r
t a b . c x c v .
a s p l e n i u m AN CE P S .
FILICES.-GyEATÆ. B r . POLVPODIACKÆ. K a u tf. FlL.CES vertc. WUU.
G e n . CHAE^ A SB F F JV IUM . L in n . A»W l in e a r e , sp a r s i, d o r sa le s . Involucrum e v e n a la .e r a li.e r
Ortum d u c e n a , m a r g in e su p e r io r e lib e r o . Br.
A s p e e n OM «neqpv,. fronde p.nnata lineari-lanceolala, pinnis distincts snbpetiolatis, oblongis
obtusis apice margineque superiore crenulatis, basi abruptis, inferioribus snrsmn aurieulatis
sons distinctis, radi, stipitequc nitidis fuseis triangularibus alato-marginatis. Aeme ’
Asplenium anceps. S o la n d e i- , in B a n k s . H e r b . ’
Asplenium fallax. L o w e , M S S .
H a u . In ru p ib u s um b r o s is M a d e ir a » M u s s o n , i n H m l . B a n k s . : u b i e tiam le g it i i e u T L o m e
,11 m o .it .b u s , ab a lt . 1 ,5 0 0 a d 5 ,0 0 0 p e d ., e t n o b is b e n e v o le c om m n n ic a v i. ’
R a à ix fibrosfvcoespitosa, fibris ramosis. nigro-fuscis.
S tip ite , coespilosi, breves, pa rpa r .c eo -fa se i, nitidi, triangulares, .„ g a b s a carâ snbalatis.
sp .„ ..m oe æ . g ped.lenr, W i - l . „ e e „ l . t e , basi apiceque a tten a a .« , pinn a te . P ,W fere semper oppo
>: " U T . r . - - :
S o n , utnnque nU r . costam et marginem positi, „bl¡q„c b„eares.
Cap su la globosoe, longe pedicellatæ.
Semin a subovalia, fusca.
- . c a p é a t e , f t . Se-
The present plant was some time ago communicated to ns bv our valued fnend the Rev T I
ron^he tsknd Of Madeira, wrth his MS. name . A s p i c , „ f a l l a u j a n a e eo :t of Is
Z k he aseertaiued, by an examinatiou of .be
Banks,... Herbartum, that it bad been previously found by Mr. Masson, and was deposited in that
ines inrable eollec.ion with the name of Aspl. anccps of Solandet. Tins appellation be does
W a r e in adopting, althongb it is „„t entirely applicable to the three angles of the stipes and
In Madeira it entirely usurps the place of A.spl. Triokotnanos, growing generally to a span in
he. I . bn a speeimen gathered by Mr. Lowe at tlie Ribeiro d'Ametade, at an elevcion of nearly
4 0 0 0 feet above the level of the sea, exceeds a foot in length
.Ion very moment we are engaged in wtitlng this descrip.
itai mt oui nciid Mr. Lowe has again for a short time visited England, and is preparing
an aeconn. of bis new Madeita plants for prrblioa.ion in tire Cambridge Pbiiosopl cal TransacTons
They will be compared w.tb the Banksian Herbarium, and wili form a very valn.ble memoir.
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