ASPLENIUM. 491 



220*. A. (Dipl.) grammitoidea. Ilk.; rhi::ome wide-creeping; scales comows, 

 lanceolate, brown, meinl)ranous ; st. grey-stramineous, .'5-4 in 1., scaly tlirougnout ; 

 fr. lanceolate, 0-9 in. 1., bipinnatifiil ; rachis stramineous, copiously scaly, winged 

 in upper half ; lower pHna> distant, free, suhpetiolate, lanceolate, |-1 in. 1.,^ in. br., 

 much reduced on lower side, cut down to a broad wing into close oljjongsubentire 

 lobes, lowest anterior largest ; texture moderately firm ; rihs below rather scaly; 

 veins pinnate in lower lobes ; sori oblong, most in a row obli({ue close to midrib 

 of pinncc.— //-{. S-p. 3. p. 228. ex parte. Hk. Ic. t. 91 3. 



Hab. Phibppine and Malay Isles. — D. Solandcri, Carrutk. Fl. Vit., p. 336, from the 

 Sandwich Isles, differs by its nearly naked stem and rachiH. 



231*. A. (Dipl.) /Sb/i^^^n, Thwaites ; cand. erect; scales dense, small, lan- 

 ceolate, dark-brown ; st. |-H ft., gi-ey-green, naked ; fr. deltoid, 1 J-2 ft. 1., tri- 

 pinnatifid ; lower pi7ma2 distant, oblong-lanceolate, G-8 in. 1,, ]-^-2 in. br., their 

 rachis winged to base ; 2n7i7iL ligulate-oblong, ^ in. br., sessile, cut into shallow 

 close ol)long blunt lobes ; texture moderately firm ; surfaces bright-green, naked ; 

 veins pinnate only in lowest tertiary segm. ; sori ^ in., medial in a single row in 

 the pinnules. — Diplazium Schkuhri, Bedd. F. ti. I. t. 230. D. microphyllum, 

 Dcsp. ? 



Hab. Ceylon, C. P., 3100. — General habit and cutting just that of some of the forms 

 of American crennlatum. 



235*. A. (Dipl.) Mildei, Kuhn ; st. 4-G in., tufted, dull-brown, naked ; fr. 

 oblong-lanceolate, G-9 in. 1., bipinnate ; pinncB close, stalked, lanceolate, ascend- 

 ing, under 1 in. br., produced on upper, cuneate-truncate on lower side at base, 

 several lower subequal ; lower jnnnl. ascending-rhomboid, distinctly stalked, 

 ls-2 lin. br., auricled on upper, subdimidiate on lower side ; texture moderately 

 firm ; surfaces naked, dark-gi-een ; venules distinct, erecto-patent ; sori ^-\ in., 

 produced from midrib nearly to edge. — 'Kuhn, Linn. 3G. p. 9.5. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador, Jameson, 727 ; Spruce, 5335. — Perhaps a variety of 

 Franconis. 



244. A. (Dipl.) secTiellariini^ Baker ; arborescent ; st. and rachises brown-stra- 

 mineous, glabrous, muricated ; basal scales firm, lanceolate, brown, -| in. ; fr. 

 5-G ft. 1., subdeltoid, tripinnatifid ; pinnce oblong-lanceolate, 1-0-2 ft. 1. ; jnnnl. 

 ligulate-lanceolatc, sessile or short-stalked, 2-3J in. 1., |-1 in. br., cut down to a 

 narrow wing into close ligulate toothed segm. 1-1| lin. br. ; texture subcoriaceous ; 

 surfaces bright-green, naked ; veins B-12-jugate, simple, with sori running nearly 

 from midrib to edge. 



Hab. Seychelles, frequent in damp, shady woods, BoiUon, Ilorne, 165 ; Madagascar, 

 Boivin. — Trunk 6 feet high. 



251". A. (J)\^\.)memhranaceum,ViQii.\ arborescent; rac^eses dull-brown, naked, 

 not muricated ; fr. 4-5 ft. 1., subdeltoid, tripinnatifid ; pinnce oblong-lanceolate, 

 1 ft. or more 1., 5-G in. br. ijyitml. sessile, ligulate-lanceolate, g-| in. br., cut down 

 to a broad wing into close denticulate blunt lobes 2-2^ lin. br., base on lower side 

 slightly oblique ; texture chartaceous ; surfaces green, naked ; veins distinct, dis- 

 tant, 5-G-jugate, simple ; 5ore slender, reaching nearly from midrib to edge. — 

 Kuhn, Liim. 36. p. 103. 



Hab. Pitcairn'a Island, Matthews, Cuming ; Coral Island, Beeclieij ; and a closely-allied 

 plant with pinnules more cuneate-truncate on lower side at base, the lower stalked, 

 from Samoa, gathered by Rev. T. Powell and J. G. Veitch. — Differs from Mascaren 

 arhwescens by broader segments and fewer veins. 



251*. A. (Dipl.) Gaudichatidii, Mett. ; arborescent ; st. nodulose, purplish- 

 black at base ; basal scales |-| in., lanceolate, blackish ; fr. ample, subdeltoid, 



