POLYPC&IACE.E. 



Asplenium iridiphyllum HAYATA sp. nov. (Fig. 152). Rhizoma 

 erectum brevissime squamatum, squamis cuspidato-lauceolatis 6 mm. longis 1 

 mm. latis apice cuspidatis basi rotundatis vel subpeltatis margiue subintegris 

 vel remote subdeiiticulatis. Stipes csespitosus brevissimus vel nullus basi 

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

 latis basi rotundatis subpeltatis margine longe remoteque ciliatis fusco- 

 oastaneis. Frons lanceolata apice gradatim acuta ad surnmum obtusa basi 

 attenuatissima ad stipitem brevissimum abeuns subsessilis 27 cm. longa 28 

 mm. lata margine irregulariter crenulata subundulato-plicata simplex versus 

 apicem ascendento-denticulata supra glabra subtus prseserfcirn prope costam 

 vel versus apicem squamis minutis parce dispersa, squamis irregularibus 



Fig. 1S2, Asplenium iridiphyllum HAYATA; a, the plant; b, a scale on the rhizome ; c, a 

 on the stipe ; cl, o, amceboid scales on the under sivrface of the upper portion of the frond. 



