Pinna of mature Frond — under side. 



ASPLENIUM CAUDATUM. 



FORSTER. SCHKUHR. J. SmITH. KuNZE. FeE. 



PLATE XLIV. VOL. V. 



Asplenium Jiorridum, Kaulfuss. 



Asplenium — Spleenwort. Caudatum — Tailed. 



An interesting yet an almost unknown species in general 

 collections. Rapidly propagated by the young plants which 

 form near the apex of each frond. 



An evergreen stove Fern. 



Native of India, Polynesia, and Java. 



Pinnate, pinnae opposite, lanceolate, and pinnatifid, broadest 

 at the base, and attenuated at the apex; segments broad near 

 the base of the pinnae, becoming gradually more linear towards 

 the apex where attenuated. Frond of the same width through- 

 out, except near the apex, where narrower. 



Stipes and rachis brown, and exceedingly hirsute. 



R-hizoma scaly, brown, and slightly creeping. 



Veins branched. 



Sori bold, linear, approximate, and on either side, and parallel 

 to the raid-vein, making a close double row along the mid-vein, 

 besides which one or more running longitudinally along the 

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