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115*. A. I2ausshicc7itn, Godet and Reut. ; st. tufted, 2-3 in., green, very 

 slender, naked ; fr. deltoid, bipinnate, 1-2 in. 1. ; rachis green, flattened ; j9«i??a? 

 few, distant, lowest largest, deltoid, stalked, cut down to racliis into 3-5 cuneate- 

 obovate sessile or sul)petiolate^^2H«/., 1-1-^- lin. br., irregularly crenate-lobate on 

 outer edge ; texture membranous ; surfaces green, naked ; vchis close, flabellate ; 

 son oblong, confluent into an irregular mass near base of pinnules. — Mildc. Fil, 

 Eur. p. 78. 



Hab. Asia Minor, Kotschy, HansuhiecJd. 



115*. A. Jiawsoni, Baker ; s#. tufted, 4-5 in., naked, castaneous ; hasaX scales 

 minute, lanceolate-acuminate, dull-brown ; //'. oblong-deltoid, 2-3 in. 1., l)ipin- 

 nate ; rachis green, deeply sulcate ; piniue G-y-jiigate, lowest largest, deltoid, 

 stalked, with 3-5 distant sessile cuneate-obovate jnnnL \\-2 lin. br., denticulate 

 round outer edge ; ^crZwre subcoriaceous ; surfaces dull-green, naked ; veins close, 

 flabellate, channelled ; son medial, 1-H lin. 1., finally confluent in an irregular 

 mass, filling centre of pinnule. — Journ. Bot. 1872, p. 3G2. A. Ruta-muraria, 

 Pappe S)- liawson, von L. 



Hab. Muizeiibei-g Mountain, Cape Colony, R. W. Raivson. 



118. A. lepidum, Presl, Milde. Fil. Eur. p. 81, Italy, differs from type by 

 greenish, not castaneous stem, and fimbriated involucre. 



122*. A. Wilfordii, Mett. ; rhizome stout, short-creeping ; basal scales dense, 

 linear-subulate, castaneous ; st. 4-8 in., greenish, naked ; fr. \-\ ft. 1., oblong- 

 lanceolate, tripinnatifid ; rachis green, flattened upwards ; pinnee close, deltoid, 

 ascending, stalked, many lower subequal, |-lj in. br., cuneate-truncate on 

 lower side at base ; lower tertiary seffm. cuneate, 1-2 lin. br., deeply flabellato- 

 pinnatifid, with sharply-toothed lobes, each tooth 1 -veined ; texture subcoriaceous ; 

 surfaces dull-green, naked ; veins flabellate, fine, distinct ; sari medial, irregular, 

 ^-1 lin. 



Hab. Japan, Oldham, 371 ; Maximowics, 45 ; Tsus-sima, Wilford, 783. — Midway 

 between Adiantum nigrum and sepidchrale. 



120'"'. A. Bradlet/i, Eaton ; st. tufted, 2-3 in. 1., eheneous, as is lower half of 

 rachis ; basal scales brown-black, lanceolate-acuminate ; fr. 5-7 in. 1., oblong- 

 lanceolate, bipinnatifid ; pinnce 8-12-jugate, short-stalked, ovate-oblong, the 

 lowest not reduced, the largest pinnatifid, with oblong lobes toothed at the tip ; 

 texture membranous ; sori short, subcostular ; inv. membranous. 



Hab. East Tennessee, Prof. Bradley. — Between montanum and laneeolattim. 



124'". A. splendens, Kze. ; Yhisome creeping; scales minute, linear, bright- 

 brown ; St. 6-9 in., greenish, with a few scales below ; fr. deltoid, |-1 ft. 1., 

 2-3 pinnate ; lower pinnce stalked, deltoid, 1-2 in. br., pinnate or bipinnate ; 

 scgm. cuneate-flabellate, \-\ in. br., slightly lobed, sharply toothed round outer 

 edge ; texture subcoriaceous ; surfaces naked, upper shining ; veins close, fine, 

 flabellate ; sori copious, slender, irregular, reaching nearly from base to tip of 

 segments. — Hk. Sp. 2. p. IfiB. 



Hab. Cape Colony. — More coriaceous than cuneahim, with sharper closer teeth. 



125. A. furcatum,va.T. tripinnafum, Baker ; lower pi7ince 2 in. br., bipinnate, 

 with distant pinnl. and obovate-cuneate free lower segments \-\ in. br. 



Hab. Natal, Genard, 592, Buchanan, McKen. 



128*. A. LincHi, Kuhn ; st. stramineous, with scattered ovate-acuminate 

 scales; /)-. subdeltoid, 8-9 in. 1., 4-pinnatifid ; pinnce Ins., 10-12-jugate, lowest 

 largest, deltoid ; ult. lobes stalked, oblanceolate-cuneate, with sharp, narrow. 



