TAB. XCVI 



ASPIDIUM PEOLIFERUM. 





FILICES. — Gyrat^. Br. 



Polypodiace^. Kaidf. Filices verae. Willd., Spreng 



Gen. C 



ASPIDIUM. B 



HYPOPELTIS. Mich 



Sori rotundi, dorsales 

 undique liberum. Br. 



ASPIDII species, Sw., Willd 



Involucrum orbiculare, peltatum, stipitatum, in medio sori insertum 





Aspidium proliferum; frondibus simplicibus, glabris, sterilibus lanceolatis longe acuminatis radi- 



cantibus, fertilibus linearibus obtusis. 

 Hab. In Insula Jamaicae ? 



Radix caespitosa, fibrosa, fibris ramosis hirsutis fuscis. 



Stipes perbrevis, vix semiunciam longus, sensim in frondem dilatatus. 



Frondes plurimae ex eadem radice, digitales ad spithamaeam, simplices, decumbentes, lanceolatae, basi attenuatae, 



apice longissime acuminatae, radicantes, proliferae, utrinque glabrae, medio costatae, margine integerrimo: 



Fertiles sterilibus angustiores, erectae, lineares, apice obtusae. 

 Sori serie simplici ad utrumque latus costae dispositi, magni ; venis obscuris inserti. 

 Involucrum orbiculare, peltatum, medio umbilicatum. 

 Capsulce fuscae, sublonge pedicellatae. 

 Semina intense fusca, oblonga, rugosa, margine limbo pellucido flavescente cincta. 



Fig. 1. Portio frondis fertilis. f. 2. Capsulae. f. 3. Semina: 



magn. auct. 







We regret that we are not able to say what is the native country of this plant. It was given to 

 us some time ago by our friend Mr. Lindley, with several West India Ferns, which had formed part 

 of the Herbarium of the late Mr. Donn, of Cambridge. The Fern to which it is most nearly allied 

 in the mode of growth and proliferous habit, and in the structure of the sori and seeds, is the Aspi- 

 dium 7'hizophyllum, figured at Tab. 59. of this work : but that has, except in the very youngest 

 state of the plant, decidedly pinnated fronds ; whereas here, both in the sterile and fertile fronds, 

 there is not the slightest approach to a compound, or even to a divided appearance. The whole 

 plant, too, is quite glabrous. 





