ALSOPHILA. 



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GENUS III. 



ALSOPHILA. R. Brown. 



Habit erect and arborescent. 



Fronds bi-tripinnatifid, growing to the length of from five 

 to fifteen feet. Veins simple or forked, and free. Sori globose, 

 axillare, or medial. Receptacle elevated, often villous. Indusium 

 frequently obsolete, or perhaps none. 



Sir W. J. Hooker, in his "Species Filicum," enumerates the 

 following : — 



Blechnoides, Hooker, Guiana. 



Taenitis, Hooker, Brazil. 



Elegans, Martins, Brazil. 



Capensis, J. Smith, Cape of 

 Good Hope. 



Latebrosa, Wallich, Penang. 



Miersii, Hooker, Organ Moun- 

 tains. 



Procera, Kaulfuss, Brazil. 



Hookeriana, Klotzsch, Brazil. 



Armigera, Kunze, Ventanilla de 

 Cassapi. 



Aspera, Brown, Martinique. 



Armata, Presl, Jamaica. 



Gardneri, Hooker, Brazil. 



Ferox, Presl, Brazil. 



Leucolepis, Martins, Brazil. 



Phalerata, Martins, Brazil. 



Infesta, Knnze, Peru. 



Compta, Martins, Brazil. 



Elongata, Hooker, Columbia. 



Pceppigii, Hooker, Peru. 



Villosa, Presl, Caraccas. 



Plagiopteris, Martins, Brazil. 

 Paleolata, Martins, Brazil. 

 Hirsuta, Kaulfuss, Brazil. 

 Rigidula, Martins, Brazil. 

 Nigra, Martins, Brazil. 

 Monticola, Martins, Brazil. 

 Sprengeliana, Martins, San 



Domingo. 

 Atrovirens, Presl, Brazil. 

 Radens, Kaulfuss, Brazil. 

 Setosa, Kaulfuss, Brazil. 

 Pycnocarpa, Kunze, Peru. 

 Subaculeata,£^'&7er#er,Surinam 

 Pilosa, Martins, Mexico. 

 Mexican a, Martins, Mexico. 

 Pruinata, Kaulfuss, Jamaica. 

 Excelsa, Brown, Norfolk Island 

 Lunulata, Brown, South Sea 



Islands. 

 Australis, Brown, N. S. Wales. 

 Decurrens, Hooker, South Sea 



Islands. 

 Glabra, Blume, Java. 



