ASPLENIUM. 487 



lis*. A, Raitsskneclitii, Godet and Reut. ; st. tufted, 2-3 in., green, very 

 slender, naked ; Jr. deltoid, bipinnate, 1-2 in. 1. ; rachis green, flattened ; pinnce 

 few, distant, lowest largest, deltoid, stalked, cut down to rachis into 3-6 cuneate- 

 obovate sessile or subpetiolate ^jn«?., l-lj lin. br., irregularly crenate-lobate on 

 outer edge ; texture membranous ; stirfaces green, naked ; veins close, flabellate ; 

 sori oblong, confluent into an irregular mass near base of pinnules. — Milde. Fil. 

 Eur. p. 78. 



Hab. Asia Minor, Kotschy, Bwassknecht. 



115*. A. Rawsoni, Baker ; st. tufted, 4-5 in., naked, castaneous ; basal scales 

 minute, lanceolate-acuminate, dull-brown ; fr. oblong-deltoid, 2-3 in. 1., bipin- 

 nate ; rachis green, deeply suloate ; pinruB 6-8-jugate, lowest largest, deltoid, 

 stalked, with 3-5 distant sessile cuneate-obovate pinnl. l|-2 lin. br., denticulate 

 round outer edge-; texture subcoriaceous ; surfaces dull-green, naked ; veins close, 

 flabellate, channelled ; sori medial, l-lj; lin. 1., finally confluent in an irregular 

 mass, filling centre of pinnule. — Joum, Bot. 1872, p. 362. A. Ruta-muraria, 

 Pappe 4" Rawson, non L. 



Hab. Mtuzenberg Mountain, Cape Colony, B. W. Bawson. 



118. A. lepidum, Presl, Milde. Fil. Eur. p. 81, Italy, differs from type by 

 greenish, not castaneous stem, and fimbriated involucre. 



122*. A. Wilfordii, Mett. ; rhizome stout, short-creeping ; basal scales dense, 

 linear-subulate, castaneous ; st. 4-8 in., greenish, naked ; fr. \-l ft. I., oblong- 

 lanceolate, tripinnatifid ; rachis green, flattened upwards ; pinnce close, deltoid, 

 ascending, stalked, many lower subequal, j-lj in. br., cuneate-truncate on 

 lower side at base ; lower tertiary segm. cuneate, 1-2 lin. br., deeply flabellato- 

 pinnatifid, with sharply-toothed lobes, each toothl-veined ; texture subcoriaceous ; 

 surfaces dull-green, naked ; veins flabellate, fine, distinct ; sori medial, irregular, 

 4-1 lin. 



Hab. Japan, Oldham, 371 ; Maximowicz, 45 ; Tsus-sima, WUford, 783. — Midway 

 between Adiantum nigrum and sepulcArale. 



120*. A. Bradl^i, Eaton; si. tufted, 2-3 in. I., ebeneous, as is lower half of 

 rachis ; basal scales brown-black, lanceolate-acuminate ; fr. 5-7 in. 1., oblong- 

 lanceolate, bipinnatifid ; pinnce 8-12-jugate, short-stalked, ovate-oblong, the 

 lowest not reduced, the largest pinnatifid, with oblong lobes toothed at the tip ; 

 texture membranous ; sori short, subcostular ; inv. membranous. 



Hab. East Tennessee, Prof. Bradley. — Between montanum and lanceolatum. 



124*. A. splendens, Kze. ; rhisome creeping ; scales minute, linear, bright- 

 brown ; St. 6-9 in., greenish, with a few scales below ; fr. deltoid, f-1 ft. 1., 

 2-3 pinnate ; lower pinnce stalked, deltoid, 1-2 in. br., pinnate or bipinnate ; 

 segm. cuneate-flabellate, \-^ in. br., slightly lobed, sharply toothed round o\iter 

 edge ; texture subcoriaceous ; surfaces naked, upper shining ; veins close, fine, 

 flabellate ; sori copious, slender, irregular, reaching nearly from base to tip of 

 segments. — Hk. Sp. 3. p. 168. 



Hab. Cape Colony. — More coriaceous than euneaium, with sharper closer teeth. • 



125. A. fureatum, var. tripinnatum, Baker ; lower pinnce 2 in. br., bipinnate, 

 with distant pinnl, and obovate-cuneate free lower segments |-f in. br. 



Hab, Natal, Gerrard, 592, Bwhanan, McKm. 



128*. A. lAnchii, Kuhn; st. stramineous, with scattered ovate-acuminate 

 scales; ^. subdeltoid, 8-9 in. 1., 4-pinnatifid ; pinnmlay:, 10-12-j.ugate, lowest 

 largest, deltoid ; ult. hbes stalked, oblanceolate-cuneate, with sharp, narrow, 



