B4. ATtiYRiiJM. 43 B 



* (14) A. nigripes, moore (not Bedd), Christ, Parnkr. d. Erde, 

 224; Aspleniitm nigripes, Bl., Rac, Flor. Etz., I, 2S0; Aspidium nigripes ^ 

 coslale, Bl., Enum., 162 & 170. 



Rhizome erect, clothed with dark-hrown, lanceolate scales. Stipes tufted, 

 15 — 70 c.M. long, stramineous, erect, scaly belo^ -fronds 30 — 60 c.M. long, 

 12 — 50 C.M. broad, ovate-lanceolate to deltoid, with j many often oblique 

 pinnae on each side. Pinnae lanceoliate, pinnate, the apex acuminate, pinna- 

 tifid. Lowest pinnulae I'/j — 4 c.M. long, oblong, cut Va'^^Y down or quite 

 to the costa into .oblong or o^ j fitc,- more or less toothed segments. Tex- 

 ture membranaceous to subcoriaceous ; rachis naked, stramineous; upper 

 surface beset with 4ew; distant, subulate, spine-like appendices on the midribs 

 of the segments. Sori oblong -oiss^iBeaEseblOTif,. often slightly curved only, prin- 

 cipally in 2 rows near the costae^<^Av^ -/^^lovate, adnate to subpetioluTate 



Trop. Asia, China, Madagascar. , ^i 



J (IS) A — nmbrosiim, J»f . , Ghrist, Farnkr . d . Erde , 328; A. 

 ausirah. Pr., Bedd., Ferns S.I., tab. CLVIII ; Diplazium umbrosum, Bedd., Handb. 

 Ind. Ferh^ 188; Asplenium umbrosum, J. Sm., Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 228; Po- 

 h/podium tm^osum, Ait., (oldest name); — var. muricatum; Asplenium mu- 

 ricatum, MeU.,mm. Mus. Bot. L. B., II, 239. 



Caudex erect^s^ 25 c.M. high, densely covered with the bases of fallen 

 fronds, roots and broVm, lanceolate scales. Stipes 30 — 80 c.M. long, strong, 

 scaly at the base. Froi^s 60—160 c.M. long, 30—120 c.M. broad, ovate- 

 lanceolate to deltoid. Pinnafespvate-lanceolate to deltoid-lanceolate, 7 — 20 c.M. 

 broad. Pinnulae close, cut dwnn nearly or quite to the costa into unequal- 

 sided, elliptico-rhomboidal segmentK-Va — I'/a ^■^- *0Q?' ^ — ^ ™-M. broad; 

 the apex of the pinnulae lobed. Se^ents sessile, the apex rounded, the 

 edge toothed or deeply inciso-creuate, theSbase narrowed or decurrent. Tex- 

 ture herbaceous; surfaces naked; central rib^f the segments pinnate, veins H^ 

 simple or forked. Sori oblong, copious, the Ibwer often double; indusium 

 inflate, slightly curved, entire. — A variable plant 



War. muricatum: Stipes muricate. 



Trop. Asia 8f Australia, New Zealand, Africa; — var.Nmiricatum : Java. 



♦ (16) A. silvaticum, Jttilde, Bot. Zeit., i866, 516;\^oodwardi- 

 aides, Christ, Fil. Saras., Ill, 233; Asplenium basilare, Moore, Rac, Plqr. Btz., 

 I, 229; A. woodwardioides, Bk., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 229; Diplazium brevmmm, 

 4. Smij Journ i of Bot . , Ill, 408 ; AU a nlodia s^lmiiea, BL, (oldoot namo)i 



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