10 ASPl.ENIUM PIXNATIFIDLJM, 



Fronds almost membranaceous, flaccid, base subliastate, lance- 

 olate, profoundly pinnatifid, almost pinnate below, and sinuato- 

 lobate above. 



Veins repeatedly dichotomous. 



Sori brief, linear-oblong, and but few on each lobe, and 

 even solitary in the smaller ones. 



Caudex short and creeping. 



Length of frond from four to five inches, with a stipes, which 

 is caespitose and ebeneous at the base. 



The illustration is from a frond forwarded by Mr. R. Sim, of 

 Foot's Cray. 



