Portion of mature Frond— under side. 



ASPLENIUM DENTEX. 



EUNZU, {not of SCHOTT.) 



PLATE XLIII. A. VOL. V. 



Aspleniv/m erectv/m, 



it S( 



" mutilatum, 



Leibmann. Boey. 

 Fee. Schlechtendal. 

 Kaulfuss. 



Asp lenium — Spleenwort. 



Dentex — Sharp-toothed. 



A HANDSOME rare Fern, somewhat approaching Asplenium 

 formosum in form, and by some authorities looked upon as a 

 variety of that species. The habit of the plant is very sim- 

 ilar to A. nidus; the fronds rising from outside an erect caudi- 

 ciform rhizoma, bending outwardly, and forming a hollow in 

 the centre of the plant. 



An evergreen greenhouse species. 



Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Fronds pinnate; pinnae sub-opposite, oblong-lanceolate, inciso- 

 dentate, approximate, and touching each other at the base. 

 Superior base truncate-auriculate ; inferior base exciso-cuneate; 

 the basal pinnse triangular in form, and barren. Auricles wide. 

 The form of the frond linear-lanceolate, slightly narrowing to 

 the base, and attenuated at the apex. 



Sori prominent along and approximate to the basal margin 



