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21. A. spathulatum, Bory. — Stipites tufted from a small scaly root- 

 stock, very slender, 1^-2 in. 1., freely clothed with spreading silky 

 yellowish bright hairs ; fronds spreading ^ - 2 or 3 in. 1. - J in. b. ob- 

 long or spathulate, the apex rounded, the base cuneate or tapering, soft 

 in early growth, at length firm ; pale green, both surfaces freely clothed 

 with silky yellowish hairs, which are fringe-like around the margins ; 

 veins forked; fertile fronds on longer stipites, rounded, ovate or ellip- 

 tical, J - J in. 1. and nearly as w. — Fil. Escot. t. 29. A. piloselloides, 

 Presl. 



Infrequent on banks and rocks with moss and other herbage over 

 2,000 ft. altitude. The localities of this species are infrequent, but it 

 is usually plentiful where found. A pretty dimunitive plant, that re- 

 sembles much, half buried in the moss in which it of ten grows, a sundew. 

 It is abundantly fertile, and I have never observed it at any season of 

 the year without the soriferous fronds. The small fibrous root stock is 

 clothed densely with bright-golden silky scales. The fronds are few or 

 several. 



22. A. Lindeni, Bory. — Rootstock short, densely clothed with darkly 

 ferruginous, crispate, slightly ciliate fine hairlike scales; stipites tufted, 

 very slender, 3 - 5 in. 1. freely furnished with spreading ferruginous 

 hairs ; fronds pendent, variable in size, the smaller ovate or ovate-ob- 

 long, the larger oblong-lanceolate, 1| - 5 in. 1. f - in. w., the apex 

 acute or roundly pointed, the base rounded or cuneate, chartaceous, 

 densely pellucid-dotted, dark green above, paler beneath, more or less 

 ciliate on both sides and with a fringe of ferruginous hairs along the 

 margins, midrib slender : veins open, evident, 1 - I J 1. apart, simple or 

 forked ; fertile fronds on longer stipites, rounded at both ends, ellip- 

 tical, f - 1^ in. 1. ^ - f in. w. — A. venustum, Liebm. 



Infrequent on the sides of large rocks and banks in the forest above 

 7,000 feet altitude, just below the crown of Blue Mountain Peak. 

 Remarkable for its variable fronds and long very slender stipites, open, 

 venation, and the dark tan-coloured scales, which on the surfaces of the 

 fronds are to a considerable extent deciduous. 



23. A. siliquoidei, Jenm. — Rootstock short, stoutish, fibrous, densely 

 clothed with silky hairlike yellowish or rather ferruginous scales ; sti- 

 pites tufted, several, rather strong, 2 - 5 in L, freely clothed with long, 

 spreading, aureous hairs; fronds linear-oblong, pendent, ^-1 ft. 1. fths- 

 l^ths in. w , the apex acute or bluntish, the base tapering, firm, densely 

 pellucid dotted, light green, freely clothed, especially along the some- 

 what sinuate margins, with silky golden hairs ; veins simple and 

 forked, f - 1 li. apart ; fertile fronds rounded at both ends, ovate or el- 

 liptical, f - IJ in. 1. |-1 in. w., stipites longer thickened in the upper 

 part. 



Infrequent on open banks and rocks from 2,000 - 5,000 ft. altitude. 

 Distinguished from villoswn by the narrower, thicker more hairy bar- 

 ren fronds, and difform spoon-shaped fertile ones, which are at first 

 folded together, with close edges, like pods, opening out flat at maturi- 

 ty. It has a peculiar astringent smell when growing. The long silky 

 hairs densely envelope the young fronds. Seen in sunlight, on all 

 parts of the plants, they have a most exquisite golden tinge. 



24. A. villosum, Sv^-artz — Rootstock short, densely coated with hairHek 



