472 5d. asplenium. § 3. eu-asplenium. 



» (73) A. sctlsecAum, JBL, Rac, Plor. Btz., I, 219; A. sulcatum. 

 Men. (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, 

 Ibe apex pinnatiBd, long-acuminate, caudate, tbe point nearly filiform. Pinnulae 

 subsessile, lanceolate, 5 — 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., 213; Hk., Spec. Fil., Ill, 

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



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

 c.M. long, 15 — 50 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, + I'/i cM. broad, the largest undivided ones I'/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 + rounded 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. laserpiliifoliiiin, ram., Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 220; Hk., 

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

 Christ, Philipp. Journ., II, 165. 



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

 scales. Stipes 15— 90 ; c.M. long, firm, erect, naked, or scaly at the base. 

 Fronds 30 — 120 c.M. long, to 45 c.M. broad, \yith 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 toothed and occasionally incised. Texture herbaceous to chartace- 

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



War. intermediani: Texture thinly herbaceous; segments broadly 

 ovate, obtuse, coarsely toothed. Sori short, flabellate. 



