lili
fé lYífíl
irregular intramarginal line ; sori often 1J-2 in. 1.—S i , Sp. 3. ?>• 271. Ic. t. 937.
Asplenidictyon, J . Sm.
Hab. Himalayas and Malayan Peninsula.—This has the same close relation to A. maci'o-
phyllum that elegans has to fraxinifolium.
280. A. (Hemi.) marginatum, Linn. ; st. 2-3 ft. 1., strong, erect, woody,
sometimes J in. thick a t the base ; f r . simply pinnate, 4-6 ft. 1. ; pinnoe in
several opposite pairs, the lowest 1-2 ft. 1., 3-4 in. hr., the edge entire, the hase
often cordate ; texture papyraceo-herbaceous ; rachis naked, polished ; veins
anastomosing copiously in the outer tliird of the space between the midrib and
edge, bounded by a distinct intramarginal line ; sori long, linear, confined to the
free veins.—H i . Sp. 3. p . 271. Fil. E x : t. 63.
Hab. Tropical America, from Cuba and Venezuela to Peru and Brazil.
Gen. 39. Allantodia, Wall, {in part).
Sori dorsal, linear-oblong, attached to the prima ry veins. Invol. the same
shape as the sorus and quite enclosing it, bursting in an irregular line down to
the centre. A single simply pinnate species with thin ample pinnæ, differing from
Asplénium in the dehiscence o f the involucre. T ab. IV. f. 39.
1. A. Brunoniana, Wall. ; f r . often 2 ft. 1., 1 ft. br. ; pinnæ 4r6\vt. 1., 1 in. hr.,
entire ; veins forked near the midrib, two rows of hexagonal areolæ occupying
the outer ha lf of the space between tlie midrib and the edge, hounded by an
intramarginal line ; sori confined to the anterior vein of the first fork.—I lk . Sp.
3. p . 276.
Hab. Himalayas (up to 6,000 it.), Ceylon, Java, Tahiti.—Asplen. javanicum, Blume,
is the oldest name.
Gen. 40. Actiniopteris, Link.
Sori linear-elongated, submarginal. finvol. tbe same shape as the sorus, folded
over it, placed one on each side of the narrow segments of the frond opening
towards the midrib. A single species, at once rccognieaUe ly its flahellate hahit,
like a palm-tree {Ghamærops) in miniature, with f r u i t in character intermediate
between Asplenieæ and Pterideæ. T a b . IV . f. 40.
1. A. radiata. L ink ; St. densely tufted, 2-6 in. 1. ; f r . like a fan, 1-1J in. deep,
composed of numerous dichotomous segments wliich are rush-like in texture,
not more th an J lin. hr., the veins few and subparallel with the indistinct
midrib, the segments of tlie fertile frond longer th an those of the barren one.—
Ic. F il. t, 976.— ?, A . australis. L in k ; segm. fewer, longer, subulate a t the point.
—Ic. Fil. t. 976. H i . Sp. 3. p . 276.
H.ab. Throughout India, especially in the Peninsula, Ava, Ceylon, Arabia, Upper
Egypt, Abyssinia, Mascaren Isles, Zambesi-land, Maealisberg, Angola.
T r ib e 9. Scolopendrieæ.
Sm-i as in Asplenieæ, except that the involucres are arranged in pairs and open
towards each other. Gen. 41.
Gen. 41. Scolopendrium, Sm.
Characters of the tribe. T ab. IV . f. 41.
§ Euscolopendrium. Veins fre e or anastomosing only casually. Sp. 1-4.
I . S. vulgare, Sm. ; st. 4-8 in. 1., fibrillose below ; f r . 6-18 in. I., lJ -3 in. br..
ligulate-oblong, entire, the base cordate ; subcoriaceous ; m groups
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of 2-4, rare ly anastomosing.—H i. Sp. 4.
Ic. P I. t. 488.
. 1. B rit. F. t. 87. S. Lindeni, H i .
Hab. Britain and Gothland to Spain, Madeira, the Azores, the Caucasus and Japan ;
United States and Mexico, rare.—A very large number of curious varieties and monstrosities
are in cultivation, of which the most remarkable has non-indusiate sori on tbe
edge and upper surface of the frond aud anastomosing venation,
2. S. Hemionitis, S w .; st. 4-6 in. h, slender, slightly fibrillose ; f r . 4-6 in. 1.,
oblong-lanceolate, the base hastato-cordate, with short and rounded or prominent
and almost acute lohes ; texture thinner th an in the l a s t ; sori shorter ; veins
more hranclied.—H i . Sp. 4. p. 2.
Hab. Spain, S, France, Italy, and the Mediterranean Islands.
S. S. pinnatiim, J . Sm. ; st. compressed, greyish ; f r . 2-4 ft. ]., with an entire
terminal 4-6 in. 1., lJ -2 in. hr., proliferous a t the point and 1-6 pairs of
similar lateral ones ; texture subcoriaceous; veins usua lly once forked ; sori
oblique, J - j in. 1., I lin. br.—H i . Sp. 4. p . 2.
Hab. Philippines, Cuming, 187, 811. — S. longifolium, Presl (Micropodium, Mett.),
gathered at Luzon by Haenke, has a simple undivided frond, and the limit between the
edges of the contiguous iavolucres marked by a thin line, whilst in S. pinnatum it is an
evident lamelliform crest. See Mett. Fil. Ind. 2. p. 233.
4. S. Durvillei, Bory ; rhizmne firm, wide-scandent; sl. 2-3 in. 1., firm, erect,
naked ; f r . varying from simple lanceolate-oblong, 6 in. 1., 1 in. br., the edge
crenate, the base auricled (these alone fertile), to subdeitoid bipinnatifid, with
several ?)«««« on each side, the lowest 1J in. h, f in. hr., cu t down nearly to the
raehis into narrow toothed or pinnatifid lobes ; texture subcoriaceous, both sides
naked ; vdns of entire frond subparallel, simple or forked ; seyri reaching from
the midrib two-thirds of the space to the edge without any raised line between
them.—Kunze, Suppl. Schi. p . 9. t. 6. Micropodium, "
Hab. Ualan ; gathered first by Durville.
§§ Antigramme, Presl.
Frond with a distinct midrib, vdns anastmnosing
towards the edge. Sp. 6-6.
5. S. (A n ti.) Brasiliense, Kunze ; S t . short, fibrillose ; f r . 6-12 in. h, 1-i J in.
br., subentire, tapering towards both end s; t e x t u r e coriaceous; veins anastomosing
about two-thirds of the distance from the midrib to the edge ; sm'i
linear, confined to the free veins.—« / . /S'p. i . p . 3.
Hab. Brazil.—A. suhsessilis, Fée, is a subsessile form, with a longer and narrower
frond than usual.
6. S. (Anti.) plantagineum, Schrad. ; st. 6-9 in. 1., firm, grey, naked ; f r . 6-10
in. 1., 3-6 in. br., ovate, the base rounded or truncate or cordate, the edge entire ;
texture coriaceous ; vdns anastomosing within about J in. of the edge ; fork s of
the free veins J in. a p a r t; sori confined to the free veins. — S. Douglasii,
« / . Sp. 4. p. 3. Asplénium, H k . & Gr. Ic. 1 .160.
Hab. Brazil.
Scbaffneria, Fée.
Sp. 7.
No but the
7. S. (Schaff.) nigripes, H k . ; st. 1-2 in. 1., black, polished, naked, jointed a t the
apex ; yfr. obovate or roundish, l - l j i n . br. ; texture thick, coriaceous; sori in
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