TAB. CXCV. 
ASPLENIUM ANCEPS. 
Porvropracrz. Kaulf.  Firicxs vere. Willd. 
EL DS (naogs D. 
Gzx. Cuan. A44SPLENIUM, Linn. Sori lineares, sparsi, 
dorsales. Znvolucrum e vena lateraliter 
ortum ducens, margine superiore libero. 2. 
ASPLENIUM a77c6ps; fronde pinnata lineari-lanceolata, pinnis distinctis subpetiolatis, 
oblongis 
obtusis apice margineque superiore crenulatis, 
basi abruptis, inferioribus sursum auriculatis, 
soris distinctis, rachi stipiteque nitidis fuscis triangularibus alato-marginatis. Lowe, MSS. 
Asplenium anceps. So/lander, in Banks. Herb. 
Asplenium fallax. Lowe, MSS. 
Has. In rupibus umbrosis Madeire ; Masson, in Herb. Banks.: ubi etiam legit Rev. 7. Lowe, 
in montibus, ab alt. 1,500 ad 9,000 ped., et nobis benevole communicavit. 
Radix fibroso-csespitosa, fibris ramosis, nigro-fuscis. 
Stipites ceespitosi, breves, purpuraceo-fusci, nitidi, triangulares, angulis acutis subalatis. 
Frondes spithameege ad pedalem, lineari-lanceolatz, basi apiceque attenuatz, pinnatz.  Pinne fere semper oppo- 
site, approximate, horizontaliter patentes, semiunciales et ultra, oblongze, rigidiusculee, intense virides, gla- 
bras, subtus minute scabriuscule, apice margineque superiore magis minusve crenatze, basi transversim trun- 
cate et subpetiolatee, sursum auriculate. —Rachis stipiti similis, atro- vel fusco-purpurea, nitida, triangularis, 
marginibus vel angulis anguste alatis membranaceis. 
Sori, utrinque intra costam et marginem positi, oblique lineares. 
Capsule globose, longe pedicellatze. 
Semina subovalia, fusca. 
Fig. 1. Pinna, cum portione rachidis,a dorso visa. £2. Eadem subtus visa, cum soris. f.3. Capsule. £f.4. Se- 
mina :—magn. auct. 
The present plant was some time ago communicated to us by our valued friend the Rev. T. Lowe, 
from the island of Madeira, with his MS. name of Asplenium Jfallav, on account of its affinity with 
our Z4spl. Trichomanes : but on his first return to England he ascertained, by an examination of the 
Banksian Herbarium, that it had been previously found by Mr. Masson, and was deposited in that 
inestimable collection with the name of z4sp/. anceps of Solander. "This appellation he does not 
hesitate in adopting, although it is not entirely applicable to the three angles of the stipes and 
rachis. 
In Madeira it entirely usurps the place of 24spl. Trichomanes, growing generally to a span in 
height: but a specimen gathered by Mr. Lowe at the Ribeiro d'Ametade, at an elevation of nearly 
4000 feet above the level of the sea, exceeds a foot in length. 
It is to our peculiar satisfaction, that at the very moment we are engaged in writing this descrip- 
tion, we hear that our friend Mr. Lowe has again for a short time visited England, and is preparing 
| an account of his new Madeira plants for publication in the Cambridge Philosophical Transactions. 
They will be compared with the Banksian Herbarium, and will form a very valuable memoir. 
