TAB. 



LIX 



ASPIDIUM RHIZOPHYLLUM. 





FILICES. — Gyrat^. Br. 



1 



Polypodiace^. Kaulf. Filices verse. Willd 



Gen. C 



ASPIDIUM. 



Sori rotundi dorsales. 

 undique liberum. Br. 



r. HYPOPELTIS, Mich. ASPIDII species, Sw., Willd. 



Involucrum orbiculare, peltatum, stipitatum, in medio sori insertum, 





Aspidium rhizophyllum ; frondibus pinnatis hirsutis decumbentibus, pinnis subovalibus terminali 



longissime caudata radicante. 

 Aspidium rhizophyllum. Sw. Syn. Fil. p. 44. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 2.p. 21 9. Spreng. Syst. Veget. 



V. 4. p. 100. 



Polypodium rhi zophy Uum . Sw. Prod.p. 132. Sw. Fil. Ind. Occ.p. 1657. 

 Hab. In umbrosis montosis Jamaicae australis. 



Radix fibrosa, fibris tenuibus, ramosis, fuscis, subtomentosis. 



Frondes subcaespitosae, digitales et ultra, lanceolato-acuminatae, pinnatae, pilis brevibus fuscis undique obsitae. 



Stipes brevis, vix duas uncias longus, gracilis, fuscus, nitidus, paleaceo-squamosus ; rachis gracilis, hirta. 



Pinnce suboppositae, semiunciam longae, parum remotae, oblongae, obtusae, subintegerrimae, basi oblique cuneatae, 



/ 



terminali longissima, basi pinnatifida, lobis obtusis apice caudato — radicante, prolifera. 

 Sori sparsi in pinnam terminalem, in serie longitudinali prope costam inserti, rotundati. 

 Involucrum orbiculare, peltatum, umbilicatum. 



Capsulce numerosissimae, in singulo soro pedicellatae, fusca?, annulo latiusculo fere completo cinctae. 

 Semina fusca, margine tuberculato, pellucido. 



Fig. 



Portio pinnae fructificantis 



f. 



Capsulae 



f. 



Semina 



magn 



This interesting and very distinct species of Aspidium appears to be confined to the island of 

 Jamaica. The specimens here figured were gathered by Mr. Wiles in that country, and presented 

 to us by A. B. Lambert, Esq. 









