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TAB. LXXXVIIL 



ASPLENIUM FRAGRANS, 



Erectum, fronde lanceolata pinnata, folioHs lanceolatis crenato- 

 serratis acuminatis basi superne truncatis subauriculatis inferne 

 cuneatis, superioribus sensim minoribus, rachi alata, stipite 



compresso- 



«. Foliolis longe acuminatis. 



/3 



Hab. Columbia. On the trunks of trees in the forest of " el 

 Pau," near Guachapala.— /3. On tl 



of. W. Jameson. 



Filix erecta, spitliama^a, fere ad pedalem. Badix fibrosa, btipes 

 2—4 pollicaris, nudus, superne pra^cipue compressus et sub- 



alatus. Frons 



lata, pinnata, pinnis (20—30) versus apicem sensim minori- 

 bus, lanceolatis seu ovato-lanceolatis brevissime petiolatis, 

 submembranaccis, alternis crenato-serratis, magis mmusve 

 attenuatis, basi superne truncatis et subauriculatis, mferne 

 cuneatis. Sori copiosi, in singulo nervo solitarii. ^ Involucrum 

 lineare. Capsules fuscce. Bachis late alato-margmata. ^ 

 I have derived the specific name of this Fern from the cir- 

 cumstance mentioned by Professor Jameson, that when m-y ^^ 

 it smells like Anthoxantlum odoratum. As a species, its ne 

 affinity is perhaps with Aspleninm virens, Prcsl ; but tna p 

 has only seven or eight pinnules, all nearly equal in size, v 

 as large as those of our plant, cuneate on both sides at the base, 



sharply and doubly serrated, and the rachis is only winged above. 



