85. : ASPLENltlM. § S. ElI-ASPtENIUM. 4#0 



uter and upper edge sharply inciso-scrrate, the upper base rounded or cune- 

 te, the lower very narrowly cuneate. Rachis dark-colouredj firm, slightly 

 caly; veins close, flabellate; no midribs. Sori radiant, narrow, lor^. — Re- 

 embles A. adiantoides, C. Chr., but the pinnae suddenly narrowed from a 

 iroad, unequally auricled base into a narrow point. 



New Guinea, Timor, Malacca; Tonkin, West. Africa, Trop. America. 



(50) A. Cesatianum, J8U., Becc, Mai, III, 39; A. Wighlianum, 

 les: (not Wall.), Fel. Becc. Polin., 4. 



Stipes ± 30 c.M. long, greyish, scaly at the base, the scales few, large, 

 mceolate-oblong, acuminate, browti. Fronds oblong-lanceolate, simply pinnate; 

 t 45 c,M. long. Pinnae multijugate, distant, lanceolate, erecto-patent, crenu- 

 ite, obscurely stalked, obliquely cuneate at the base, the lower base reduced, 

 ^'exture firm; surfaces naked; veins conspicuous, erecto-patent, not closely 

 •laced, commonly deeply forked. Sori oblong, parallel, medial on the veins; 

 ndusium firm, naked, persistent. 



New Guinea. 



(51) A. crinicaule, MtMce, Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 208; A. Hancei, 

 3k., Bot. Zeit., d869, 130; A. falcatum, Bedd., Ferns S.I., tab. CXLI. 



Stipes densely tufted, 7— 10 c.M. long, erect, dark-brown, fibrillose. Fronds 

 5 — 90 c.M. long, 4 — 12 c.M. broad, with 9 — 25 horizontal pinnae on each 

 lide, which are 4 — 10 m.M. broad, the point blunlish, the edges irregularly in- 

 ;iso-crenate, the upper base narrowed suddenly, sometimes auricled, the lower 

 ibliquely cuneate, sometimes auricled. Texture st#tcoriaceous ; rachis firm, 

 ibrillose; midribs not distinct; veins subflabellale. Sori few, linear, oblique, 

 ■egular, not reaching to the edge. 



Philippines; Br. India, South. China. 



« (52) A. acatiasculam, Bl., Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 217; A. aniso- 

 Ionium, Pr., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 205. 



Rhizome erect, the apex clothed with narrow, lanceolate, brown scales, 

 itipes tufted, firm, erect, ± scaly, .to 30 c.M. long. Fronds 30-^70 c.M. 

 ong, with numerous sessile or stalked, spreading or subfalcate pinnae on 

 lach side. Pinnae acute or acuminate, the lowest hardly smaller, rather 

 arger than the next following ones, 4 — 10 c.M. long, *j^ — I'/j c.M. broad 

 tear the base, the edges more or less inciso-crenate, the upper base broadly 

 uneate or subtruncate, + auricled or deeply , incised, the lower rather 



