A S P L E N IUM P IN N A T IF ID U M .
Fronds almost membranaceous, flaccid, base subliastate, lan ceolate,
profoundly pinnatifid, almost pinnate below, and sinuato-
lobate above.
Veins repeatedly dicbotomous.
Sori brief, linear-oblong, and b u t few on each lobe, and
even solitary in the smaller ones.
Caudex short and creeping.
Length o f f r o n d from four t o five i n c h e s , w i t h a s t i p e s , w h i c h
is C E C sp lto se a n d e b e n e o u s a t t h e b a s e .
The illustration is from a frond forwarded by Mr. K. Sim, of
Foot’s Cray.
