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ADDENDA TO THE GENUS ASPIDIUM. 



The following additions have been made to the genus 

 Aspidhwi, from Mr. Moore's valuable work, *'Index Filicum/' 

 the part referring to this family having only recently been 

 published. 



ASPIDIUM DECUEEENS. Page 25, vol. 6. 



Not the Aspidium decurrens of either Smith or Presl; the 

 former is the Sagenia pteropus of Moore, and the latter S. 

 decurrens of Moore. 



ASPIDIUM FALCmELLUM. Page 29, vol. 6. 



Not the Aspidium auriculatum of Swartz, Schkuhr, Wallich, 

 or Don; Swartz's plant is Polystichum auriculatum of Moore; 

 Schkuhr's is P. acrosticJioides of Moore; Wallich's is the Ne- 

 phrolepis tuherosa of Moore; Don's is the P. lentum of 

 Moore. The A. auriculatum of HoU is the A. falcinellum of 

 Swartz, 



ASPIDIUM AUGESCENS. Page 35, vol. 6. 



Aspidium serra of Swartz is the Lastrea serra of Moore; 

 A. serra of Schkuhr is the Nephrodium unitum of Moore; A. 

 serra of Raddi is the N. unitum, var., of Moore; A. ottonis of 

 Kunze is A. augescens of Moore. 



ASPIDIUM ACUMINATUM. Page 37, vol. 6. 



Aspidium acuminatum of Willdenow is not this plant, but 

 the Nephrolepis ensifolia of Moore, the present plant being the 

 A. acuminatum of English Gardens, (not of the Berlin Gardens,) 

 that plant being the Athyrium oxyphyllum of Moore. 



ASPIDIUM FILIX-MAS. Page 41, vol. G. 



Aspidium affine of Fischer and Meyer is a variety of A. 

 filix-mas of Swartz, not the A. ajffine of Blume, which is 

 Nephrodium Uneatum of Moore, nor the A. affine of Wallich, 

 which is Polystichum aculcatum of Moore, nor the A. ajfine 

 of Roxburgh, which is a variety of A. rigidum. 



