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Uncommon in montane to cloud forest, reported
from 400 to 1500 m elevation. Indigenous, ranging
from Malaysia to Hawai'i. Reinecke 76b; Whistler
9049!, 9085.
Asplenium lascrpitiifoliurn Lam.
I,arge terrestrial f'crn with a stout, long-creeping
rhizome, tufted, dark brown or black stipes, a
deltoid, tripinnate to quadripinnatifid lamina up to
60 x 20 cm, rhomboid-trapezoid ultimate segments,
and 1 or 2 linear sori on the ultimate lobes. Occa-
sional in lowland to montane forest, reported from
near sea level to 750 m elevation. Indigenous,
ranging from the Mascarenes to Polynesia.
Setchell 21 3; Garber 926; Yuncker 9319; Whistler
3843, 8062, 8577!, 91 18.
Aspleniurn nidus L.
[bird's-nest fern] laugapapa
L,arge epiphytic or terrestrial fern with simple,
sessile, glossy fronds up to 2 m long arranged in a
rosette, basal portion of the midrib rounded on the
lower surface, and numerous, closely parallel rows
of sori on the lower surface of the frond from the
midrib to halfway to the margin. Common in littoral
to cloud forest, reported from near sea level to 1100
m elevation. Indigenous, found throughout the Old
World tropics. Reinecke 103b; Setchell 13; Whistler
2838,8704!, 9 126.
Asplenium polyodon Forst. f.
Small terrestrial fern with a short-creeping rhizome,
tufted fronds, deltoid, pinnate lamina 10-45 cm
long, up to 15 pairs of falcate to lanceolate, acumi-
nate pinnae, and linear sori almost covering the full
length of the vein. Common in lowland to montane
forest, reported from near sea level to 700 (1300) m
elevation. Indigenous, ranging from Madagascar to
Polynesia. Reinecke 37a?, 58; Setchell 47; Garber
855, 864, 865; Eames TI8 (n.s.); Yuncker 9321,
9377; Wisner 65; Whistler 8528!, 9120.
Aspleniurn tenerum Forst. f.
Small to medium-sized epiphytic or terrestrial fern
with a short, erect rhizome, tufted fronds, pinnate
lamina cut into 15-30 pairs of toothed, round-tipped
oblong pinnate, and linear sori along the veins from
near the midrib to near the margins. Uncommon in
lowland to montane forest, reported from 30 to 700
m elevation. Indigenous, ranging from Ceylon to
Polynesia. Yuncker 9327; Whistler 3533, 9129,
9352!.
*Asplenium unilaterale Lam.
Small terrestrial fern with a creeping rhizome, shiny
black stipes, linear-lanceolate, pinnate fronds up to
20 x 4 cm having a pinnatifid tip, 20 or more pairs
of pinnae, and numerous linear sori. Uncommon in
coastal to montane forest, reported from 180 to 700
m elevation. Indigenous, ranging from East Asia to
Polynesia. Reinecke 35b, 35f; Whistler 9073.
ATHYRIACEAE
Diplazium bulbiferum Bracken.
Medium-sized terrestrial fern with a short, erect
rhizome, pinnatifid lamina, broadly lanceolate
pinnae up to 15 cm long divided to near the midrib
into oblong, toothed lobes, and linear sori on most
of the veins of the lower surface of the lamina.
Uncommon in lowland forest, reported from 50 to
ca. 400 m elevation. Indigenous, ranging from
Vanuatu to Samoa. Wilder s.n.; Whistler 8492,
8575!.
Diplazium dilatatum BI.
Medium-sized terrestrial fern with an erect rhizome,
broadly deltoid, pinnate or bipinnate lamina up to 50
x 20 cm, largest pinnules distinctly lobed, forked
veins bearing linear sori, and indusia almost ciliate
in appearance. Uncommon in lowland to cloud
forest, reported from 300 to 1400 m elevation.
Indigenous, ranging from India to Polynesia.
Whistler 3601, 8526!, 8652!, 9157.
Diplazium harpeodes Moore
Large terrestrial fern with an erect rhizome, bipin-
natifid to tripinnatifid lamina up to 1 m in length,
lanceolate pinnules cut about halfway to the midrib
into blunt, often toothed lobes, and linear sori on
most of the veins of the lower surface. Uncommon
in lowland to cloud forest, reported from near sea
level to 1300 m elevation. This species is quite
variable and may need further taxonomic work.
Indigenous, ranging from Fiji to Pitcairn Island.
USEE s.n.; Veitch s.n.; Setchell 204; Long 1982;
Whistler 3625, 3846?, 3847, 8635!, 9075, 9076,
913 1.