TAB. XL 



Asplenium (Euasplenium) TKILOBTJM, Cav. 



Parvum, caudice crassiusculo erecto ad apicem paleaceo, 

 squamis imbricatis nitidis, stipitibus casspitosis 2-2^ 

 pollices longis, frondibus coriaceis rhombeis acuminatis 

 integris crenatisve 3-lobis vel rarius 3-partitis segmentis 

 acuminatis magis minusve incisis lobo intermedio longiore, 

 venis immersis pluries eubflabellatim dichotomis, soris 

 majusculis erecto-patentibus lineari-oblongis, involucris 

 rigidis fuscis. 



Asplenium trilobum, Cav. Prat. 181, p. 255. Willi. Sp. PL 

 5. p. 306. Hook. Spec. Fil. v. 3. ined. Gay, Fil. Chit. 6. p. 

 499. Metten. Asplen. p. 146. 



Asplenium trapezoides, Sw. Syn. Fil.p. 76. Willd. Sp. PI. 5. 

 p. 306. Schk. Fil. t. 67. Gay, Fil. Chil. Q.p. 499. Metten. 

 Asplen. p. 146. 



Asplenium parvulum (small state), Hook. Ic, PL t. 222. 



Hab. S. Cnili and Chiloe, Poepp'g, Cuming, n. 820 ; Captn. 

 Ph. King, W.Lobb. Lechler, Gay, Harvey, Sfc. §•<:. Peru.? 

 (Swartz). Mariane Islands? (WUldenow). S. Brazil, 

 Tweedie, in Herb, nostr. 



A species easily recognized by its size and trapezoid form. 

 A. trapezoides, indeed, is a more appropriate name than A. 

 trilobum ; but the latter has the right of priority. Our Aspl. 

 parvulum of the Icones Plantarum, is merely a smaller and 

 young state of this ; we were the more disposed to think it 

 distinct, from its being detected on the Atlantic side of 

 America: having been previously known only on the Pacific 

 coasts. 



Fig. 1. Portion of a frond: — magnified. 



ClKI. 2. T. 11, 



