85'. ASPLENlUM. § 3. EU-ASPLENIBM. 461 



sbes, the base broadly cuneate and auricled on the upper and more narrowly 

 uneate on the lower side. Texture coriaceous; rachis deciduously scaly; 

 eins very oblique, Sori linear, the higher subparallel and-nearly close to 

 he costa, occupying the lowest part of the veins. — Hardly different from 

 L. horridum, Klf. in the deeply lobed forms. 

 Panlropical. 



* (46) A., coiitiguum, Klf., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 205; Hk., Spec. 



^il., Ill, tab. CXCIV, %. 1; var. lopturue, Hlr„ ] a , 156,„tab. GXCIV, %. S; 



L lopiumgi Ji S i mf-M ^ ihr Farng.', VI, Aopl.j ' IBB ; — top. bipinnatifidum, 

 ihriat. Bull. Horbi Boiec . ) VI; Ho^i^-AtHttemenHm^ Copo?^ Philippi Journi) II, 

 51; ? Ai < iW iD i Vii i Mmj^rffloA:, Chriat," Phl'lipp. Journ., II, 166. 



Rhizome creeping or ascending. Stipes 15 — 25 c.M. lon^, firm, erect, 

 lark-coloured, naked. Fronds lanceolate, acuminate, pinnate, 15 — 50 c.M. long, 

 he apex pinnatifid. Pinnae 10 — 30-jugate, subfalcate, short-stalked, 4 — 7 '/j c.M. 

 ong, + 1 — 1 */j c.M. broad, acute or acuminate, the edge obliquely and broadly 

 errate, the lower serratures sharply serrate or toothed, the higher shaKp, simple 

 r 2-deritate, the upper base cuneate, sometimes + auricled, tlie lower nar- 

 owly cuneate in a curve. Texture ± coriaceous, rachis firm, naked or slightly 

 illose, brown; veins oblique. Sori close, subparallel and nearly close to the 

 osta. 



WOiV , loptnru s : Pinnao longor, — la'/j^ o.Mi long, tho odgo doo]^ 



errate, rather lobed, the lower lobes or serratures shargly_s«»a1SJihe apex 

 DDg-acuminate. 



War. bipinnati^ftHnfrTower pinnae pinnate at the base ; pinnulae 

 learly free»_x«Besrto5otundate, auricled, deeply toothed. 



Java^ Now Gumoa; Hawaii! var. loptupuo & bipinnatifidum : Philippi n o g t 



* (47a) A. nigrescens JBI., Mett., Farng., VI, Aspl., 151 ; ? Rac, 

 ^lor. Btz., I, 217. . 



Rhizome and miwic? Fronds 50 — 90 c.M. long, elongate-oblong, pinnate, 

 he apex pinnatifid. Pinnae numerous, spreading, 10 — 15 c.M. long, linear, 

 hort-stalked, acuminate, the edge broadly and shallowly crenate, but often 

 Qore deeply towards the apex, the serratures 2— 4-dentate except the higher 

 nes, which are often entire and narrow, the upper base broadly and roundly, 

 he lower narrowly cuneate. Texture chartaceous; rachis naked or palea- 

 eo-villose, dark-coloured; veins repeatedly forked. Sori oblique, subparallel and 

 learly close to the costa. — Scarcely different from A. contiguum, £//". except 



