ASPLEMIUM. 489 



pinnm dose, lower stalked, lanceolate-deltoid, 1^2 in. br., lowest rather shorter 

 and broader than central ; pinnl. rhomboid, sessUe, ereeto-patent, cuneate and 

 entire in lower half, ^-J in. br., pinnaUfid in upper half, with ascending blunt 

 lignlate or oblong lobes ; texture flaccid, but firm ; surfaces naked, dark-green ; 

 veins fine, distant, ereeto-patent ; sori on outside of reins in the lobes only, J-J 

 in. h—Journ. Bot. 1873, p. 17. 



Hab. Lord Howe's Island, 0. Moore. 



184. A. thelypteroides, var. anantodioides ; pinnl. ineiso-dentate ; sori shorter, 

 oblong, not more than ^ lin. L — Athyrium aUantodioides, Bed»:L F. B. I. 

 t. 221. 



Hab. East Himalayas. 



188. A. achiUeaifo&um, var. grande; sori much larger than in type, I5-2 lines, 

 mostly in a single row on each side close to midrib of pinnte. — ^Athyrium 

 grande. Fee. 



Hab. Mexico, Borgeau, 2009. 



189. A. macrocarpum, var. Aiinnsoni, Clarke ; Jr. membranous, 3-4 in. 1., lan- 

 ceolate bipinnatifid ; basal scales minute, red-brown, lanceolate acuminate ; inr. 

 fimbriated. 



Hab. Sikkim, C. B. Clarice. 



192*. A. (AthjT.) ScMmperi, A. Br. ; rhizome wide-creeping, \ in. thick ; basal 

 scales 3-4 lines, linear or lanceolate, bright-brown ; st. ^-| ft., naked strami- 

 neous ; fr. oblong-lanceolate or -deltoid, H^ ft. 1., 3-9 in. br., 3-4-pinnatifid ; 

 pinruB close, lanceolate, stalked, lowest distant, reduced ; segm. close, oblong or 

 lanceolate, sharply ineiso-dentate ; texture firm, membranous ; surfaces green, 

 naked ; veins pinnate in lobes ; sori small, oblong-reniform. — ^Athyrium Schim- 

 peri, Moug. in Fee, Gen. Fil. p. 186. 



Hab. AbyBsinia, Schimper, 741, &c. ; Cameroon Mountains, 7,000 ft., Mann, — ^Differs 

 mainly from FUix-ftemina by its wide-creeping rhizome. 



198. The following vars. may be distinguished : — 1. australe, R. Br., India, 

 Australia, Tropical Afnca ; fr. S-pinnatifid, more flaccid in texture than type ; 

 ult. s^m. broader, blunter ; sori longer (1 line). 2. muliicaudatum (Wall. D. Jer- 

 doni, Bedd. F. B. 1. 1. 327), Himalayas ; fr. firmer in texture, 4-pinnatifid ; ult. 

 s^m. ligulate, toothed, blunt, 1-1^ lin. br., containing several short (J line) sori. 

 3. procerum (Wall), Himalayas ; fr. larger, moderately firm, fuUy 4-pinnate ; 

 ult. lobes blunt, entire, with a single oblong \ lin. sorus at their base. 4. assimile 

 (Endl. Bedd. F. B. 1. 1. 294), Australia, Norfolk Island, Ceylon ;/r. bright-green, 

 4-pinnate ; 4-nary lobes 1-1^ lin. br., entire or subpinnatifid, nearly filled with 

 ereeto-patent linear-oblong often diplazioid sori. A. (Dipl.) Crriffithii, No. 245, 

 is perhaps a fifth variety. 



208*. A. (Dipl.) Riedeliamtm, Bong. ; s*. 1 ft., naked, grey-stramineons ; 

 fr. lanceolate-acuminate, 1 ft. 1., 4-5 in. br., pinnatifid in upper, simply pinnate 

 in lower half ; lowest pinn(B much longest, subpetiolate, lanceolate, entire, acute, 

 ascending, 3-4 in. 1^ lin. br., square on upper side at base, rounded from midrib 

 on lower, axils gemmiparous, aU except 2-3 lower pairs more or less adnate ; 

 divisions of pinnatifid apex blunt, rather imbricated _; texture firm, thin ; surfaces 

 naked, bright-green ; veins distinct, distant, in sparingly pinnated groups ; sori 

 medial, 3-4 lines.— 5o*er, Fl. Bras.fasc. 49. p. 450. t. 61. D. dissinule, Fee, Fil. 

 Bras. t. Zl.fiff. 1. 



Hab. South Brazil, Riedd, Fritz Mvller. 



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