484 ASPLENIUM. 



63*. A. ohlmgatum, Mett. ; st. and racUs naked, castaneo-ebeneous, the latter 

 with a distinct Iierbaceous wing upwards ; fr. lanceolate, l^-ft. 1., proliferous 

 at apex ; pinnw lax, patent, sessile, blunt, subpinnatifid, subequal at base, 

 central longest. If in. 1., i in. br., lower reduced gradually; texture membra- 

 nous ; surfaces light-green, the lower with a few slender hairs ; veins erecto- 

 patent ; sqri 4-10-jugate, m&d\a\.—KwM, Linn. 36. i?. 97. 



Hab. PaDama, Scholt, 44.— Eecedes from alaivm towards rhieophorum. 



66*. A. decmrens. Baker ; St. and rachis grey, naked ; fr. oblong-lanceolate, 

 15-18 in. 1. ; pinnae ascending, 6-6-jugate, adnate, and abruptly decurrent on 

 lower, nearly or quite free and rounded on upper side at base, ligulate-lanceolate, 

 acute, 6-6 in. I., 1-1^ in. br., crenulate in upper half, especially near the tip, the 

 lowest not reduced, the end one much larger than the others, acuminate and 

 proliferous at the tip ; texture firm-membranous ; surfaces dark-green, naked ; 

 veins fine, distinct, not close, erecto-patent ; sori medial or rarely prolonged to 

 costa, parallel, ^^ in. 1. ; inv. narrow, firm. 



Hab. Samoa, Rev. T. Powell. 



60*. A. diplotion. Baker ; St. and rachis grey, nearly naked ;/r. oblong, simply 

 pinnate, 9-18 in. 1., 9-10 in. br. ; pinnm 6-12-jugate, lanceolate, close, sub- 

 patent, all except upper stalked, dilated into auricles above a broad cuneate 

 base, 15-18 lin. br., narrowed gradually to a long acuminate point, sharply 

 toothed throughout ; texture subcoriaceous ; surfaces naked ; veins moderately 

 close and distinct, flabellate at the base of the pinnse, central much-ascending, 

 once forked ; sori ^-f in. 1., reaching from midrib nearly to edge. 



Hab. MalliooUo, New Hebrides, Richards, in Serb. Macleay. 



65*. A. atrovirens, Baker ; st. and rachises dull, blackish, with a few minute 

 scattered lanceolate scales ; fr. oblong-lanceolate, l-j-2 ft. 1., gemmiparous at 

 apex ; pinnm 10-16-jngate, not close, ascending, linear-ligulate, 6-6 in. 1., }-l in. 

 br., acuminate, slightly crenat.e towards tip, more cuneate on the lower than the 

 upper side at the base, subpetiolate, lowest not reduced ; texture thin but firm ; 

 surfaces naked, dark-green ; veins erecto-patent, fine, forked, not close ; sori 

 regular, parallel, medial, J-^ in. 1., a space from both edge and costa. — A. persi- 

 cifolium, var. atrovirens, Hk. Sp. 3. p. 109. 



Hab. Guadaloomar, Solomon Isles, Milne. 



65*. A. ZenJcerianum, Kze. ; st. 6-9 in. 1., grey-green, tufted, slightly scaly ; 

 fr. oblong-lanceolate, 1^-2 ft. 1., sometimes proliferous at the tip ; pinnce distant, 

 15-20-iugate, stalked, ligulate-lanceolate, acuminate, 3-5 in 1., l-J}^ in. br., dis- 

 tinctly inciso-crenate, broadly rounded on the upper, cuneate-truncate on the 

 lower side at the base, lowest rather reduced ; texture thin, but firm ; surfaces 

 naked, dark- green ; veins erecto-patent, fine, distant, forked ; sori regular, 

 parallel, 3-4 lin. 1., near the costa, scarcely produced more than halfway to edge ; 

 inv. broad, firm. — A. persicifolium, Tlh. Sp. S. p. 109. ex parte. 



Hab. Neilgherries and Ceylon. 



65*. A. Milnei, Carruth. ; st. and rachises greenish, slightly fibrillose ; fr. 

 oblong-lanceolate, 1-1;^ ft. 1. ; pinnce 15-20-iugate, linear-ligulate, acuminate, 3-4 

 in. 1., |-| in. br., sharply toothed, especially towards tip, subpetiolate, parallel 

 with the rachis on the upper, cuneate-truncate on the lower side at base ; texture 

 thin, but firm ; swfaces naked, davk-green ; veins distinct, slender, erecto-patent ; 

 sori very regular and close, 4-6 lines 1., reaching nearly to both edge and midrib. 

 —Fl. Vit.p. 353. b J' o 



Hab. Lord Howe's Island, Mih.e.—'&oxi like those of muUilineaium. 



