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Near Asplenhim psMnense HANGE, but differs from it by tlie broader 

 lobes of the pinnules. 



Asplenium tenuissimum HAY ATA sp. nov. (Fig. 159). Rhizoma 

 brevissimum erectum tenue. Stipes crespitosus semiteres bovis tenuissimus 

 15 cm. longus nitidus iutus (supra) canaliculato-planus viridis subtus extns 

 couvexus nigro-rubro-purpurascens nitidissimus paree squamatus, squamis 

 inferioribus cuspidatis P> mm. longis basi 1 mm. latis, superioribus linearibus 



iQi 1 , 1S9, Asplenium tenuisNimum HAYATA ; n, the pliint ; *b, a scale on the rhi/omo 

 c, a pinaiile ; tl, apical portion of the same with a soms. 



