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31*. A. Lindeni, Moore ; st. black, naked ; fr. large, pentagonal, tripinnate ; 

 rachises puBescent above, naked beneath ; segm. subdistant, I5 in. ]., oblong- 

 rhomboid, falcate, acuminate, outer borders closely bluntly lobed, and lobes 

 toothed ; sori oblong or reniform. — Gard. Chron. 1866, p. 778. 



Hab. Amazon Valley ; introduced by Linden. 



31*. A. villosissimum, Mett. ; st. above 1 ft. 1., like rachises, densely paleaceo- 

 pUose above and belovf ; fr. deltoid, bipinnate above, 1 ft. 1. ; side pinnce ascend- 

 ing unijugate ; pinnl. close, 10-12 lin. 1., 2-3 lin. br., subsessile, lanceolate-trape- 

 zoid, obtuse or acuminate, outer edges toothed ; texture subchartaceous ; surfaces 

 dark-green, upper thinly, lower more densely clothed vfith adpressed, slender, 

 soft, reddish hairs ; sori elongated ; inv. densely villose. — Kuhn, Linn. 36. p. 73. 



Hab. Panama, ScTiott, e,*). 



36*. A.sericeam, Eaton ; basal scales large, brown, linear ; st. tufted, 2-4 in. 1., 

 clothed like rachis with fine spreading brown hairs ; fr. lanceolate, bipinnate, 

 j-]|- ft. 1., 2-3 in. br. ; pinnce multijugate, stalked, ascending, lower l-g-2 in. 1., 

 with 6-7 distinct pinnules ; side pinnl. ^-f in. 1., short-stalked, rhomboid, lower 

 border straight or rather decurved, inner parallel with rachis, outer corner del- 

 toid, upper edge denticulate, auricied at base; end segm. larger, rhomboid, eq,ui- 

 lateral ; texture membranous ; surfaces pale-green, densely clothed with adpressed 

 grey hairs; sori narrow, straight, |-^ in. 1., 2-6 to a segment. — Bot. Zeit. 1869, 

 p. 361. 



Hab. Cuba, Wright. — Nearest deltoideum., but pilose and bipinnate. 



42*. A. Bennettii, Carruth. ; st. and rachises black, naked ; fr. 1 ft. 1., del- 

 toid, 2-3-pinnate ; pedicels 3-4 lin. 1. ; segm. broader than deep, ^-f in. br., entire, 

 hemispherical or round-cordate ; texture membranous ; upper- surface glabrous, 

 lower densely bristly ; sori reniform, 6-10, crowded round outer border of seg- 

 ment, i-2 lin. hv.—Fl. Vit. p. 346. 



Hab. Sandwich Isles, Lieut. StricTcland. — ^Very near to or perhaps identical with 

 A. scabrvM, Kze. 



42*. A. Veitchianum, Moore ; st. 4-6 in. 1., black, naked like rachises ; //•. 

 6-8 in. 1., deltoid, bipinnate in lower half, reddish when young ; pedicels J-J in. 1.'; 

 side pinnl, rhomboid, ^-f in. 1., lower border straight, more or less deflexed from 

 tip of pedicel, inner distant from rachis, upper and outer shallowly lobed ; end 

 segm. |-J in. br., equilateral, rounded in upper, deltoid in lower half ; texture 

 membranous ; surfaces naked ; sori 8-12 to a segnient, round, minute, indented 

 into the final \6he,s.—Gard. Chron. 1868, p. 1090. 



Hab. Andes of Peru, Pearce. — Midway in habit between cethiopicum and lunulatum. 



44*. A. suhvolubile, Mett. ; jfr. subscandent, 2-4 ft. 1., oblong, tripinnate, 6-8 

 in. br., with naked glossy castaneous st. and zigzag rachises ; central pinnce 

 lanceolate, with a few short spreading pinnl. ; final petioles very short ; side 

 pinnl. rhomboidal, ^-f in. 1., lower edge in a line with petiole or deflexed, inner 

 edge touching or vi-rapped over rachis, outer shallowly lobed ; lowest pinnl. equi- 

 lateral, much wrapped over rachis of pinns ; surfaces naked, bright-green ; sori 

 minute, round, 6-12 to a segment. — Kuhn, Linn. 36. p. 76. A. concinnum, 

 /3 subscandens, Baker, Syn, Fil, edit. l.p. 123, 



Hab. Andes of East Peru, ^mce, 5378, 6706. 



45*. A. Wagneri, Mett. ; st. 4-6 in. 1., naked, glossy ;//•. subdeltoid, 6-9 in. 1., 

 3-4-pinnate ; lower pinnce and pinnl. stalked, deltoid ; lowest /?e&'ce& 1-1^ lin. 1. ; 



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