490 ASPLENIUM, 



214*. A. (Dipl.) nicotimmfolium, Mett. ; st. and rachu dull-brown, slightly 

 furfuraceous ;fr. subdeltoid, simply pinnate, 2-3 ft. 1., 2 ft. br. ; all pinnw except 

 uppermost free, lowest largest, petiolate, oblong-lanceoalate, f-1 ft. 1., 3-3^ in. br., 

 cuspidate, obscurely denticulate, subeqnally truncate on both sides at base ; tex- 

 ture membranous ; surfaces bright-green, naked ; veins distinct, in close erecto- 

 patent little-ascending groups of 4-6 veinlets each ; sori slender, touching midrib, 

 not edge, reaching 1-1^ in. \.—Ann. Sc, Nat. ser, 5. vol. 2..p. 334. 



Hab. Andes of New Grranada, Liniig, 263. 



216*. A. (Dipl.) negkctum, Karst. ; st. and racMs dull-brown or nearly black, 

 naked or slightly scaly •,fr. simply pinnate, oblong-deltoid, 2-3 ft. 1., 1-1| ft. br. ; 

 pinnos 8-10-jugate below pinnatifid apex, distinctly stalked, ligulate-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, lower 6-9 in. 1., 1-1^ in. br., more or less toothed, truncate or subcu- 

 neate at base, not auricled ; texture subcoriaceous ; surfaces dark-green, naked ; 

 veins distinct, moderately close, lower in groups of 4-6 ; «on begin at midrib, ;j-| 

 in. 1., rarely reaching into outer half of pinnae. — Fl. Columb. 1, p. 106. t. 62. 



Hab. Andes of New Granada and Mexico. 



216*. A. (Dipl.) centripetale, Baker ; caud. erect, 2 ft. high ; st. dull-brown, 

 1 ft. 1., clothed throughout with large linear brown membranous scales ; fr. 

 oblong-deltoid, simply pinnate, lJ-2 ft. 1., 1-li ft. br. ; pinnce 12-20-jugate, 

 sessile, patent, ligulate-lanceolate, largest 6-8 in. 1., 1-lJ in. br., acute, obscurely 

 repand-crenate, equally truncate at base, lowest reduced, deflexed ; rachis fur- 

 furaceous ; texture membranous ; surfaces naked, deep-green ; veins close, distinct, 

 4-6 to lower groups ; sori copious, slender, touching midrib, but usually ceasing 

 halfway across to edge. 



Hab. Jamaica, Macfadym, PwcHe; Martinique, .Beta^er. — Between syhalicum and 



225*. A. (Dipl.) hrachypodum, Baker ; st. tufted, slender, \-\ in., dark-green, 

 with a few minute linear scales ; fr. oblanoeolate acuminate, 4-6 in. 1., 1 in. br., 

 bipinnate ; lower pinnce lanceolate-deltoid, J in. br., distinctly stalked, square on 

 upper side, cuneate-truncate on lower, cut down to rachis below, many lower 

 distant, reduced ; lowest anterior pinnl. much largest, cuneate-oblong, dentate, 

 I-I5 lin, br., the others lanceolate, entire ; texture moderately firm ; surfaces 

 dull-green ; rachis naked ; veins pinnate in lowfir lobes ; sori medial, linear. 



Hab. Luzon, Philippines, Cuming, S6. 



226*. A. (Dipl.) poh/rhizon, Baker ; caud. erect ; st. tufted, grey, ^-1 ft., with 

 scattered lanceolate brown membranous scales ; fr. oblong-deltoid, 6-9 in. 1., 

 bipinnatifid ; pinnce ligulate-lanceolate, patent, lower distant, subpetiolate, 2-3 

 in. 1., f-1 in. br., cut down to a narrow wing into close oblong patent blunt 

 lobes 1^-2^ lin. br., entire or inciso-crenate, lowest of lower pinnse reduced; 

 rachis nearly naked ; texture membranous ; surfaces naked, bright-green ; veins 

 copiously pinnate in pinnules ; sori regular, parallel, medial. — Diplazium decus- 

 satum, Bedd. F. S. 1. 1. 292. 



Hab. Ceylon, Thwmtes, 3951 — Diflfers irom japmiwm by its erect caudex. 



226*. A. (Dipl.) confluens, Kze. ; rhizome wide-creeping ; st. 1^-2 in., slender, 

 green, naked ; fr. lanceolate, 3-4 in. 1,, 1 in. br., bipinnatifid ; rachis slender, 

 naked, winged in upper half ; pinnce oblong-lanceolate, blunt, i in. br., cuneate- 

 truncate on lower side at base, central sessile, crenate, lowest subpetiolate, bluntly 

 lobed halfway down ; texture membranous ; surfaces naked, bright-green ; veins 

 subpinnate in lowest lobes only ; sori very short, medial. 



Hab. Java, Zollinger, 2926. 



