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Asplenium iridiphyllum HAYATA sp. nov. (Fig. 152). Rhizoma 

 erectum brevissime squamatum, squamis cuspidato-lauceolatis 6 ram. longis l 

 mm. latis apice cuspidatis basi rotnndatis vel subpeltatis margine subintegris 

 vel remote subdeiiticulatis. Stipes csespitosus brevissinras vel nullus basi 

 squainatus, squamis subulato-lanceolatis 4 mm. longis mm. latis apice subu- 

 latis basi rotundatis subpeltatis margine longe remoteque ciliatis fusco- 

 castaiieis. Frous lauceolata apice gradatim acuta ad summuin obtusa basi 

 attenuatissima ad stipitem brevissimum abeuns subsessilis 27 cm. louga 28 

 mm. lata margine irregulariter crenulata subundnlato-plicata simplex versus 

 apicem ascendeiito-deuticulata supra glabra subtus prsesertiin prope costam 

 vel versus apicem squamis minutis parce dispersa, squamis irregularibus 





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Fig. 152, Asplenium iridiphyUum HAYATA; a, the plant; b, a scale on the rMzome ; c, a 

 scale on the stipe ; d, e, amreboid scales on the under surface of the upper portion of the frond. 



