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Asplenium Mettenü. |? A. macrolepis. Mett. mse. var. 
tripinnatiseeta.] Rhizoma? petiolus? folia membranaceo- 
carnosula, opaco-viridia; rhachis livida laxe paleis ovatis 
acuminatis nigricantibus obsita; lamina ? tripinnatiseeta paleis 
minutissimis nigricantibus obtecta; segmenta primaria ereoto- 
tentia, 1” distantia, petiolata, e basi oblique‘cuneata, oblongo- 
anceolata, auriculata, acuminata, 3° longa; secundaria petio- 
lata ‘trapezio - oblonga, acuta, e basi oblique cuneata ala 
angustissima confluentia, infima maxima a reliquis latius 
distantia; tertiaria breviter petiolata, trapezio-ovata, vel lan- 
ceolata, obtusa, basi cuneata ala manifeste confluentia, obtuse 
senata; nervi supra prominuli, infra subimmersi, angulo acuto 
ascendentes, dentes adeuntes; sori utringue 2—5, indusium 
latiusculum. Sporangia annulo 18—22 articulato, sporae 
ovato-oblongae. — Afr. or. trop. Prope Mombas. (Kersten.) 
Asplenii spec. Specimen nostum frondem unicam ste- 
rilem rhizomate carentem sistens fortasse status sterilis jam 
notae speciei est. Lamins pinnatisecta apice pinnatifida, 
chartacea, opaco-viridis, glabra, nervis strigosa, 4” lata, 6” 
longa, segmenta 10juga, patentia, petiolata, media 2° longa, 
1/,' Jata, e basi inferiore profunde exciso-cuneata, superiore 
euneato-rotundata, trapezio-lanceolata, longe acuminata irre- 
gulariter dentato-serrulata; nervi manifesti, fere 1'/2‘ distan- 
tes, fureati. Fructificatio deest. Species ex affınitate Asplenii 
contigui Klf., ab omnibus autem affnibus pinnis e basi in- 
feriore pronfundissime exeiso-cuneata distineta. — Ins, Oo- 
morae. (Kersten.) 
Asplenium Linckiü. Rhizoma? petiolus bisulcatus, stra- 
mineus una cum rachi atque ramificationibus laxe paleaceus, 
paleis ovatis acuminatis clathratis obsitus; folia chartacea 
supra nitida, infra opaco -viridia, quadripinnatisecta; lamina 
8—9” longa, 5 - 6° lata, segmenta primaria distantia utrinque 
ad rachin 10—12 media 3 - 4 longa, 2” lata, ovata, acu- 
minata, infima maxima apicem versus decrescentia, alternantia;; 
secundaria utringue 6—9 ad costam primariam, ovato -lan- 
ceolata, acuminata, tertiaria utrinque 3—5 ad costam secun- 
dariam #%— 4“ longa, "/2’‘ lata, e basi cuneata, late ovata 
-vel trapezio-ovata, quartaria utringue 1-2 petiolata, e basi 
cuneata lanceolata obtusa bi-quadridentata, dentibus angustis 
acuminatis inaequalibus; infima segmenta saepius quoque 
ita, nervi bi-quadrifurcati, apices dentium adeuntes; 
sori utrinque ad costulam 1 vel 2, elongati, 11/2‘ longi 
mediam laminae partem obtegentes; indusium membranaceum, 
integrum; sporae ovoideae vel subreniformes ala lata eircum- 
Afx. or. trop. In monte Kilimandjaro. (Kersten.) 
