38. ASPLENIUM, §§ EUASPLENIUM. 215 



deciduous woolly hairs ; fr. G-IH in. 1., 4-6 in. br., with ]2-20 pinnaj on each 

 Bide, which are lanceolate-deltoid in j^eneral outline, 2-3 in. 1., |-1 in. hr., cut 

 down throughout nearly or quite to the rachis into linear-cuneate pinnl., which 

 are sharply serrated on the outer edge ; texture coriaceous ; rachis firm, erect, 

 more or less fibrillose like the stem ; veins deep-channelled, flabellate ; sori 

 linear, radiant. — Hk. Sp. 3. p. 1G5. A. preeniorsum, Sw. 



Hab. Tropical America, frora Mexico and the West Indies to Peru ; Polynesian Islands 

 and Australia northward to Tsus-Sima and ih$ Himalayas ; Cape Colony to Mascaren 

 Isles, Abyssinia, and the Canaries. — Distinguished from the preceding by its fibrillose 

 rachis and longer and narrower divisions. 



126. A. ojine, Swartz ; st. 6-12 in. 1., firm, erect, grey, nearly naked ; /r. 

 12-18 in. 1., 6-12 in. br., with numerous jnnn<^ on each side, the lower ones 

 lanceolate-rhomboidal, cut down to the rachis into numerous distinct rhom- 

 boidal pin7il. 4-6 in. 1., 1^-2 in. br., wliich are again inciso-serrate or deeply 

 lobed ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis firm, naked; veins subflabellate ; sori 

 copious, linear. — Hk. Sp. ^. p. 170. t. 202. A. spathulinum, J. Sni. Hk. Sp. 3. 

 p. 170. 



Hab. Mascaren Isles, Ceylon, Philippines, Borneo, Fiji, Sandwich Islands. — Very 

 v\QAT A. cuneatuni, but a more robust plant, with often 10-15 distinct pinnules to the 

 lower pinnae. 



127. A. nitidum, Swz. ; st. 1 ft. 1., firm, erect, greyish, naked ; /;•. 2-3 ft. 1., 

 1 ft. br., with numerous lanceolate-deltoid pinnae on each side, the lowest of 

 which are 6-9 in. 1., 2-3 in. br., cut down to the rachis into numerous stalked 

 subdeltoid jt>m«/., which are again cut down to the rachis into hroad fialellato- 

 cuneate segm., inciso-serrate round the outer edge ; teiiure su! cnriaceou* ; rachis 

 firm, grey, naked ; veins chauaelled, flabellate ; sori short, radiaut. — Hk. Sp. 3. 

 p. 172. 



Hab. North of India, Ceylon, Malayan Peninsula and Isles. — Very near the last, but 

 a still Larger plant, with ample shining rhomboidal acuminate pinnules, sometimes agaia 

 pinnatifid. 



128. A. laserpitiifoIitfM, Lam. ; st. tufted, 6-12 in. 1., firm, erect, greyish, 

 naked ; //■. 2-4 ft. 1., 6-18 in. br., with numerous pinnce on each side, the lowest 

 deltoid-lanceolate, 6-9 in. 1., 4-6 in. br., cut down to the rachis into numerous ■ 

 distinct pinnl, the lowest with rhomboidal-cuneate segm. again deeply pinnatifid ; 

 texture herbaceous ; rachis slender, naked ; veins fine and deeply channelled ; 

 sori short, linear-oblong, irregular. — Hk. Sp. 8. p. 171. t. 203. 



Hab. Polynesian Islands and N. Australia northward to Chusan and Assam. — Like 

 the two preceding, closely allied to A. cunealum. 



129. A. nigritiaman, Hk. ; st. tufted, strong, erect, 4-6 in. 1., nearly black and 

 densely villose ; fr. 12-18 in. 1., 4-6 in. br., with numerous horizontal or slightly 

 deflexed pinnce on each side, which are 2-3 in. 1., ^-f in. br., cut down to the 

 vachis into numerous subdimidiate rhomboidal pinnl., the lower ones once 

 deeply lobed and also inciso-crenate, the lowest imbricated over the main rachis ; 

 te:cture subcoriaceous ; rachis firm, erect ; veins subflabellate ; sori oblong. — 

 Hk. Sp. 3. p. 223. 2nd Cent. t. 44. 



Hab. Prince's Island and St. Thomas, Guinea Coast ; gathered by Barter and Mann. 

 — A very di,stiuct spscies, of which our dried specimens are nearly black. 



130. A. dicergcns, Mett. ; st. tufted, 6-9 in. 1., firm, erect, grey, naked ; 

 /r. 9-18 in. 1., 4-8 in. br., with numerous rather distant pinnce on each side, the 

 lower ones subdeltoid, 3-6 in. 1., 1-1^ in. br., cut down to the rachis into 

 numerous stalked subdistant pinnl., which are again cut down into cuneato- 



