Asplenimi .] 
FILICES. 
lobed in the upper part ; 1-3 lowest lobes free, cuneate-deltoid, the 
rest erecto-patent, ligulate. Veins distinct, erecto-patent. JSori reach- 
ing from the midrib nearly to the edge. Involucre glabrous, persistent. 
A. auritum, S ieber, not Sw. 
Mauritius, frequent in woods. Also Nissobe and Bourbon, where Dr. Balfour 
found a Dareoid form. 
14. A. furcatum, Thunb. ; Rook, and Baker , Syn. Fil. 214. Root- 
stock suberect ; scales linear-subulate, dark bright brown. Stipes 
contiguous, brown, |-1 foot long, scaly in the lower part. Erond 
oblong-lanceolate, subcoriaceous, tripinnatifid, 2 feet long, 3-6 in. 
broad, glabrous ; rachises fibrillose. Pinnae lanceolate-deltoid, par- 
allel with the rachis on the upper side at the base, cuneate on the 
lower; ultimate segments cuneate-deltoid, J-J in. broad, sharply 
toothed through the upper half. Veins close, distinct, flabellate. Sori 
reaching from the base of the segments nearly into the teeth. Invo- 
lucre glabrous, persistent. A. praemorsum, Sw. ; Bojer , Hort. 
Maur. 348. 
Mauritius, on dry hills. Cosmopolitan in the tropical and warm temperate 
zones. 
15. A. bulbiferum, Forst. ; Hook, and Baker , Syn. Fil. 218. 
Rootstock erect ; scales small, brown, linear. Stipes contiguous, naked, 
green, ^--1 ft. long. Erond oblong-lanceolate, green, glabrous, mem- 
branous, tripinnatifid, 1-2 feet long, 6-8 in. broad, often viviparous ; 
rachis naked. Pinnae deltoid, parallel with the rachis on the upper 
side at the base, cuneate on the lower ; ultimate segments oblong- 
rhomboid, in. broad, cuneate at the base, sharply toothed in the 
upper half. Veins fine, immersed, distant. Sori medial, T V~ »■ in. long. 
Involucre pale, broad, glabrous. 
Seychelles, rare, Dr. Kirk ! Also Comoros, Himalayas, Australia, Polynesia, and 
Central Africa. 
16. A. cuneatum, Lam. ; Hook, and Baker , Syn. Fil. 214. Root- 
stock erect; scales minute, linear, dark brown. Stipes contiguous, 
naked, greenish, 4-6 in. long. Erond oblong-lanceolate, bright green, 
glabrous, membranous, bipinnate or tripinnatifid, 1^ foot long, 3-6 in. 
broad. Pinnae deltoid, stalked, parallel with the rachis on the upper 
side at the base, cuneate on the lower; ultimate segments cuneate- 
deltoid, in. broad, inciso-crenate round the upper half. Veins 
fine, immersed, flabellate. Sori linear, reaching from the base nearly 
to the summit of the segments. Involucre glabrous, persistent. 
Var. A. affine, Sw. ; Hook, and Baker , Syn. Fil. 215. More robust, 
with a larger tripinnate frond 1^-2 feet long, of stouter texture, with 
broader ultimate segments. A. nitidum, Bojer , Hort. Maur. 397, 
not Sw. 
