38. ASrLEXIUM, §§§§§§ ANISOGONIUM. 243 



ones ; texture coriaceous ; y;cins in pinnate groups, the outer upper vein of the 

 group joining the others before tliey reach the edge, but the separate groups free 

 from one another. — Hk. Sp, 3. p. 265. 



Hab. Mexico, Liehmann. 



2G5. A. (Aniso.) Kunzei, Mett. ; st. G-15 in. I., firm, erect, furfuraceous ; fr. 

 varying in shape from spatliulato-elliptical, 9 in. 1., 2 in. br., sliglitly lobed 

 below, to 18 in. 1,, G-9 in. br., tlie upper half deeply pinnatifid, with deltoid or 

 lanceolate-acuminate lobes, the lower half with distant oblong-acuminate entire 

 pinnce 3-4 in. 1., 1^-2 in. br. ; texture coriaceous ; veins in pinnated groups which 

 unite very near the midrib, with slender lines of sori on each extending to the edge. 

 ~IIL >Sp. 3. p. 266. 



Hab. Ecuador and Peru. 



266. A. (Aniso.) cor di folium, Mett. ; st. 6-12 in. 1., firm, erect, scaly below ; fr. 

 8-12 in. 1., 3-4 in. br., entire, cordate at the base, the point acuminate ; texture 

 coriaceous ; veins in close groups of about four, anastomosing copiously in the 

 outer half of the pagina ; sori reaching from the midrib to the edge. — /3, D. 

 integrifolium, Blunie ; fr. 12-18 in. 1., subdeltoid, with a large terminal and 

 one or two pairs of smaller but similar spreading lateral pinnce. — Hk. ^p. 3. 

 ]). 267. Ic. t. i)36. 



Hab. Philippines and Malayan Peninsula and Isles. 



267. A. (Aniso.) alismoefoliim, Hk. ; st. 2-6 in. 1., firm, erect, scaly throughout ; 

 fr. varying in shape from simple, oblong-lanceolate, 6-1) in. 1., 2-3 in. br., the 

 edges entire, the apex acuminate, to ternate or pinnate, with a large terminal 

 and three pairs of lateral jnnnce, each like the entire frond of the simple 

 state ; texture coriaceous ; veins about three to a group in the inner half,^ but 

 anastomosing copiously with hexagonal areolae towards the edge. — Uk. Sp. 3. 

 ]}. 267. A. Cumingii, Mett. 



Hiib. Luzon, Cuming, 116. 



268. A. (Aniso.) lincolatum, Mett. ; st. 6-9 in. 1., firm, erect, grey, scaly below ; 

 fr. occasionally simple, usually with a terminal pinna and 3-6 pairs of lateral 

 ones, which are 6-12 in 1., 2 in. or more br., entire, often suddenly acuminate ; 

 texture coriaceous ; racMs naked ; veins 4-8 to a cluster, uniting slightly 

 towards the edge.— Diplazium, Bl. A. elegans, Mett. Hk. Sp. 3. p. 268. Ic. 

 PL t. 939. 



Hab. Philippines and Malayan Peninsula and Islands. 



269. A. (Aniso.) heterophlchium, ]\Iett. MSS. ; St. 1 ft. 1., grey, scaly 

 throughout ; fr. 12-18 in. 1., 8-9 in. br., with 6-8 opposite pairs of piniice below 

 the pinnatifid apex ; the lowest 2 in. or more apart, 3-4 in. 1., 1-1 j in. br., the 

 edge undulated, the point acute, the base cordate on both sides ; texture thm\y 

 herbaceous ; colour dark-green ; rac/iis villose and fibrillose throughout ; both 

 surfaces naked ; veins pinnate, the groups joining one-third of the way from the 

 midrib to the edge, and the veins of the same and different groups anastomosing ; 

 sori not reaching- the edge, copiously diplazioid. 



Hab. East Himayalas ; discovered by Griffith. 



270. A. (Aniso.) decussation, Sw. ; st. 1-2 ft. 1., strong, erect, often muricated ; 

 /;•. 2-4 ft. 1., with numevons pinnce on each side, which are 6-12 in. 1., 1-2 in. br., 

 often proliferous in the axils, the edge nearly entire o.r slightly lobed ; texture 

 herbaceous or subcoriaceous ; veins in copiously pinnated groups, with a 

 distinct barren vein in the centre, uniting one-third of the distance from the 



