dilated ; texture 

 herbaceous ; veins usually once forked ; sori distant, not reaching either the 

 midrib or edge. — Hk. Sp. S.p. 121. 



Hab. West Indies and Columbia southward to Peru and S. Brazil, 



54, A, Vieillardii, Mett. ; st. tufted, 4-6 in. 1., firm, erect, nearly naked ;/r. 6-9 

 in. 1,, 6 in. br,, with a large linear-lanceolate ieriainsX pinna, lengthened out at 

 the point and deeply serrated, and 3-4 pair^s^of erecto-patent similar lateral ones, 

 which are 4 in, ]., upwards of \ in, br,, equally truncato-cuneate, and the lower 

 ones slightly stalked at the base ; texture herbaceous ; rachis firm, grey, naked ; 

 veins oblique, once or twice forked ; sori distant, falling short of both edge and 

 margin, — Mett. Annales, 4 scr. v. 15. p. 72. A. schizodon, Moore. 



Hab. New Caledonia, Vicillard, 1645-6. 



65. A. salicifoliwn, Linn. ; st. tufted, strong, naked, erect, 6-12 in. 1. ;/r. 12-18 

 in. 1., 6-9 in. br., oblong, with a iQYininal jnnna and 4-10 distinctly stalked often 

 horizontal ones on each side, which are 4-6 in. 1., |-1 in. or more br., the point 

 acuminate, the edge nearly entire or occasionally lobed below, the base equally 

 truncato-cuneate on both sides ; texture herbaceous ; veins erecto-patent, rather 

 close, once or twice forked ; sori falling short both of the edge and midrib. — 

 Hk. Sp. 3. p. l\2. 



Hab. West Indies and Panama southward to Rio Janeiro and Peru. — According to 

 Mettenius, A . jvgl andifolium, Lam. {A. integerrimnm, Spr.), is a distinct species, allied 

 to this, with entire pinnse ; and A. neoaranatense, Fcse, a form of the same with few pinnse, 

 the terminal one elongated. 



66. A. longicauda, Hk. ; st. 6-12 in, 1,, firm, erect, brownish, nearly naked ; 

 fr. 12-18 in, 1,, 6-9 in, br,, with a large oblong-acuminate terminal pAnna 6-8 

 in, I., 1-1| in. br,, which is often elongated and proliferous ; lateral pinnce 3-9 

 on each side, similar in shape to the terminal one, but usually smaller, the 

 margin obscurely undulated, the base nearly equal, and the lower ones slightly 

 stalked ; texture herbaceous ; colour deep-green ; veins ^ in. apart, simple or 

 forked ; sori broad and distant, not reaching either the edge or midrib, — Hk. 

 2nd Cent. F. t. 69. 



Hab. Cameroon Mountains and Fernando Po. — In one of Dr. Curror's specimens the 

 terminal pinna is a foot long, considerably sinuated upwards, and gemmiferous at the 

 apex ; the lateral pinnae are also often proliferous at the point. 



57. A. emarginatum, Beauv, ; st. 6-12 in, 1,, firm, erect, brownish, nearly naked ; 

 fr. 12-18 in, 1,, 6-9 in, br,, with a large lanceolate-oblong terminal pinna 6-8 

 in. ]., 1-1^ in. br., and 3-6 pairs of distant slightly-stalked lateral ones, the 

 lowest of wliich are rather smaller than the tei'ininal one, the apex of each 



