328 BOTANY OF SOCOTRA. 



2. A. Schweinfurthii, Baker in Proc. Roy. Soc. Edin. ; Kuhn in Ber. 

 Deut. Bot. Ges. i. (1883), 239. Tab. 100. 



Caudice crecto, paleis clathratis nigrescentibus acuminatis, stipitibus elongatis dense crespitosis; 

 frondibus oblongo-lanceolafcis simpliciter pinnatis, pinnis 6-8-jugis lanceolatis serratis, basi 

 inrequalibus subsessilibus, infimis reductis, venis laxis perspicuis ; soris magnis oblongis 

 confluentibus. 



Caudex erectus paleis clathratis nigrescentibus acuminatis lanceolatis v. lanceolato-deltoideis 

 dense vestitus. Stipitcs permulti dense crespitosi 3-6 poll, longi paleis minutis consimilibus 

 linearibus vel subulatis prsediti. Lamina oblongo-lanceolata firmula semipedalis 2-2^ 

 poll, lata utrinque sordide viridis; rhachi minute paleacea, pinnis 6-8-jugis lanceolatis, 

 serratis sessilibus v. brevissime petiolatis, basi postice cuneato-truncatis, centralibus 1-1| 

 poll, longis, \-\ poll, latis, infimis conspicue reductis, impari termiuali ssepessime magno. 

 Vena; laxae perspicuee erecto-patentes furcatse. Sori oblongi magni demum confluentes 

 pinnarum totam faciem inferiorum occupantes, involucro membranaceo fugaci. 



Nom. Vern. Tajayia. 



Soeotra. On the Haghier hills south from Tamaricla. B.C.S. n. 490. 

 Schweinf. n. 663. 



Distrib. Endemic. 



A close ally of A. marinum, Linn. (Sp. 1540), from which it differs by its 

 peculiar paleas extending to the style and rhachis, its darker green colour and 

 firmer texture, its pinnae not more than half as numerous and more distant from 

 one another, its much fewer veins, and very large oblong confluent sori. 



3. A. prsomorsum, Swartz Proclr. Fil. Ind. Occ. (1788), 130. 



A.furcatum, Thunb. Prod. Cap. (1794) 172; Hook, and Baker Syn. Fil. ed. 2 (1874), 214; Bedd. 

 Ferns South. Ind. t. 144. 



Soeotra. On the Haghier hills above Tamarida. B.C.S. n. 443. 

 Distrib. A widely spread tropical species. 



8. ACTTNOPTERIS. 



Actinopteris, Link Fil. Sp. Berol. 73 ; Hook, and Baker Syn. Fil. ed. 2 (1874), 246. 



A genus including a single species of considerable distribution in Africa, 

 the Mascarene Islands, and eastern Asia. 



A. dichotoma, Bedd. Ferns South. Ind. 43, t. 124. 



A. dichotoma, Mett. var. australis, ex Kuhn in Ber. Deut. Bot. Ges. i. (1883), 239. 

 A. radiuta, Link loc. cit; Hook, and Baker loc. cit.; Hook. Ic. PI. tt. 975, 976. 

 A. radiata, Link var. australis,. Hook. Sp. Fil. iii. 275. 



Soeotra. Common. B.C.S. n. 144. Schweinf. nn. 312, 776. 

 Distrib. Of the genus. 



9. NEPHRODIUM. 



Ncphrodiuw, Rich, in Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer. ii. 266; Hook, and Baker Syn. Fil. ed. 2 (1874;, 259. 

 A large cosmopolitan genus. 



