TAB. XXXI. 



Asplenium (Euasplenium) repens, Houk. 



Parvum, caudice longe filiformi ramoso hirsuto-tomentoso, 

 stipitibus sparsis remotis vix 2 lineas longis, frondibus sub- 

 biuncialibus ovato-lanceolatis bi-rarius tripinnatis, pinnis 

 2 lineas longis petiolatis, pinnulis divaricato-patentibus vix 

 lineam longis cuneato-palmatis in petiolulum attenuatis 

 apice irregulariter subdigitato-laciniatis, venis crassiusculis 

 immersis simplicibus vel furcatis longe ante apicem termi- 

 nantibus clavatis, soris semiovatis solitariis, involucris mem- 

 branaceis fuscis, rachi stipiteque herbaceis. 



Asplenium repens, Hook. Sp. Fil. 3. p. 194. 



Hab. Ecuador, growing on trees and shrubs in the forests 

 of Archedona, Quitinian Andes, Jameson, n. 786. 



One of the most distinct of all Asplenia. The filiform 

 caudices are a foot and more long ; yet the fronds are among 

 the smallest of the Genus, and the pinnules of the fronds are 

 in shape more like some Plagiochilus among Junr/ermannia 

 than any Fern I know. The veins terminate far below 

 the apex of the segment, and the involucres are all remote 

 from the margin. 



Portion of a fertile plant: nat. size. Fig. 1 §• 2. Pinnae, 

 with and without sori. f. 3. sorus: magnified. 



Cent; 2. i. 31. 



