38. ASPI.EKIU3I, §§ ETASPLEXinL Ijl 



3. p. 78. — 7, A. auMralasieum, Hk. ; midrib keeled on the back, often black. — 

 Bi. F. Ex. t. 8a 



Hab. Manritiiis, Johanna Island, Seychelles, Himalayas, Japan, Bonin, and Chnsan, 

 westward to the Society Islands ; »ndiward to Xew Caledonia, Qneen^and, Norfolk 

 Island, and Lord Howe's Island. The Himalayui and Malayan A. PJa/UttidU, Don, 

 seems to differ from the type only by its smaller raze. The eon in some of the specimens 

 are quite as close as in any of the above. A. paehypkgttmit and Uemosum, Eonze, we 

 have not- seen. A plant from Malacca and Java has the veins | in, apart and mtxch 

 broader son. 



2. A. (Thamn.) GrevOlei, Wall. ; /r. 12-18 in. L, 2-3 in. br., lancaolate- 

 spathnlate, narrowed to an acute apex and snddenly below to a broad wing to 

 the stipe, Tvhieli grows Tery g;iadaally narrower downwards, the margin entire ; 

 Urture coriaceous ; midrib keeled below ; reins nearly horizontal, those in the 

 body of the &. about ^ lin. apart ; sori on most of them extending within a short 

 distance of the edge.— fii. Sp. 3. p. 80. Bi. & ffr. Ic. t. liS. 



Hab. Gathered in Tavoy by Dr. Wallixji and Mishmee by HeUer. 



3. A. (Thamn.) Stnumgianum, Hk. ; /r. 12-18 in. L, l-lj in. br., tapering 

 above into an acuminated point and very gradually below into a short stem, the 

 margin nearly entire ; midrib only rounded and prominent below ; texture 

 coriaceous ; vans erecto-patent, about \ lin. apart ; gori copious, reaching from 

 the midrib to within a short distance of the edge. — Ht. Sp. 3. p. 81. Ic PI. 



Hab. Tniaaia and Unker Hills, Beng^ Simons, 232. — Tkis and the preceding are two 

 littie-known plants, perhaps not really distinct &om Xo. 1. 



§§ Euasplenixun. Veins five, simple or branched; sori linear or Unear-obUmg, 

 straight, diseoidal. Sp. 4r-lo4. Fig. 38. a. 



* Fronds quite entire. Sp. i-17. Ph^Uitis. 3. Sm. 



4. A. ensiforme, WalL ; st. tuftel, 1-3 in. L, firm, erect, scaly below; fi: 

 12-18 in- 1., ^-f in. br., much acuminated towards the point, edge nearly entire;, 

 lower part narrowed into tiie stem very gradually ; texture coriaceous ; veins 

 immersed, inconspicuous, erecto-patent, usually once forked ; sori broad, reaching 

 nearly to both midrib and margin.— fii. Sp. 3. p. 90. Hk. S Gr. Ic. t. 71. 



Hab. Himalayas (ascending to 10,000 ft.) to Ceylon ; Monlmein. — ^I cannot separate 

 A. stenophyUum of Beddome. 



5. A. angustum, Swartz ; st. tufted, short, firm, greyish, erect ; fi: 1-2 ft. L, 

 1-1 J in. br, linear-lanceolate, the point much acuminated, the margin nearly 

 entire, or the point a little serrated, the lower part narrowed very gradually to 

 the stem from two-thirds of the way down ; texture subcoriaceous ; veins erecto- 

 patent, usuallv simple ; sori rather distant, reaching from the midrib nearly to 

 the edge.— si. Sp. 3. p. 89. A. loriforme, Hk. le. 926. 



Hab. Brazil and Guiana. 



6. A. eoncolor, Hk. ; st. tufted, 1-2 in. 1., firm, greenish, clothed with scales 

 in the lower part ; fi: 6-8 in. 1., 1 in. or more br., lanceolate, the point acute, 

 the edge slightly crenato-serrate upwards, the lower part narrowed into 

 the stem very gradually; texture herbaceous; veins usually simple; sori 

 numerous, narrow, extending from the midrib to the edge. — Hk. S/>. S. p. 88. 

 t. 164. A. 



Hab. Java. 



