206 38. ASPLENIUM, §§ EUASPLENIUM. 



obliquely truncate ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis firm, compressed and winged 

 above ; central veins once forked ; sort in 2 regular rows, falling short of the 

 edge.— If/i;. Sp. S.p. 106. 



Hab. Sandwich Islands. — Very near A . compresmm, but less robust. 



81. A. compresstim, Swartz ; st. tufted, stout, erect, 6-8 in. 1., clothed with 

 scales in the lower part ; fi: 2-3 ft. I., 8-12 in. br., lanceolate-oblong, with 10-20 

 eeasile pinnce on each side, which are 6-8 in. 1., 1 in. or more br., acute or 

 bluntish at the point, the edge slightly crenato-dentate, the upper ones decur- 

 rent at the base upon the stout fleshy compressed rachis, the upper side narrowed 

 suddenly at about a right angle, the lower one obliquely truncate ; texture her- 

 baceous ; veins distant, often twice forked ; sori broad, distant, not reaching > 

 either the midrib or edge.— IfA. Sp. 3. p. 121. Fil. Exot. i. 76. 



Hab. St. Helena. — Pinnae often proliferous from the upper surface {A, foecundum, 

 Eunze). 



82. A. vomeriforme, Hk. ; st. 1 ft. 1., naked, firm, erect ; fr. 18 in. I., 6 in. br., 

 lanceolate, with about a dozen stalked horizontal pinnce on each side, which 

 are 3 in. 1., 1 in. br., acute at the point, the edge nearly entire, the base cordate 

 on the upper, slightly truncate or rounded on the lower side ; texture subcori- 

 aceous ; veins immersed, inconspicuous, oblique, often twice forked ; sori long, 

 but falling considerably short of the edge. — Ak. Sp. S.p. 109. t. 162. 



Hab. Peru, Matthews, 1851. — The alliance of this is with the two preceding, but the 

 pinnae are cordate on the upper, rounded on the lower side at the base, 



83. A. maorosorum, Bert. ; st. tufted, 4-6 in. 1., scaly at the base, naked and 

 polished and nearly black upwards ; fr. 6-12 in. 1., 3-4 in. br., cordate-acuminate, 

 with a large terminal pinna, which is 4-6 in. 1., l-l^~in. br., deeply crenate and 

 cuneate at the base, and 2 or 3 pairs of similar lateral ones, which are slightly 

 stalked, and the lowest subdeltoid ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis and midrib 

 dark-coloured and polished like the stem ; veins distant ; sori broad, not reaching 

 either the midrib or the edge.— fiJ, Sp. 3. p. 93. t. 176, 



Hab. Juan Fernandez j gathered by Bertero and Philippi. 



84. A. nitens, Swartz ; st. scattered, 6-9 in. 1., firm, erect, chesnut-brown, 

 polished, naked ; fr. 1^-2 ft. 1., 6-9 in. br., with 12-20 ascending or subfalcate 

 pinnm on each side, which are 4-6 in. 1., \-\ in. br., the point much acuminated, 

 the edge finely toothed, the base broadly rounded on the upper, truncate in a 

 curve on the lower side ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis naked, shining ; i}eins 

 oblique, often twice forked ; sori in close regular rows, not extending more than 

 halfway from the midrib to the edge. — Hk. Sp. 3. p. 167. *. 195. 



Hab. Mauritius and Bourbon. — This and the two next, like species 76 and 77, resemble 

 the falcatvm group in habit and texture. 



86. A. platyhasis, Kunze ; st. scattered, 4-8 in. 1., strong, erect, channelled, 

 the lower part scaly ; fr. 12-18 in. 1., 6-9 in, br., with K-20 evecto--paient pinnce 

 on each side, which are 4-6 in. 1., j-1 in. br., acuminated at the apex, the edge 

 serrated, the two sides unequal, the upper one narrowed suddenly at the base, 

 the lower one obliquely truncate ; rachis strong, erect, nearly naked ; veins close, 

 oblique ; sori copious, touching the midrib, but falling short of the edge. — 

 A. falcatum var. Hk, /5^. 3. p. 160. A. firmum, I^e, non Kunee. 



Hab. St. Helena. — Differs from A. Serra mainly by its more copious sori. 



86. A. Serra, Langs. & Fisch. ; st. distant, 6-12 in. I., firm, erect, chesnut- 

 coloured, polished, the lower part scaly ; fr. 2-4 ft. 1,, 6-12 in. br., with 12-20 



