458 ALSOPHILA. 



16*. A. frcecincta, Kunze ; fr. ample, tripinnatifid ; rachises dull-brown, 

 glabrous, smooth ; pinnce oblong-lanceolate, 1-1-^ ft. 1. ; pinnl. lanceolate, dis- 

 tinctly stalked, 3-4 in. 1., |-1 in. br., cut down to a broad wing ; segm. blunt, close, 

 subfalcate, crenulate, 2-3 lin. br. ; texture subcoriaceous ; both sides bright-green, 

 naked ; veins 7-8-jugate, those of the fertile segments simple, of the barren forked ; 

 sori minute, marginal. — Baker, Fl. Bras.fasc. p. 324. t. 54. 



Hab. Bahia, Blanchet. 



16*. A. oblonga, Klotzsch ; fr. ample, tripinnatifid ; rachises grey, naked and 

 smooth below ; pinnce lanceolate, 1-1|- ft. 1. ; pinnl. close, sessile, ligulate, 1^-2 

 in. 1., ^-f in. br., cut down to a distinct wing ; segm. close, ligulate, blunt, entire, 

 ^ in. br. ; texture subcoriaceous ; both sides green, glabrous except ribs above ; 

 veins 4-6-jugate, simple; sori minute, medial. — Baker, Fl. Bras. fasc. 49. 

 p. 323. 



Hab. British Guiana, Eich. ScJiomburgJc, 1125 ; Appun, 174. 



16*. A. floribunda, Hook. MSS. ; fr. ample, tripinnatifid ; rachises strami- 

 neous, clothed with minute firm raised scales on the lower side ; pinnce lan- 

 ceolate, 12-15 in. 1., 3-4 in. br. ; pinnl. ligulate, blunt, sessile, § in. br., cut ^-^- 

 way down into close blunt subentire segm. under ^ in. br. ; texture subcoriaceous ; 

 upper surface bright-green, naked, lower paler, glabrous, with dense minute pale 

 bullate scales on the ribs; veins 4-5-jugate, simple ; sori minute, medial. 



Hab. Mount Campana, East Peru, /S})?- wee, 4715. 



16*. A. falcata, Mett. ; fr. ample, tripinnatifid ; rachises grey-stramineous, 

 glabrous below, smooth ; pinnce lanceolate, 1^-2 ft. 1., 8-3| in. br. ; pinnl. lan- 

 ceolate, sessile, falcate, ^ in. br., cut about halfway down into close denticulate 

 blunt segm. scarcely \ in. br. ; texture moderately firm ; both surfaces glabrous, 

 and without scales ; veins simple, 3-jugate ; sori minute, lower in lobe medial, 

 upper subcostular. — Kuhn, Linn. ZQ. p. 155. 



Hab. Island of Gorgona, Seemann. 



17*. A. Schlimii, Mett. ; fr. ample, tripinnate ; rachises pale-brown, densely 

 pilose, and clothed with large linear-subulate brown scales ; pinnce oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, l|-2 ft. 1. ; pin7il. sessile, ligulate, 3-4 in. 1., f-1 in. br., cut down to the 

 rachis or a narrow wing ; segm. close, falcate, ligulate, denticulate, 1-1 j lin. br. ; 

 texture subcoriaceous ; ribs on both sides densely pilose, and the rest of the surface 

 slightly so ; veins 9-12-jugate, forked ; sori costular, filling up nearly the whole 

 of the fertile segments except the tip ; recep. densely pilose. — Kuhn, Linn. 36. 

 p. 157. 



Hab. Andes of Columbia, Schlim, 223 ; Lindig, 254. — Midway between elonrjata and 

 'paUolaia. 



38*. A. Macgillivrayi, Baker ; fr. ample, tripinnatifid ; rachises substrami- 

 neous, smooth, and glabrous beneath ; pnnnce oblong-lanceolate, 12-15 in. 1. ; 

 pinnl. lanceolate, distinctly stalked, cut down to a narrow wing, 2J-3 in. 1., ^-| 

 in. br. ; segm. 1^-2 lin. br., close, blunt, subfalcate, denticulate; texture subco- 

 riaceous ; both sides green, glabrous, the lower with a few minute broad pale 

 scales on the ribs ; veins 9-10-jugate, forked above the middle ; sori minute, 

 medial. 



Hab. Louisiade Archipelago, MacgUUvray. 



44*. A. Loddigesii, Kze. ; fr. ample, trijdnnatifid ; rachises pale-brown, glossy, 

 glabrous, muricated ; ^:»mHfe oblong-lanceolate, |-1 ft. 1. ; pinnl, close, sessile. 



