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Asplenium iridiphyllum Havata sp. uov. (Fig. 152). Kluzoiiiii 

 ereptnm brevissinit^ squaniatum, squamis cuspiclato-lauceolatis mm. lougis 14 

 mm. latis apice cuspidatis basi rotundatis vel subpeltatis margiue subintegi-is 

 vel renK)to subdenticnlatis. 8tipes cajspitosus bre,vissimus ^■el uullus basi 

 squamatus, squamis subulato-lauceolatis 4 mm. longis ^ mm. latis apice subu- 

 latis basi rotuudatis sub[ieltatis margine longe remoteque ciliatis fusco- 

 castaueis. Frous lauceolata apice gradatim acuta ad summum obtusa basi 

 attenuatissima ad stipitem bievissiinum abeims subsessilis 27 cm. louga 28 

 ram. lata margine irregulariter creuulata subundulato-plicata simplex versus 

 apicem ascendeuto-denticulata supra glabra subtiis prsesertim prope costam 

 vel versus apicem squamis miuutis parce dispersa, squamis irregularibus 



Fig. 152, Asplenium iridipliylhun Hayata ; a, the jilant ; b, a scjile on the rliizome ; c, a 

 scftle on the stij» ; d, p, amreboid scAles on the imder snvfaoe of the ixpper iK)rtion o£ the frond. 



