TAB. XXXIII. 



Asplenium (Euasplbnium) Wardii, Hook. 



Caudice subhorizontali crassiusculo superne squamis longis 

 subulatis dense vestito, stipitibus casspitosis spithamajis 

 stramineis inferne parce subulato-squarnosis, frondibus 12- 

 14 uncias longis basi 10 uncias latis membranaceis deltoideo- 

 acuminatis olivaceo-fuscis opacis bipinnatis apice pinnati- 

 fidis, pinnis horizontalibus petiolatis lanceolatis acuminatis, 

 pinnulis approximatis 6-8 lineas longis horizontalibus ses- 

 silibus subdimidiato-ovatis obtusis integerrimis v. lasviter 

 sinuatis serratisve, pinnarum inferiorum pinnulis subpinna- 

 tifidis auriculatisque superiorum subintegris decurrentibus, 

 venis pinnatis oblique patentibus simplicibus furcatisve, 

 soris biserialibus costam versus, involucris (junioribus) 

 tenui-membranaceis pallidis. 



Asplenium "Wardii, Hook. Sp. Fit 3. p. 189. 



Hab. Tsus Sima, Strait of Korea, Wilford, n. 717. 



A very distinct Asplenium from any known to me, with 

 more the habit of some Lastrea than is usually seen in this 

 Genus. I name it in compliment to John Ward, Esq. Com- 

 mander of H. M. S. "Actaeon," in acknowledgement of his 

 services rendered to Mr. Wilford, Botanical Collector for the 

 Royal Gardens of Kew, during an interesting cruise in the 

 North Chinese Seas, and as far as Manchuria. 



Fertile plant : nat. size. Fig. 1 . Pinnule with sori : mag- 

 nified. 



C'jsJTT. 2. I. IH. 



