45 G ALSOPIIILA. 



scales; veins 8-10-jngate, pinnate in the lobes; sori minute, subcostular ; inv. 

 small, membranous, depressed, glabrous. 



Hab. Lord Howe's Island, C. Moore. 



19*. H. Melleri, Baker ; fr. ample, tripinnate ; racMses brown-stramineous, 

 glossy, naked ; pinnce oblong-lanceolate, 1-1^ ft. 1.; /»2«7?^. sessile, close, 2^-3 

 in. 1., I in. br., cut down to the rachis ; segm. ligulate, blunt, denticulate, ■§• in. br. ; 

 texture moderately firm ; both sides green, naked, except the ribs above ; veins 

 9-10-jugate, forked, distinct; sori minute, subcostular; inv. depressed, mem- 

 branous, glabrous. 



Hab. Madagascar, Dr. Meller. — Very near H. Junghuliniana, but not so firm in tex- 

 ture, with broader distinct segments, and a more conspicuous inv Jucre. 



VI.— ALSOPHILA. Page 33—45. 



3*. A. Upinnatifida, Baker ; st. short, slender, castaneous, naked, smooth ; 

 rachis naked below ; fr. 2-3 ft. 1., oblong, bipinnatifid, narrowed fi-om the middle 

 gradually to both ends ; central />2«?2« short-stalked, ligulate, 4-5 in. 1., | in.br., 

 cut down to a narrow wing into close blunt ligulate subentire lobes, 2 lin. br., 

 lower 2-3 in. 1., deflexed ; texture membranous ; both sides green, especially the 

 upper, bristly on the ribs, not scaly ; veins 8-9-jugate, distinct, forked j sori 

 minute, placed at the fork nearer the midrib than the edge. 



Hab. British Guiana, Appun, 1C32. 



4*. A. Glaziovii, Baker ; fr. ample, bipinnate ; pinnae oblong-lanceolate, l-l^- 

 i\..\.;pinnl. 12-15-jugate, distinctly stalked, ligulate, 2-2| in. L, 6-7 1in.br., 

 inciso-crenulate ; texture subcoriaceous ; both surfaces naked ; veins distinct, 3-4 

 in the central groups ; sori in a single row, a short distance from the midrib. — 

 Fl. Bras.fasc. 49. p. 592. 



Hab. Eio Janeiro, Glaziou, 3J82. 



5*. A. sagittifolia, Hk. ; fr. oblong-deltoid, 4-6 ft. 1., bipinnate ; rachises stra- 

 mineous, muricated, with a few adpressed pale scales beneath ; pinnce lanceolate, 

 |-1 ft. 1., the lower shorter, deflexed ; pinnl. sessile, ligulate, crenulate, cordate 

 on both sides at the base, 1-1^ in. 1., under \ in. br. ; texture rigidly coriaceous ; 

 both sides green and glabrous, the lower with a few minute broad white scales 

 on the ribs ; veins 3-5 to a group ; sori large, irregularly uniserial, midway between 

 the edge and midrib of the pinnules. 



Hab. Trinidad, Cruger, Prestoe. 



6*. A. pteroraclds, Baker ; fr, deltoid, bipinnate, 1 yd. 1. ; st. and rachis grey- 

 stramineous, smooth, glabrous ; basal scales lanceolate, brown, with a pale border; 

 lower pjinnce stalked, lanceolate, 5-6 in. 1., 1^-2 in. br. ; pinnl. close, ligulate- 

 oblong, under j in. br., inciso-lobate, the lowest free, many central cuneate at 

 base, connected by a narrow wing ; texture membranous ; both sides bright- 

 green, glabrous, the lower with a few minute broad white scales on the ribs ; 

 veins in pinnated groups, with 2-3-jugate veinlets to each lobe; sori minute, irre- 

 gularly 1-2-serial, midway between the edge and midrib of the pinnules. 



Hab. Tarapoto, East Teru, Spruce, 4717. 



6*. K. paticifolia. Baker ; /r. 2-3 ft. ]., oblong, bipinnate; St. \ ft., black; 

 basal scales lanceolate, black, with a brown edge ; rachis black, naked on the 

 under side ; jnnnce sessile, central 6-7 in. 1., 1 in. br., cut down to rachis, lower 



