TAB. CRXXII. 
ASPLENIUM. VARIANS. 
| UIDICES. —Grnarx: Br. PorvpropraACEEX. Kaulf.  Fririczs vere. Willd. 
Grzw.Cgan. ASPLENIUM, Linn. Sor lineares, sparsi, dorsales.. Zmvolucrum e vena latera- 
liter ortum ducens, margine superiore libero. £r. 
ASPLENIUM varians; cwspitosum (parvum) glabrum, frondibus lanceolatis stipitatis pinnatis bipin- 
natisque, pinnulis paucis cuneatis bi-trilobatis acute incisis, soris demum confluentibus, stipite 
rachique glabris. 
Aspidium varians. —JZ'allich, MSS. in Herb. Hook. 
Has. In rupibus Nepalie. Jan. 1818. Nom. vern. * Dawecow." JZ'allic. 
Radix dense fibrosa, fibris longis ramosis gracilibus. 
Stzpites plurimi ex eadem radice, semiunciam ad duas uncias longi, tenues, glabri, basi fuscescentes, hinc canali- 
culati, ad basin piloso-paleacei. 
Frondes duas ad tres uncias longzse, ad digitalem, circumscriptione lanceolate, pinnate; pinne primaris breviter 
petiolatze, remotiuscule, patentes; pinnulc sessiles, late obovatee, cuneats, bi-trilobatze, lobis obtusis, pro- 
funde acuteque inciso-serratis, dichotome venosis, supra intense, subtus pallide virides, ubique glabrse. 
Jachis gracilis, paululum flexuosus, glaber. 
Sori plerumque duo in singulo lobo, demum confluentes et totum fere dorsum tegentes. 
Jwvolucrum lineari-oblongum, pallide fuscum. 
Capsule numerose, fuscse, pedicellatee, pedicellis capsula quintuplo longioribus, gracilibus, articulatis. 
Semina subrotunda, fusca, margine crenato cincta. 
Fig. 1. Pinnze. £f.2. Capsule. f.3. Semina:—magn. auct. 
This small but very distinct species of z4splentum was amongst the earliest communications that 
we received from our generous friend Dr. Wallich. It was marked as being gathered upon rocks in 
Nepal in the year 1818, and as having the provincial appellation of :Dawecow. We do not find the 
name in the extensive list of the plants of the Museum of the Honourable the East India Company, 
nor any specimens exactly corresponding with it among the species that have been distributed. 
