38. ASPLENIUM, §§§§§§ ANISOGONIUM. 243 



ones ; texture coriaceous ; xeins in pinnate groups, the outer upper vein of the 

 group joining the others before they reach the edge, but the separate groups free 

 from one another. — Hk. Sp. 3. p. 265. 



Hab. Mexico, IAeim<mn. 



265. A. (Aniso.) Kunzei; Mett. ; st. 6-15 in. 1., firm, erect, furfuraceous ; fr. 

 varying in shape from spathulato-elliptical, 9 in. 1., 2 in. br., slightly lobed 

 below, to 18 in. 1., 6-9 in. br., the upper half deeply pinnatifid, with deltoid or 

 lanceolate-acuminate lobes, the lower half with distant oblong-acuminate entire 

 pinnos 3-4 in. 1., 1^-2 in. br. ; tea^ure coriaceous ; veiris in pinnated groups which 

 unite very near the midrib, with slender lines of sori on each extending to the edge. 

 ~Hh.Sp.S.p.2m. 



Hab. Ecuador and Peru. 



266. A. (Aniso.) cordifolivm, Mett. ; st. 6-12 in. 1., firm, erect, scaly below ; fr. 

 8-12 in. 1., 3-4 in. br., entire, cordate at the base, the point acuminate ; texture 

 coriaceous ; veins in close groups of about four, anastomosing copiously in the 

 outer half of the pagina ; sori reaching from the midrib to the edge. — ^, D. 

 integrifoUum, Blume ; Jr. 12-18 in. 1., subdeltoid, with a large terminal and 

 one or two pairs of smaller but similar spreading lateral pinnce. — jHS. iSp. 3. 

 p. 267. Ic. t. 936. 



Hab. Philippines and Malayan Peninsula and Isles. 



267. A. (Aniso.) alisnuefolium, Hk. ; st. 2-6 in. 1., firm, erect, scaly throughout ; 

 fr. varying in shape from simple, oblong-lanceolate, 6-9 in. 1., 2-3 in. br., the 

 edges entire, the apex acuminate, to ternate or pinnate, with a large terminal 

 and three pairs of lateral pinnce, each like the entire frond of the simple 

 state ; teicture coriaceous ; veins about three to a group in the inner half, but 

 anastomosing copiously with hexagonal areolae towards the edge. — Hk. Sp. 3. 

 p. 267. A. Cumingii, Mett. 



Hab. Luzon, Cuming, 116. 



268. A. (Aniso.) Uneolatum, Mett. ; st. 6-9 in. 1., firm, erect, grey, scaly below ; 

 fr. occasionally simple, usually with a terminal pinna and 3-6 pairs of lateral 

 ones, which are 6-12 in 1., 2 in. or more br., entire, often suddenly acuminate ; 

 texture coriaceous ; rachis naked ; veins 4-8 to a cluster, uniting slightly 

 towards the edge. — Diplazium, Bl. A. elegans, Mett. Hk. Sp. 3. p. 268. Ic. 

 PL t. 939. 



Hab. Philippines an(> Malayan Peninsula and Islands. 



269. A. (Aniso.) heteropMeUum, Mett. MSS. ; st. I ft. 1., grey, scaly 

 throughout ; fr. 12-18 in. 1., 8-9 in. br., with 6-8 opposite pairs of pinnce below 

 the pinnatifid apex ; the lowest 2 in. or more apart, 3-4 in. ]., 1-lJ in. br., the 

 edge undulated, the point acute, the base cordate on both sides ; texture thinly 

 herbaceous ; colour dark-green ; rachis villose and fibrillose throughout ; both 

 surfaces naked ; veins pinnate, the groups joining one-third of the way from the 

 midrib to the edge, and the veins of the same and difi^erent groups anastomosing ; 

 sori not reaching *Jie edge, copiously diplazioid. 



Hab. East Himayalas ; discovered by Griffith, 



270. A. (Aniso.) decussatum, Sw. ; st. 1-2 ft. 1., strong, erect, often muricated ; 

 fr. 2-4 ft. 1., with numerous pinnce on each side, which are 6-12 in. 1., 1-2 in. br., 



often proliferous in the axils, the edge nearly entire qr slightly lobed ; texture 

 herbaceous or subcoriaceous ; veins in copiously pinnated groups, with a 

 distinct barren vein in the centre, uniting one-third of the distance from the 



