952. Axiirnfum oei r nr Willd,. r -110— 
Local in thickets , sometimes in clearings or on open land, 2000-3500 ft. 
Specimen is from Jiracasaca, 2500 ft. Sept. 48 specimens,. 
953 Adientum tenerum Sw, 
Common on demp tanks , forest, 5000-4000 ft. Specimen was collected near Om ..... 
Onaca, 2000 ft. Dec.. 50 specimens, many poor, 
954 Adientum convolution To urn. 
Observed only near Jiracasaca, 3000 ft, on a damp, shady bank, edge of 
forest. Sept. 8 specimens, 
955 Adientum concinnum L ocal in dry forest' End thickets, sides of glens or 
banks, 1000-3500 ft., Below 2000 ft, the plants are small. Specimen is 
from Jiracasaca, 2500 dffcv Sept. 47 specimens, ipenty small, 
956 Adientum lunula turn Burm, 
Sommon locally in dry forest, shady banks or glens, below 2000 ft,; one 
of the few ferns of the dry forest region. It springs up with the first 
rains, in May or June ; The rachis is sometimes proliferous. In Feb, and 
March it withers, except in demp situations; specimen collected near 
Bonda, 150 ft,. Aug... 50 specimens* 
9567 a. Variety collected on the Agua Dulce RORd, 100-2000 ft, forest on 
banks, Vov. 21. All the specimens from this locality have longer s<^ 
ments than the ordinary form, with broader lobes, and the sori extend 
nearly axross the lobes instead of occupying only the middle. Prolifer- 
ous stems were very commoii but they are pare in the other form, 
957 Top of the San Lorenzo Ridge, thicket, about 7500 ft. March. I found 
only three or four leaves and have not observed the speeiea elsewhere,. 
Vo specimens except one (small) for V,Y, 
958 Specimen from Alto de Cielo 5000 ft, Dec, 12. This form occurs loceljr 
on demp rocks, in ravines, 3500-5500 ft. It appears to be rather rare. £ 
It is often a^sof ciated with Vo ,,2449, but ha.s quite a different appeared 
anc e , 
956 13 additional specimens, 
95§ 
Damp mountain forest, 4000-6000 ft, principally on rocks by streams. Sped 
imen is from Las Vubes, 4500 ft, Peb,. The segments vary in form but ere & 
generally acuminate and the apex of the leaf is often very attenuate; 
sori near the base as well as on the outer part of the segment, and 
longish; veins nearly attaining the margin; petiole dark, not m argined, a 
and the rhachis only slightly so, 22 specimens, 
959 Asplenium pulchellum Raadi , 
Local end rare in dry forest and on rocks by streams in open places, 
2000-4000 ft,. Specimens are from the Victoria estate, 3000 ft. March, 
This may prove to be a dwarf variety ofITtf,. 2449; specimens growing in 
shady and damp places are hardly distinguishable from that species, ex^' 
cept in size, and number of segments. The petiole is greenish, 
30 specimens, 
959 Specimen from a glen below Don .Amo, about 1200 ft, on rocks close to 
the we, ter. Sept, 30. In my previous note I stated that this fern grew inX” 
dry forest, but I should have added that it 4s in forest close to stream . 
Oenerally it is found on rocks close to the water, where it is over- 
flowed; after heavy rains . 
960 
