CHAEACTEES Of TEIBES AND GENBEA. 333 



Type. Asplenium decnssatwm, Sw. 



lllnst. Hook, and Bauer Gen. Fil., t. 56, A., B. ; Moore 



Ind. Fil., p. 42, A. ; J. Sm. Ferns Brit, and For., iig. 



115 ; Hook. Syn. Fil., t. 4, fig-. S8, G. 

 Obs. — The species of tliis genus agree in habit with 

 Bijiilamim, but differ in the venation being anastomose. 



* Fronds pinnate. 



Sp. 0. prolifera, Bory. (v v.) {Asplenium deciissatum, Sw.) ; 

 C. accedens {Bl.) ; C. spinulosa, {Bl.) ; 0. undulosa (Siv.). 



** Fronds hlpinnate. 



C. esculenta (Sw.) (v v.). 



Obs. — This species has the honour of being ranked under 

 seven genera, namely, Hemionitis, Ki^nig. ; Asplenium, Sw. ; 

 Diplazium, Stv. ; Anisoffonium, Presl ; Digrammaria, Fee and 

 Hooh. ; and Microstegia, Presl, -n-hich, with the different 

 specific names, under these genera, raised the number of 

 synonyms to thirty. The whole of the species are widely 

 distributed throughout India, Malay, and the Pacific. C. 

 undulosa is a native of Martinique, and in the " Synopsis," 

 several sj)ecies are described from troj)ical America. 



191. — ASPLENIDICTTUM, /. Sm. (1854). 



Asplenmm Sect. AsplenidActyuni, Hoolc. Ic. PI. 



Asplenmm Sect, nemidlctyum, HooJc. Sp>. Fil. 



Vernation fasciculate, erect. Fronds pinnate, 1 to 2 feet 

 high, pinnaa elliptical-lanceolate, 3 to 8 inches long, Ij to 

 3 inches broad, obtuse or long- acuminate, entire, or 

 unequally laciniated, base oblique cuneate ; costa; obscure, 

 evanescent. Veins uniform, angularly anastomosing, form- 

 ing elongated subtransverse areoles, without free marginal 



