

Portion of mature Fi-ond— under side. 



ASPLENIUM MONANTHEMUM. 



Smith. Kunze. Link. Swartz. Kaulfuss. Willdenow. 

 Fee. Moore and Houlston. Schlechtendal. 



PLATE T. A. VOL. V. 



Asplenium monanthes, 



LiNN^us. Peesl. 



Asplenium — From a — not, and splen — a spleen. Ilonanthemum- 



One-flowered. 



In the Section Trichomanes. 



A BEAUTIFUL Fern, the fronds of which are glabrous, and of 

 a linear-lanceolate form; their length varies from eight to twelve 

 inches, and the colour is a brilliant green. 



Pinnate, the pinnae being of an oblong form, dimidiate, and 

 sub-imbricate, rounded at the apex, and articulate with the 

 rachis, the inferior ones are flabellate. The upper base is 

 parallel with the rachis, the lower base being truncate. The 

 apex and upper margin crenate-serrate. 



The sori are mostly solitary, that is, only one on a pinna, 

 occasionally, however, there are two. In form they are linear — 

 horizontal, and are situated near the inferior margin. Rachis 

 and stipes polished, and of a bronze-red colour. Terminal, 



