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ASPLENIUM MACROPIIYLLUM.
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P L A T E X L I I . VOL. V.
Asplenium—Spleenwort. Macrophyllum—Long-lcavcd.
A RARE handsome Fern, well worthy of general cultivation.
An evergreen stove Fern.
Native of the Mauritius.
Fronds pinnate, linear-lanceolate in form. Pinnæ subopposite,
broad, and cuneate at the base, but rapidly narrowing to
a very much attenuated apex. Laciniated. About twelve pairs
of pinnæ and a terminal one. The terminal pinna shorter and
more wedge-shaped at the base. Pinnæ petiolulate.
Eachis and stipes ebeneous.
Veins much branched, and well seen in the semi-transparent
pinnæ.
Sori linear, large, and bold, situated close to the midrib and
almost parallel with it; soon becoming confluent.
I have not been able to iirocurc a jilaiit of Asplenium
macrophyllum.
