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leaflets, 1ft. or more in length and 4in. to 6in. broad, are divided into 

 numerous spear-shaped pinnules (leafits) with blunt lobes, reaching nearly 

 down to the stalks. The sori (spore masses) are short, oblong in shape, the 

 lower ones only being double. — Hooker, Species Filicum, hi., p. 233. 



A. (Euasplenium) hirtum— Eu-as-pV-ni-um ; hir'-turn (hairy), Kaulfuss. 



A stove species, of medium growth, native of Madagascar, Mauritius, the 

 Philippine and the Solomon Islands, and, according to Beddome, also found 

 in Burmah, Penang, and Java. Its fronds, ljft. to 2ft. long, 4in. to Sin. 

 broad, and borne on strong, erect, brownish stalks 2in. to 4in. long and very 

 hairy, are furnished with numerous horizontal, leathery pinna3 2in. to Bin. long 

 and about Jin. broad, sharply pointed, broadly but not deeply toothed on 

 their edge, and conspicuously auricled (eared) at then base on the upper side. 

 The sori (spore masses) are disposed in two regular rows, which fall 

 considerably short of the edge. — Hooker, Species Filicum, hi., p. 149, t. 191. 

 Beddome, Ferns of British India, t. 194. 



A. (Athyrium) Hohenackerianum — Ath-yr'-i-um ; Ho-hen'-ack-er- 

 i-a'-num (Hohenacker's), Kunze. 

 A very distinct, greenhouse species, native of Ceylon and Scinde, and, 

 according to Beddome, not uncommon on the ISTeilgherries and Anamallays, 

 and very abundant from the plains up to 4000ft. elevation in Coorg and 

 South Canara. Its fronds, borne on firm, erect stalks 2in. to 4in. long and 

 clothed throughout with linear scales, are about 9in. long, Bin. broad, and 

 furnished with numerous spear-shaped pinnae (leaflets) of a papery texture 

 and light green colour, cut down to the midrib into toothed pinnules 

 (leafits). The oblong sori (spore masses) are plentifully produced. — Hooker, 

 Species Filicum, hi., p. 220. Beddome, Ferns of Southern India, t. 150. 



A. (Euasplenium) Hookerianum — Eu-as-ple'-ni-um ; Hook-er-i-a'-num 



(Hooker's), Colenso. 

 This pretty, small-growing, greenhouse species, native of New Zealand, 

 has much the appearance of our native A. Ruta-muraria, at least so far as the 

 shape of the pinnae and pinnules (leaflets and leafits) is concerned, but their 

 texture is thinner and their stipites (stalks) are terete (long and round) and 

 not flattened. Its fronds, seldom more than Sin. long and 4in. broad, are 



