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\ . Polypodiiim (Phymatodes) qiierdfolium. L .
2 . P olypodium (Phymatodes) suhtriphyllum ; fronde triangulari subtus p u b e ru la 3-5-
foliolata, foliolis inferioribus petiolatis basi inæqualibus terminalique triangulari-ova tis
acuminatis pinnatifido-Iobatis Iobis infimis acuminatis reliquis obtusis, foliolis intermediis
(si adsint) lanceolatis acuminatis sinualo-pinnatifidis, soris submarginalibus copiosis.
(T ab. L.)
H a b . Macao ; Foc/ierf.—This species has the closest resemblance in general structure to the Aspidium
trifoliatum, Sw. Pres) ; but the copious specimens are in all stages destitute of involucre, which, in the
Aspidium, is large and persistent.
T a b . L. Polypodium suhtriphyllum. Fig. I. Portion of the frond
3. Polypodium (Pleocnemia) Leuzeanum. Gaudich. in Freyc. Voy. Bot. t. 6.
1. Aspidium (Nephrolepis)ôi5en-aiMî». Sw ß. suhhirsutum. Asp. hirsutulum. Sw,__
Schlech, t. 33.
H a b . Macao, &c. ; Vachell.—Involucre almost entirely orbicular.
2. Aspidium (Nephrolepis) exaltatum. Sw.
H a b . Macao 5 FacÄe//.—Involucre lanceolate, opening towards the apex of the pinna.
3. Aspidium (Nephrodium) unitum. B r . (vix Sw.)—Aspidium pteroides. Sw O f
this th e re a re two varieties, as we believe them to b e ; th e -o n e larg er, with more
membranaceous fronds ; the o th er smaller, with subrigid fronds ; and o f this la tter the
p in næ vary much in breadth.
4. Aspidium (Nephrodium) resiniferum. liaxxXÎ.—-Hook, et A rn. supra p . 105. P e rhaps
too ne arly allied to A. (Nephrod.) propinquum, B r . Prodr. p . 148.
5. Aspidium (Nep h ro d ium ) molle. Sw— ß, glahriuscxdum.— y, paucisorum; fronde
latio ri soris solummodo in venulis infimis.— This may prove to be a new species, having
b ro ad e r fronds than is usual in A . molle; and in several specimens gathered by Messrs.
L ay and Collie, as well as in a Chinese specimen in o u r herbarium from Prof. Lindley,
the sori a re entirely confined to the lowest veinlets, thus forming 2 parallel lines nearly
the whole length o f the pin næ, one on each side the costa.
1. Asplénium Nidus. L .
1. D ig ram m aria am
P re sl.—Asplenium ambiguum. Sw. Willd.—Diplazium
Malabaricum. Spr.
H a b . Lappas Island ; Vachell.
1. costata ; p in n ata glabra, pinnis linearibus sessilibus basi inæqualiter cordatis
minutissime cartilagineo-serra tis. ( T ab. L I .) B o ry Willd. Sp. PI. v. 5. p . 367.
Tab. l i . Pteris costata. Fig. 1. Fertile pinnæ ; ß g . 2. Portion of sterile do. -.—magnified,
2. P t. serrulata. L .
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