TAB. CXXL 
ASPIDIUM CONFERTUM. 
FILICES.—GrnArT. Br.  PorvPopIACER. Kaulf. | FirigEs vere. Willd. 
Gzw. Cuan. ZSPIDIUM, Br. HYPOPELTIS, Mich. |  28PIDII species, Sw., Willd. 
SSori rotundi, dorsales. —Zmvolucrum peltatum orbiculare, stipitatum, in medio sori insertum, 
undique liberum. £r. 
AsPrDIUM cofertum; frondibus pinnatis, pinnis petiolatis alternis repandis, sterilibus oblongo- 
lanceolatis, fertilibus lineari-lanceolatis, rachi setoso-paleacea (paleis deciduis), soris seriatim 
confertis, indusiis peltatim revolventibus. Aaw/f. 
Aspidium confertum. Kauf. Enum. Fil. p. 232. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 4. p. 96. 
Has. In Cayenna. /hard. In Demerara. C. S. Parker. 
Stipes pedalis ad sesquipedalem, erectus, subteres, pallide fuscus, hinc canaliculatus : frondis sterilis crassitie pennse 
anserinse ; fertilis pennse corvinze; basi praecipue paleaceo-hirsutus, paleis deciduis. 
Frondes steriles a fertilibus diversz, utraeque pinnatee. | 
Frons sterilis pedalis, circumscriptione ovata; pimme subnovem, alterne, remote, palmares ad spithamzseam, 
oblongo-lanceolatze, acute, costatz, parallelim venosse, venis ramosis, duas uncias late, coriaceo-membra- 
nacez, margine incrassato subundulatee, basi oblique cuneatze, in petiolum brevem attenuate. acAis, teste 
Kaulfusio, paleis sparsis setosis nigricantibus obsita: sed in nostris exemplaribus omnino glabra. 
Frons fertilis: sterili multo minor, vix decem uncias longa, circumscriptione lanceolata : pinne remotze, brevis- 
sime petiolatze, lineari-lanceolatee, costatze, obscure parallelim et transversim venosze, venis simplicibus. 
Sori rotundati, numerosi, seriebus pluribus transversalibus longitudinalibusque arcte dispositi. 
Involucrum orbiculare, stipitatum, peltatum, centro umbilicatum, demum marginibus reflexis, persistens. 
Capsule pedicellatee, annulatze, annulo fere completo. 
Semina oblonga, reticulata, pallide viridi-flavescentia. 
Fig. 1. Frons sterilis, et f. 2. frons fertilis!—mag. nat. f. 9. Portio pinnse fertilis cum soris. f. 4. Capsula. 
f. 5. Semina:—magn. auct. e 
For our specimen of this noble species of ZZspidium, which in general habit resembles the Po/y- 
botrya cervind, we are indebted to C. S. Parker, Esq., of Liverpool, who gathered it at Demerara, 
in Dritish Guiana, in 1825. No other botanist appears to have seen this Fern in a growing state, 
except the late Professor Richard of Paris, from whose specimens Kaulfuss's character and description 
above quoted were taken, and who found it at Cayenne. 
