POLYPODIACEyE. 



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Near Asplenium p?7dnense HANCE, but differs from it by the broader 

 lobes of the pinnules. 



Asplenium tenuissimum HAYATA sp. nov. (Fig. 159). Rhizoma 

 brevissimum erectum teuue. Stipes csDspitosus semiteres Lcvis tenuissimus 

 15 cm. longus nitidus iutus (supra) canaliculato-planus viridis subtus extns 

 couvexus nigro-rubro-purpurascens nitidissiinus parce squainatus, squamis 

 inferioribus cuspidatis 8 mm. longis basi 1 mm. latis, supsrioribus linear! bns 





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>, Asjilfninm tvnuisx'imum HAYATA ; a, the plant ; ^b, a scale OTI the rhizome 

 c, a pinnule; d, .apical portion of the same with a sonis. 



