TAB. XXIX. 



ASPLENIUM (EuASPLENIUJl) TENUIFOEIUM, Doi, 



Caudice horizontal! crassiusculo setate vix paleaceo, stipitibus 

 casspitosis 3-4 uncias ad spithamnsam longis ad basin 

 castaneis, frondibus oblongo-ovatis acnminatis pallide vi- 

 ridibus membranaceis 6-12 uncias longis 3-pinnatis, pinnis 

 pinnulisque petiolatis, pinnis prirnariis 2-3 uncias longis 

 patentibus lato-lanceolatis acuminatis, pinnulis ultimis 

 obovato-v-lineari-cuneatis bi-trifidis laciniatisve, segmentis 

 acutissimis subspinulosis, frondis pinnarumque apicibus 

 pinnatifidis segmentis linearibus, venis in segmentis soli- 

 tariis longe ante apicem terminantibus, soris solitariis vel 

 binis in quoque segmento. 



Asplenium tenuifolium, Don Prodr. Fl. Nep. p. 8. Kze. in 

 Linnaia. 24. p. 265. Metten. Asplen. p. 128. Hook. Sp. Fil. 

 3. p. 194. 



Asplenium concinnum, Wall. Cat. n. 216. 



Hab. India, Nepaul, Wallich; Neilgherries, Sir F.Adam, Wight, 

 n. 104, Gardner, Schmid ; Sikkim Himalaya, Hooker. Jil. 

 and Thomson ; Myrung, and Mishmee, and Khasya, Grif- 

 fith ; Ceylon, Gardner, n. 1079, Thwaites (elev. 7000 feet) 

 n. 3628. 



An elegant, very compound species, sometimes almost 

 quadripinnate, allied to the West Indian Aspl. cicutarium, yet 

 very distinct, especially in the very acute segments of the 

 pinnules, and in the involucres never opening at or near the 



Fertile Plant: — nat. nize. Fig. 1. pinnule. /. 2. Sorus : 

 magnified. 



