194 38. ASPLENIUM, §§ EUASPLENIUM. 



20. A. Hemionitis, Linn. ; st. tufted, naked, firm, dark-coloured, 4-8 in. 1. ; 

 fr. 4-6 in. each way, hastate, with a triangular, acute terminal lobe and two 

 large cordate, acute lateral ones, again bluntly or acutely lobed at the base, the 

 basal sinus rounded, 1 in. or more" deep, and the lobes on each side imbricated 

 over one another and the petiole ; texture herbaceous ; veins close, usually simple, 

 with often a narrow line of fruit on each, the longest IJ in. 1. — Hk. Sp. 3. p. 91. 

 A. palmatum. Lam. 



Hab. Spain, Portugal, Barbary States, Azores, Canaries, Madeira, and Cape Verde 

 Islands. 



21. A. attenuatum, R. Br. ; st. tufted, 3-4 in. 1., firm, more or less scaly 

 throughout ; fr. linear-lanceolate, sometimes 1 ft. 1., ^-f in. br., narrowed 

 upwards very gradually, sometimes proliferous at the point, the margin toothed, 

 the lower third also lobed ; the lowest lobes, which are oblong or roundish, 

 reaching down nearly or quite to the rachis ; texture subcoriaceous ; veins 

 ascending, the midrib beneath hispid like the stem ; sori reaching nearly to the 

 edge.— m Sp. 3. p. 92. Hk. ^ Or. Ic. t. 200. Ic. PI. t. 914. 



Hab. Queensland and N. S. Wales. 



22. A. variabik, Hk. ; rhisome wide-creeping ; fr. 3-6 in, 1., \ in. br., lanceolate 

 or oblong-lanceolate, the apcK acuminate or bluntish, narrowed below very 

 gradually into a short stem, the margin varying from crenate to rather deeply 

 lobed, especially below ; texture thinly herbaceous, both surfaces naked ; 'oeins 

 often \ in. apart at the base, simple or once forked ; swi falling short of the 

 margin.— ^jt. 8p. 3. p. 93. *. 185. 



Heb. FerDando Po, Barter, Maim. 



23. A. pinnatifldum, Kutt. ; st. tufted, 2-4 in. 1., naked, polished, chesnut- 

 brown ; fr. 3-6 in. 1., 1 in. or more br. at the base, lanceolate-deltoid, with a 

 long gradually narrowing point which is sinuated only, the lobes below this 

 J-J in. deep, the lowest ovate-oblong or subspathulate, ^ in. deep by nearly as 

 br., sinuated and reaching down nearly to the rachis ; texture herbaceous ; lowest 

 lateral veins of the ninnse often twice forked; sori copious.— ^/J. Sp. 3. p. 91. 

 Ic. t. 927. 



Hab. Pennsylvania southward to Alabama. 



24. A. a!ternans, Wall. ; st. tufted, 1-2 in. 1., clothed with linear scales ; fr. 

 6-8 in. 1., 1-1^ in. br., lanceolate-oblong, cut down into numerous bluntly- 

 rounded lobes on each side, which reach very nearly down to the rachis, the 



, lower growing smaller gradually and sometimes distinct ; texture subcoriaceous, 

 both surfaces an opaque greyish-green ; veins free, subflabellate ; sori copious. 

 —EJc. Sp. 3. p. 92. A. Dalhousiae, Hk. Ic. t. 105. 



Hab. N. W. Himalayas, ascending to 6,000 ft., and gathered also by Schimper in 

 Abyssinia. — This has entirely the habit and cutting of X. Ceterach. 



*** Fronds once pinnate. Sp. 25-103. 



t Pinnm l-i in. I., hlwnt, in most of the species nearly as broad as long. 

 Sp. 25-44. 



A. Group of A. viride. Rachis green, slender. Sp. 26-34. 



25. A. projeptum, Kunze ; st. scattered, very slender ; fr. 2-3 in. 1., 2 lin. br., 

 procumbent, with 12 to 16 pinnm on each side, in slightly-stalked pairs, the 

 largest of which are not more than 1 lin. each way, roundish and nearly entire ; 

 texture membranaceous ; rachis taking root and the apex gemmiferous ; s&ri 1 to 2 

 to a pinna, oblique.— Zffc. Sp, 3. p. 148. t, 181. A. 



