﻿472 53. ASPLENIUM. § 3. EU-ASPLENIUM. 



* (73) A. setiisectuiii, Bl., Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 219; A. sulcatum, 

 Melt, (not Lam.), Ann. Mus. Bot. L. B., II, 236. 



Near A. praemorsum, Sw., but larger. Fronds to 60 c.M. long or longer, 

 to 22 c.M. broad. Pinnae numerous, erecto-patent, stalked, lanceolate, to 5 c.M. 

 broad or broader, cut down to the rachis into numerous erecto-patent pinnulae, 

 the apex pinnatifid, long-acuminate, caudate, the point nearly filiform. Pinnulae 

 subsessile, lanceolate, 3 — 4 X as long as broad, the base cuneate, the edge 

 incised and serrate-dentate, the apex acute or acuminate, the teeth fine-pointed. 

 Texture subcoriaceous; rachis polished, naked. Sori linear. 



Java. 



* (74) A. affine, Sw., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 215; Hk., Spec. Fil., Ill, 

 tab. CCII; A. xpathulinum, J. Sm., Bedd., Ferns S.I., tab. CCXXVI. 



Stipes 15—50 c.M. long, firm, erect, grey, nearly naked. Fronds 30 — 45 

 c.M. long, 15 — 30 c.M. broad, with numerous pinnae on each side, the lower 

 ones lanceolate-triangular, the apex pinnatifid, acute or acuminate. Pinnulae 

 distinct, rhomboidal-triangular, blunt or acute, inciso-serrate or deeply pin- 

 natifid to pinnate again, the base obliquely cuneate; lowest pinnulae acute, 

 ± 3'/2 c.M. long, ± 1V2 c.M. broad, the largest undivided ones 1 '/i — 2 c.M. 

 long, under 1 c.M. broad, the higher ones and those of the higher pinnae 

 with the outer edge + bluntish or ± rouuded to truncate, crenale. Texture 

 subcoriaceous; rachis firm, naked; veins subflabellate. Sori copious, linear, 

 the higher ones more oblique than the lower. 



M'i'aya; Polynesia, Ceylon, East African Islands. 



* (75) A. laserpiliifoliiiBU, l^am., Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 220; Hk., 

 Spec. Fil., HI, tab. CCIII; — var. intermedium, Christ; — var. subvenustum, 

 Christ, Philipp. Journ., II, 165. 



Rhizome creeping, short, densely clothed with spreading, hyaline, yellowish 

 scales. Stipes 15—30 c.M. long, firm, erect, naked, or scaly at the base. 

 Fronds 30 — 120 c.M. long, to 45 c.M. broad, with numerous pinnae on each 

 side. Lowest pinnae 5 — 25 c.M. long, 2 — 15 c.M. broad, deltoid-lanceolate, 

 cut down to the rachis into numerous distinct pinnulae, the lowest of 

 which often 2-pinnale. Ultimate divisions cuneate-oblong, with the outer edge 

 rounded, finely luolhed and occasionally incised. Texture herbaceous to charlace- 

 ous; rachis slender, naked; veins fine, conspicuous. Sori linear-oblong, irregular. 



War. iiiterinecliiiui : Texture Ihinly herbaceous; segments broadly 

 ovale, obtuse, coarsely toothed. Sori short, flahellate. 



