38. ASPLENIUM, §§ EUASPLENIUM. 213 



coriaceous ; veins obscure, subparallel ; sori linear, when mature covering tlie 

 wliole breadth, but falling short of the, point of tlie pinnre. — Hk.'Sp. Z. p. 175. 

 Brit. F. t. 27. 



Hab. Scotland and Norway to Hungary and Dalmatia. — Intermediate between Euta- 

 muraria and septenti-ionale. 



115. A. Suta-mKraria, Linn. ; St. tufted, 2-4 in. 1., slender, wiry, naked, 

 ebeneous to -..ndo tlie base ; fr. 1-2 in. 1., about 1 in. br., deltoid, cut down to the 

 rachis into a few pinnce on each side, the' lower ones again cut down into 

 spathulato-cuneate pinnl., which are serrated round the outer edge ; texture 

 coriaceous ; rachis firm, green, naked ; veins flabellate ; sori copious. — Hk. I'ip. 3. 

 p. 176. Brit. F. t. 28. 



Hab. Arctic Europe to Spain, Algiers, Cashmere, Tibet, and Siberia ; United 

 States. 



116. A. Hooherianum, Col. ; sf. tufted, 1-3 in. 1., slender, greenish, deciduously 

 scaly ; ^. 3-8 in. 1., 1^-4 in. br., ovate-deltoid, with several distinctly stalked 

 erecto-patent pinnae on each side, which are sometimes 1-2 in. 1., with several 

 stalked pinnl. Jin. each way, the lower half cuneate, the upper rounded and 

 crenate ; texture herbaceous ; rachis greenish ; veins subflabellate ; sori 3-5 to a 

 pinnl. — Hk. Sp. 3. p. 194. A. adiantoides, yar. minus, Hk. Fil. Ic. PL t. 983. 



Hab. New Zealand. — The pinnse and pinnules in shape resemble those of Jiuta- 

 muraria, but the petioles of the former are terete, not flattened, and the texture is 

 thinner. A plant which resembles this (var. JUairii, Hk. fil.) has pinnate pinnules and 

 Dareoid sori. 



117- A. mageUanieum, Kaulf. ; st. tufted, 3-4 in. ]., wiry, naked, ebeneous 

 below ; fr. 2-3 in. 1., 1-1 J in. br., deltoid with several pinnce on each side, the 

 lower (Jhes often 1 in. 1., f in. br., cut down to the rachis into several distinct 

 pinnl. on each side, which are again cut down below into cuueato-spathulate 

 segm, 1-1^ lin. br., which are slightly inciso-serrate round the outer edge ; 

 texture coriaceous ; rachis green, naked, compressed ; veins obscure, flabellate ; 

 sori oblong, copious, at length covering the whole surface. — Hk. Sp. 3. p. 177. 

 Hk. & Gr. Ic. 1. 180. 



Hab. Temperate S. America. — Divisions like thoae of Suta-mwaria, but the frond 

 more compound. 



118. A. fissum, Kit. ; st. tufted, 2-6 in. 1., slender, naked, ebeneous below ; /r. 

 2-.T iu. 1., 1-2 in. br., oblong-deltoid, with a few distant ^ireMCE on each side, with 

 distinct iiabellato-cuneate pinnl. which are again deeply pinnatifid ; ult. segm. 

 under ^ lin. br. ; texture herbaceous ; rachis green, naked, slender ; veins 

 solitary ; sori linear-oblong, when mature occupying the whole breadth of the 

 segments. — Hk. Sp. 3. p. 177. 



Hab. Scattered from Gothland to Turkey and Naples. — ^A well-marked species. 



119. A. pekinense, Hance ; st. densely tufted, 1-2 in. 1., firm, greenish, nearly 

 naked, ebeneous below ;/r. 4-6 in. 1., 1-1| in. br., with several lanceolate-deltoid 

 pinnce on each side, which are cut down to a compressed rachis into several 

 ovate-rhomboid al pinnl. on each side, which are again deeply pinnatifid ; ult. segm. 

 linear-cuneate ; texture subcoriaceous ; upper surface shining ; rachis compressed 

 green, naked ; veins and sori one to a segm. — A. sepulchi'ale, Hook. edit. 1. 



Hab. Japan, Oldham, 83, 304, 462 ; Ciiina, Bldkiston, Maingay, Robinson.— This cornea 

 nearest to A . varians, but the texture is thicker, and the segments are narrower. 



120. A. montanum, Willd. ; st. tufted, 2-3 in. 1., wiry, naked, ebeneous below ; 



