Portion of mature Frond, under side.
ASPLENIUM DENTEX.
K u n z e , {not o f Scnorr.)
P L A T E X L I I I .— A . A’O L. V.
A s p le iiiltm erecítím,,
“ mutilatum,
L i e b m a n n . B o b t .
F e b . S c h l e c h t e k d a l .
K a u l f u s s .
Asplenium—Siiloenwort. Dentex—Sliarp-toothecl.
A H A N D SO M E rare Fern, somewhat approaching Asqilenium
formosum in form, and by some authorities looked ujion as a
variety of that species. The habit of the plant is very similar
to A . nidus ; the fronds rising from outside an erect caudi-
ciform rhizoma, bending outwardly, and forming a hollow in
the centre of the plant.
An evergreen greenhouse species.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Fronds pinnate; pinnæ subopposite, obloiig-lanceolate, incisodentate,
approximate, and touching each other at the base.
Superior base truncate-auriculate ; inferior base exciso-cuneate ;
the basal pinnæ triangular in form, and barren. Auricles wide.
The form of the frond linear-lanceolate, slightly narrowing to
the base, and attenuated at the ajiex.
Sori prominent along and ajiproximatc to the basal margin
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