38. ASPUEJfltJlI, §§§§ ATHTKIUM. 227 



188. A. (Athyr.) achiUeosfolium, Liebm. ; st. 6-9 in. 1., erect, grey, scaly 

 below ; fr. 12-18 in. 1., 6-9 in. br., ovate-lanceolate, with numerous pimuB on 

 each side, the lower ones 1-1^ in. apart, lanceolate-acuminate, 4-6 in. 1., 1 in. br., 

 cut throughout to a rachis ^ in. br., into regular erecto-patent, oblong, bluntly- 

 toothed pinnl. \ in. 1., J in. br. ; texture herbaceous ; rachis naked, colour dark- 

 green ; veinlets of the pinnl. simple ; sori oblong, often 1 to each lobe of the 

 pinnules.— S^. Sp. S.p. 230. 



Hab. Mexico. — ^Remarkable for tbe regularity of the broad wing of the midrib of its 

 piniiae. 



189. A. (Athyr.) macrocarpum, Blume ; st. 6-9 in. 1., firm, erect, straw- 

 coloured, scaly below ; Jr. 12-24 in. 1., 6-9 in. br., ovate-lanceolate, with 

 numerous pinnce on each side, the lowest 3-6 in. 1., 1-lJ in. br., lanceolate, cut 

 down to the rachis into numerous oblong-rhomboidal pinnl., which are inciso- 

 crenate or pinnatifid ; texture herbaceous ; rachis naked ; lateral veins of segm. 

 forked ; sori copious, large ; invol. oblong-reniform, j-1 lin. br. — HJc. Sp. 3. 

 p. 222. A. foliolosum, Wall, (in part). A. decipiens, fallax, and puncticaule. 



Hab. Himalayas (np to 6^000 ft.), Ceylon, Java, and gathered lately by Dr. Maingay 

 in the prov'tnce of Shantung, ^. China ; and the Japanese A , Goringiam.uinj Mett., is 

 probably the same plant with rather sharper teeth. — This has a general habit not nnlike 

 that of Nephrodium srpinvlosvmi, with the involucre so nearly reniform that Mr. Moore 

 places it in Lastrea. 



190. A. (Athyr.) nigripes, Blume ; St. tufted, 6-12 in. 1., straw-coloured, 

 erect, scaly below ; fr. 12-24 in. 1., 8-12 in. br., ovate-lanceolate, with numerous 

 pinnee on each side, the lowest lanceolate, 6-9 in. 1., 1^2 in. br., cut down to the 

 rachis into numerous elliptico-rhomboidal pinnl., which are broadly lobed about 

 halfway down and the lobes slightly toothed ; texture herbaceous ; rachis naked, 

 straw-coloured ; lateral veins of the segm. forked ; sori liuear-oblong, often 

 curved, 1-1^ lin. 1., principally in two parallel rows close to the midrib of the 

 pinnl. — A. gymnogrammoides, Klotssch. Sk. Sp. 3. p. 227. A. costale, Blume, 

 non Swartz. 



Hab. Himalayas (ascending to 10,000 ft.), Neilgherries, Ceylon, Java, and Japan. — 

 Very like A. macrocarpum in general habit, but quite different in fruit. A. solenopteris, 

 Mett., is a form of this, with the pinnules more sharply toothed, and cut down in the 

 lower part nearly or quite to the rachis ; and there is another plant (var. dissectum, Moore) 

 with much smsiller sori, and the habit of the more finely divided forms of JPUix- 

 fosmina, 



191. A. (Athyr.) niponicum, Mett. ; rhizome creeping, the scales lanceolate, 

 reddish ; s*. 6-12 in. 1., glossy, stramineous ; fr. 1 ft. or more 1., 6-8 in. br. ; pinncB 

 lanceolate, distinctly stalked, cut down nearly or quite to the rachis below into 

 oblong-lanceolate nnequal-sidfed pinnl., which vary from subentire to deeply 

 pinnatifid ; texture herbaceous ; rachis and both sides naked, often tinged with 

 purple ; sori copious, the lower ones often quite horseshoe-shaped. — Mett. Fil. 

 Ind. 2. p. 240. 



Hab. Japan and China. 



192. A. (Ath.vr.) Filir-fcemina, Bernh. ; st. tufted, 6-12 in. 1., firm, erect, 

 straw-coUuie.' i r i,ru>^ nieh, scaly below ; fr. 1-3 ft. 1., 6-12 in. br., oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, wiih humerous pinnm, the lower ones spreading, lanceolate, 3-6 in. 1., 

 1-1^ in. br., cut down to a compressed winged racliis into lanceolate or ovate- 

 rhomboidal /w'kk/., which are again deeply inciso-pinnatifid ; ica^wre thinly herba- 

 ceous ; rachis naked, slender ; veins pinnate in the lobes ; sori linear-oblong, the 

 lower ones often curved, — m. Sp. 3. p. 217. £rit. F. t. 35. 



