TAB. XCII.
A S P L E N I UM LOEN I C U L A C E UM.
FILICES.—G y e a t æ . Br. P o l y p o d i a c e j e . Kaulf. E i l i c e s v e r æ . Willd., Spreng.
G e n . C u a e . A S P L E N I U M , L in n . S o r i lin e a re s, sp a rs i, d o rsa lc s. I n v o lu c r u m c v en a la te ra lite r
o rtum duc ens, m a rg in e su p c rio re lib e ro . B r .
A s p l e n i u m /oe n ic n /n e e ,™ ,. fro n d ib n s trip lic a to -p in n a tis , p in n n lis a n g u s te lin e a rib n s a cu tissim is,
so ris so lita riis.
A sp le n ium foe m cu la c enm . H um b . e t K u n th , N o v . G m . v . l . p . 1 3 . E ju s d . S y n . P I . Æ r / . p .a o .
S p r e n g . S y s t. V eg e t. v . 4. p . 9 0 .
A sp lé n ium d e lic a tu la tm n . P r e s l. R e liq . H æ n k . p . 4 7 . G 7 . / 3 ?
H a b . I n um b ro s is N o væ A n d a liis iæ , loc is tem p c ra tis . H um b o ld t. I n CordiUeris Q u ite n s ib n s ?
H æ n h e . I n tru n c is a rb o rum lo c is sylv e strib u s a d de c liv ita tem o c c id en ta lem m o n tis P ic liin ch a ,
re g n o Q u ite n s i. D . J am e so n .
Caudex rep e n s , filiformis, pilo su s, h ic illic rad icu lo su s, fib ris c ap illa rib u s ramosis hirtis.
Stipites p lu rim i, e x e o d em p u n c to , digitale s e t u ltr a , e re cti, g rac ile s, g la b ri, b asi fu scescentes, su b te re te s , d eb i
virid e s, h in c c an a licu lati, su p e rn e m a rg in ati.
Frondes, c irc um s c rip tio n e ov a to -a cum in atoe, b a si ti'imc atæ, tr ip lic a to -p in n a tæ , g la b ræ , p a llid e v irid e s, segmen tis
ultim is s eu p in n u lis an g u s tis , lin e a rib u s , a cutis simis , su p e rn o b ip in n a tæ . RacJiis u n iv e rsalis p a rtialisq u e
u b iq u e g la b ræ , m a rg in e alatoe.
Sori oMongo-linenres, s o li t.tü , et, o b tmgusltttem h d iii a r u n i, n o n rn ro p ro p e m a rg in em siti, o t in su b g en ere
Dareæ, Sm . {Cænopteridis, Swartz.)
Involucrum m em b ran a c e um , n lb id am .
Capsidæ sp hoe ricoe , lo n g e ped ice lla tæ.
Semina su b a n g u la ta , in te n se fusca.
Kg. 1. Portio pmnoe cum soris. f. 2 . Cnpsidm. f. 3. Seniinn »ipjn. atut.
S e n t to ns b , o n r vtilucd c o r re sp o n d e n t M r. J am e so n , who g a th e re d th e sp e c im en o n tlic w e ste rn
declivity o f th e m o u n ta in P ic h in c h a , wh e re H um b o ld t a n d B o u p la n d disco v e red som e o f th e ir m o s t
v a lu ab le p la n ts . W e find it to a g re e e n tire ly w ith th e A s p l . fm n i o u l a o m m o f H um b o ld t a u d
K m i t h ; a n d wc sc a rc e ly k n ow w h e th e r to c o n s id e r th e A s p l . d e lic a tu lu m o f P re s l. in R e l i q u i a
H u n i k e m m , to he o th e rw is e th a n a s ta rv ed v a rie ty o f it. I t is also n e a rly a llied to A s p l e n iu m
f r a g r a n s o f Sw a rtz (a J am a ic a p la n t) , a u d to th e E a s t In d ia n A s p l e n i u m c m c in n u m o f W a llic h , Imt
h a s ,narrower a n d tn o re d is tan tly pla c ed p inm e . T h e so ri a re a lm o s t e x a c tly as in th e D a r e a o f
Sm ith , [C c c n o p tc r is o f Sw a rtz ).
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