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POLYPODIACEJE. 



basi rotundatis subpeltatis margine remote dentato-ciliolatis vel subintegris. 

 Frons oblanceolata 13 cm. louga 14- cm. lata apice obtusa vel obtusissima basi 

 longe attemmta ad stipitem brevissimum abeuus margine teuuissime recurva 

 irregulariter creiiulata supra subglabra subtus parce squamis dispersa, squamis 

 minutis amceboideis multiradiatis 4- mm. in diametro. Textura herbacea. Soil 

 lunulati secus costas prope marginem extensi approximati utroque latere 1- 

 seriatim dispositi. 



HAB. Arisan, leg. S. SASAKI. 



Near Asjdenium scdcpendrioides J. SM. but differs from it by the much 

 smaller fronds with very obtuse apex. 



Asplenium tenuicaule HAYATA sp. nov. (Fig. 158). Rlrixoma erectum 



brevissimum. Stipes caespitosus 

 tenuissimus 5 cm. lougus subtus (extus) 

 atro-rubro-purpurascens basi squama- 

 tus sursum glabratus, squamis in- 

 ferioribus cuspidato-lauceolatis 3 mm. 

 lougis f mm. latis basi cordato-decur- 

 rentibus rotundatis margiue integiis 

 remote pauceque glaiiduloso-eili< >la- 

 tis vel obsoletis, superioribus lineari- 

 bus miuoribus. Frons lanceolata vel 

 liueari-lauceolata 8 cm. louga 2 cm. 

 lata apice acuminata basi obtusa 

 bipiuuatifida, piuuis oblongis 13 

 mm. lougis 6 mm. latis apice 

 obtusissimis basi cuueatis, petiolis 

 2 mm. lougis, pinuulis obtriaugulari- 

 bus vel obovatis apice lobatis basi 

 augusto-cuneatis, lobis acutis. Textura 

 teiiuissime herbacea. Soil liueares 

 luuulati 3 mm. longi. 

 Arisaii, ad 0000-7000 ped. alt., leg. B. HAYATA et S. SASAKI, 



Fig. 158, Axplrnhim tenuimule HAYATA 

 a, the plant ; b, a scale on the rhizome 

 c, a pinna. 



Jan., 1012. 



