TAD. CCII. 
ASPIDIUM COADUNATUM. 
FILICES.—GvRaATZz. Br. PorvropnracEx. Kaulf. Fririczs vere. Willd., Spreng. 
Grzw. Cuam. A4SPIDIUM, Br. HYPOPELTIS, Mich. A4SPIDII species, Sw., Willd. 
'5Sori rotundi, dorsales. | Znvolucrum peltatum, orbiculare, stipitatum, in medio sori insertum, 
undique liberum. £r. 
AsPrDIUM coadunatum ; fronde bipinnata, pinnulis lato-lanceolatis acuminatis pinnatifidis crenatis 
membranaceis reticulatis supra scabris superioribus coadunatis, soris (parvis), stipite elongato 
rachibusque atro-purpureis nitidis. 
Aspidium coadunatum. —JZall. in Cat. of. Pl. in Herb. Mus. of E 1.6, 1V0: 977. 
Polypodium oligocarpum? erb. Hayne (Wall.). : 
Haz. Nepal; Kamoun; montibus apud Sylhet; Chappadong. JV. JZ'allich, M. DD. 
Stipes pedalis ad semipedalem, erectus, semiteres, diametro 3—4 lineas, hinc sulcatus, intense atro-purpureus, 
nitidus. 
Frons inter maximas bi-tripedalis, ampla, bipinnata. inne petiolate; primarie late ovato-acuminate; secun- 
daric seu pinnule lato-lanceolatz, pinnatifidee; superiores crenato-lobatee, coadunatse, omnes membranacere, 
venoso-reticulatee, supra pubescenti-scabrse, subtus omnino glabrae, laciniis oblongo-ovatis obtusis vel raro 
acutis, lato-crenatis. .Kachis primaria fusco-purpurea, nitida; secundaria fusca. 
Sori in venas secundarias inserti intra marginem et nervum laciniarum lineatim dispositi serie simplici, parvi. 
Involucrum orbiculare, peltatum, margine undulato. 
Capsule longe stipitate. 
Semina globosa, fusca, limbo pellucido angulato cincta. 
Fig. 1. Lacinia sorifera frondis. f.2. Involucrum cum soro. f.3. Capsule. f 4. Semina:—magn. auct. 
This very fine species of z4spidiwm seems to have been discovered by Dr. Wallich and his 
collectors solely in the interior of the vast continent of Asia, where so many other novelties of this 
tribe have been found. It is very distinct from any with which we are acquainted, and well distin- 
guished by the coadunate upper pinnules (as its name implies), and by its deep black-purple and 
glossy stipes and rachis. 
