CATALOGUE OP PERNS. 
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Teibe IY. ASPLENIEjE, J. 8m. 
Sporangia produced on one or on both sides of the venules, 
forming oblong or linear sori, oblique to the midrib or axis of 
venation, furnished with a plane or vaulted lateral indusium. 
65. ASPLENIUM, Linn. 
Vernation fasciculate, erect or decumbent, rarely uniserial, 
sarmentose. Fronds varying from simple-entire to decompound, 
and from a few inches to 2-6 feet high, generally smooth. Veins 
rayed, forked, or pinnate; venules free, sporangiferous on the 
superior side. Sori simple, oblong or linear. Indusium plane 
or vaulted. 
§ 1. Asplenium verum . — Indusium plane. 
1. A. serratum, Linn. ; Flum. Fil. t. 104 ; ScJiJc. Fit. t. 64. — 
Tropical America. 
2. A. ereimlatum, Fresl. A. Nidus, Radd. Fil. Bras. t. 53 
(non Linn.). — Tropical America. 
3. A. Hemionitis, Linn. A. palmatum, Lam.; SchJc. Fil. t. 
66 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. 868 ; Fool. Bot. Mag. t. 4911. — - 
South Europe, North Africa, Madeira. 
4. A. angustifolium, Michx.; SchJc. Fil. t. 47 et 69. — North 
America. 
5. A. lucidum, Forst. ; SchJc. Fil. t. 72; Schlecht. Fil. t. 14. 
A. heterodon, Kunze ; Metten. Fil. Fort. Leip. t. 8 .f. 1, 
2 ; ? Blume. — New Zealand. 
6. A. obfrasatum, Forst.; SchJc. Fit. t. 68; Labill. Nov. Foil. 
t. 242./. 2. — Tasmania, New Zealand. 
7. A. obliquum, Forst. ; SchJc. Fil. t. 71 ; Labill. Nov. Foil. 
t. 242 .f. 1. — Polynesia. 
8. A. oligophyllum, Kaulf. — Brazil. 
9. A. compressum, Sw. A. fcecundum, Kunze. — St. Helena. 
10. A. obtusifolmm, Linn.; Blum. Fit. t. 67 ; FooJc. et Girev. 
Ic. Fil. t. 239. — West Indies. 
11. A. marirmm, Linn. ; Fng. Bot. t. 392 ; SchJc. Fil. t. 68 ; 
