C E T E R A C H . W illd.
S o y l lineares, elongati, dorso venularum superiarum insidentes. In d u sm m llneare,
angustum, planum nunc obsoletum.— Venæ internee, flahellatce, dichotomæ, m a r ginem
versus anastomosantes. Frondes cæspitosoe, siibcoriaceæ, p in n a tifidæ v el
p in n a tæ , dorso squamis membranaceis imbricatis fe r ru g in e is densissîme obtectæ.
Ceteracli o fic in am m . W illd .— Grammitis, S iv .— Scolopendrium. Sm .
The near affinity of this Genus to Asplenium has been already pointed out by us under
Asplenium Dalhousioe, Ic. Plant. T ak. 103. It differs, however, from that Genus, upon
a closer investigation, remarkably in liabit, in the reticulated marginal veins, and in the
dense covering of scales on the under side of the frond.
T a b . CXIII. A.— Fig. I. F ro n d ; ?iat. size: f . 2 . Fertile portion of do., part of the scales removed:
f . 3. Sorus: f . 4. Scale: f . 5, 6. S p o r a n g ia : / 7. S porules;—magnified.
TAB. CXIII. B.
N E O T T O P T E R I S . J . Sm .
A s p l e n i u m . A u c t.
S o r i lineares, elongati, angustissimi, quandoque interrupti, ad latus superius venarum
siti. In d u s ium lineare, angustissimum, planum, superne deliiscens.— Frondes
cæspUosæ, simplices, lineari-lanceolatæ, coriaceæ, m a rg in a tæ. Venæ fu r c a tæ ,
transversoe, dense p a r a lle læ , apicibus v en a m a rg in a li in c ra s sa ta conjunctoe.
Neottopteris N id u s . J . Sm .— Asplenium. L .
This and two or three allied species, wiiich form a section of Asplenium, according to
Presl (his § T h a m n o p t e r i s ) , constitute a distinct Genus according to the views of Mr J .
Smith; to which, however, in justice to Presl, the name of Thamnopteris should be
retained.
T a b . C X I I I . B .—Fig. 1. Portion of a fertile frond, slightly magnified: f 2. Portion of a sorus :
3, 4, 5. Sporangia: / G, Sp o ru les;—more or less