TAB. CCXXVIII.. 
ASPLENIUM GREVILLII. 
FILICES.—Gvnarz. Br. Porvropraczx. Kaulf. Finrcrs verew.WWilld., Spreng. 
Gew. Cnuan. ASPLENIUM, Linn. /Sori lineares, sparsi, dorsales. Zmvolucrum lateraliter ortum 
ducens, margine superiore libero. Dr. 
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ASPLENIUM Grevill? ; cespitosum, fronde simplice oblongo- seu ovato-lanceolata subsinuata tenui- 
acuminata inferne in stipitem longum usque ad basin alatam decurrente, soris transversalibus 
anguste linearibus numerosis parallelis. 
Asplenium Grevillii. —JZ/all. in. Cat. of Pl. in Mus. of .E.. I. C. 1o. 1036. 
Has. Tovag, in India Orientali. 77. Govan, M.D. (IN. JF'allich, M.D.) 
Radix csspitosa, fibrosa; fibris ramosis, ferrugineo-tomentosis. | 
Stipites plurimi ex eadem radice, erecti, digitales ad spithameeos, utrinque lato-alati; alis e marginibus decurren- 
tibus frondis, inferne sensim angustioribus. 
Frons palmaris ad spithamseam, nunc ovato-lanceolata, nunc oblongo-lanceolata, subcoriacea, pallide viridis, 
subundulata et margine paululum sinuata, integerrima, breviter sed tenui-acuminata, inferne usque ad basin 
stipitis insigniter decurrens, costata, parallelim nervosa, nervis approximatis, oblique horizontalibus, ad mar- 
ginem fere attingentibus. 
Sori unciam longi, transversim dispositi, numerosi, approximati, anguste lineares. 
Involucrum longissimum, angustissimum, membranaceum, superne dehiscens. 
Capsule globosse, grosse reticulatee, lato-annulatze, longe stipitatee. 
Semina elliptica, marginata, reticulata, fusca. 
Fig. 1. Capsule. f. 2. Semina:—magn. auct. 
Among the numerous species of the genus zdsplenium, there is not perhaps a more decidedly 
marked one than the present; for its stipes, which is longer than the frond, is almost entirely 
obliterated by the singularly decurrent margin of the latter, which, from a rather sudden con- 
traction near the base, gradually runs down into two winged margins to the stipes, thus forming 
as it were a portion of the frond itself. The colour is a delicate pale green; the sori very numerous, 
and, originating from near the costa, they reach nearly to the margin in an uninterrupted line. 
The whole frond and stipes are entirely glabrous and destitute of chaffy scales. 
