TAB. XXXVI. 



Asplenium (Euasplenium) dimorphum, Kze. 



Caudice ("repente crasso ") stipitibus 6-12 uncias longis, 

 frondis amplis 2-pedalibus et ultra chartaceo-membranaceis 

 deltoideo-ovatis bi-tripinnatis, pinnis ovato-lanceolatis 

 petiolatis acuminatis biformibus in eadem fronde v. in 

 frondibus diversis, inferioribus plerumque sterilibus sim- 

 pliciter pinnatis, pinnulis rhombeo-ovatis basi inequaliter 

 cuneatis margine serratis stepe lobatis vel basin versus 

 iterum pinnatis, venis pinnatis dichotomis ; pinnis fertilibus 

 plerumque terminalibus bipinnatis vel potius bipinnati- 

 fidis, laciniis linearibus angustis obtusis, venis costiformibus, 

 soris plerumque solitariia dareiformibus ramis geminatis 

 diplazioideis. 



Asplenium dimorphum, Kze, in Linncea, 23. p. 233. Metten. 

 Asplen. p. 108. (excl. syn. A. Novas Caledonia?, Hook.) 

 Hook. Sp. Fit 3. p. 213. Aspl diversifolium. A Cunn. in 

 Endl. Ft Norf. p. 10. (not of Blume.) 



Hab. Norfolk Island, and no where else as far as yet known. 



One of the most distinct of asplenioid Ferns, and among 

 the most limited in respect of country, for it appears to be 

 confined to Norfolk Island. 



Fig. 1. Portion of a frond, with sterile and fertile pinna?; 

 nat. size. f. 2. Sterile pinnule. /. 3. Fertile pinnule with 

 sori: magnified. 



Cent. 2. t. 36. 



