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A S P L E N I UM R ESECTUM.
F I L I C E S . — G y e a t æ . B r . P o l y p o d i a c e æ . K a u lf . F i l i c e s v e r æ . W illd ., S p r e n g .
G en . C h a r . A S P L E N I U M , L in n . S o r i lin c a re s , sp a is i, d o rsa lc s. In v o lu c rum e v en a la te ra
lite r o rtum d u c en s, m a rg in e su p e rio re lib e ro . B r .
A sp l en ium reseciuni ; fro n d ib u s p in n a tis , p in n is m em b ran a c e is o b lo n g o -la n c e o la tis d e n ta to -s e rra tis ,
b a s i su p c rio re tru n c a tis , in fe rio re a b s ç is so -cu n e a tis in te g e rrim is , s tip ite ra c h iq u e g ra c ilib u s
glab ris nu d is.
A sp len ium re s c c tum . Sm ith Ico n , t.7 '2 . S w a r tz . S y n . F il. p . m . T F illd . S p . P I . v .b . p . 2,22.
S p r e n g . S y s l. F eg e t, v. A .p . 84.
A sp le n ium inoeq u ila te ra le . W i l ld . S p . P I . v. 5. p . 3 2 2 .
I I a b . I n in s id a B o rb o n iæ . Commerson. I n te r s ax o s a d m a rg in em rhm lo rum , in sylvis m o n -
. to s is in su læ M a u r itii. B o je r .
Caudex repens, squamosus, radiculas plurcs, fibrosas, fuscas, ramosas emittens.
Stipes digitalis, erectus, gracilis, atro-purpureus, nitidus, hinc sulcatus, basi subsquamosus.
Frons palmaris fere ad pedalem, circumscriptione lato-lanceolata, basi truncata, apice argute acuminata, pinnata,
pinnis approximatis, plenimque alternis, subhorizontalibus, patentibus, tenuibus, membranaceis, oblongo-
lanceolatis, obtu.se acuminatis, unciam ad duas uncias longis, inoequaliter dentato-serratis, costatis, furcato-
venosis, inæquilateralibus, basi superiore truncatis, inferiore abscisso-cuneatis, integerrimis.
Sm-i in venis laterabbus siti, oblongo-lineares.
Involucrum membranaceum, fuscum, costam versus dehiscens.
Capsidæ, annulo lato fere completo, cinctæ, pedicellatæ.
Semina intense flavo-fusca, subrotund-a, tuberculata.
Fig. 1. Pinna fructificans. f. 2. Capsulæ. f. 3. Semina.:—magn. auct.
T ills , we believe , is c e rta in ly th e A s p l . re se c tum o f Sm ith in th e . le o n e s above q u o te d ; b u t it
m u s t b e c o n fe ssed th a t i t b e lo n g s to a g ro u p o f th e s im ply p in n a te d A sp le n ia , which a re liable to .
m u c h v a ria tio n , a n d co n s eq u en tly to b e d e te rm in ed w ith d iffic u lty ; o n wh ich a c c o u n t we are
th e m o r e an x io u s to r e p re s e n t th e p re s e n t p la n t from p e rfe c t spe c im ens, s e n t u s b y th e ex c e llent
B o je r, th ro u g h th e k in d n e s s o f C h a rle s T e lfa ir, E sq ., f rom th e M a u ritiu s . I t is in d e ed v e ry nearly
a llie d to th e W e s t In d ia n A s p l . a b s c is s im , th e p in næ b e in g a lm o s t e x a c tly th e same in sh ap e , b u t
th a t h a s th e ra c liis winged.