ALSOPHILA. 



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(strap-shaped) leafits, which are cut down to a narrow wing. The segments 

 thus produced are of a somewhat leathery texture, closely set, blunt, and 

 dented round the edges. The sori (spore masses), disposed near the midrib, 

 are singularly mixed with dense and much-branched, jointed filaments. — 

 Hooker, Synopsis Filicum, p. 457. 



AMPHIBLESTRA— Am phib-k -stra. See Pteris. 

 AMPHICOSMIA— Am-pliic-os -ml-a. See Memitelia. 

 ANAPELTIS — An-ap-eb-tis. See Polypodium. 

 ANCHISTEA— Anch-is -te-a. See Woodwardia. 



