38. ASPLESIOI, §§§ DABEA. 2-1 



§§§ Darj'. Juss. {Ccenopteris, Bory). Veins simple, ultimate divisions of the 

 fiuu'i narrowh/ linear ; son linear or Unear-dlong, marginal or submarginal. 

 Sp. 15e-177. See ako Sp. 63, 144. Fig. 38. b. c. 



* Fronds 6-9 in. L, lanceolate or subdeltoid. Sp. 156-164. 



156. A. (Darea) Mc.nnii, Hk. ; St. tufted, 1 in. or more 1., slendef, naked ; fr. 

 1-2 in. 1., 1 in. br., lanceolate-deltoid, the upper branches simple, the lower ones 

 once or twice forked dichotomously ; primaty or secondary branches j-J in. ]., 

 not more than J lin. br. ; texture thinly herbaceous, a single yein in eacubranch ; 

 sort oblong, solitary, marginaL — Hi. 2nd Cent. t. 60. 



Hab. Cameroon Moimtains and Fernando Fo, discoveied by Gostave Mann ; and 

 gathered also lately in Zambesi Land by Dr. Kirk. ^' 



157. A. (Darea) bracAypteron, Kunze ; it. tufted, 2-4 in. 1., vriry, naked ; fr. 

 4-6 in. 1., 1-1^ in. br., with 12-24 horizontal pinnte on each side, of which from 

 half to nearly the whole of the lower side is cut away, the largest ^f in. 1., cut 

 down to the rachis into simple or forked linear pinnl. 1-1^ lin. 1. ; texture 

 herbaceous ; rachis slender, naked ; sort soUtarv, often quite marginal. — Hh. FU. 

 Ex. t. 14. 



Hab. Madagascar, Natal, Angola, and Guinea Coast. 



168. A. (Darea) Dregeanum, Eunze ; iJ. 2-4 in. 1., grey, naked ; fr. 6-9 in. I., 

 2-3 in. br., flaccid and rooting at the point, withnnmerons flaccid />i»n<s on each 

 side, some of which have half the lower side cut away ; the largest 1-1^ in. 1., 

 cut down into simple or slightly-forked linear pinnl. ^§ in. 1. ; texture 

 herbaceous ; rachis naked ; sori solitary, submaiginal. — Hi. ^. 3. p. 214. 



Hab. Natal. — ^Veiy donbtfaUy distinct from A. brachypteron, with which it is joined by 

 /Mettenins. 



159. A. (Darea) obtusilobum, Hk. ; st. tufted, 2-4 in. ]., naked, greenish ; fr. 

 6 in. 1., 2 in. br., with 9-12 subdeltoid. j»nn<e on each side, of which only the 

 inner third on the lower side is cut away, the largest 1 in. 1., J in. br. ; lowest 

 pinnl. f in. deep, flabellately cut into 3-5 linear lobes ; iextiav herbaceous ; 

 rachis green, naked ; txins one in each fork ; sort submarginal. — HL: Ic. t. 1000. 



Hab. Tanna and Aneitenm ; and a less-divided plant gathered by Dr. Seemann in Fiji 

 is probably the same. — Closely aUied to the two preceding. 



160. A. (Darea) dichotomum, Hk. ; st. tufted, 1 in. 1., firm, erect, greenish ; 

 fr. 3-4 in. 1., 1-lj in. br., oblong, acute, tripinnate, with 8-12 pinnce on each 



side, which are truncate on the lower side, cut down to a narrow compressed 

 rachis, only the lower pinnl. again pinnatifid ; ult. segm. li-2 lin. 1., -J in. br. ; 

 texture herbaceous ; main rachis compressed, greenish, naked ; one vein to each 

 segm. ; sori solitary, linear, quite marginal. — HJc. Sp. 3. p. 210. 2nd Cent. t. 39. 



Hab. Borneo. 



161. A. (Darea) hipinnatum, Brackenr. ; st. tufted, 2-4 in. I., naked, wiry, 

 slender ; fr. 6-8 in. 1., 1-1^ in. br., with 12-20 close-placed erecto-patent pinnee 

 on each side, the largest ^-| in. L, f in. br., cut down to the rachis into linear 

 slightly-flattened pinnl. ^ in. deep, the lowest again pinnatifid ; texture subcori- 

 aceous ; rachis firm, erect, naked ; veins one in each segm. ; sori small, solitary, 

 marginal. — ^D. furcata. Brack, p. 170. A. Seemanni, Garruth. 



Hab. Fiji ; gathered by Brackenridge, Seemann, and Milne. 



