Barren pinna— upper side. 



ASPLENIUM HASTATUM. 



Klotzsch. Kunze. Mettenius. Hooker. 



PLATE XII. A. 



A^plcidam frugrans, Hooker. (Not of Swartz.) 



" odorainm, Moobe. 



" Jutstalum, var. p/erocaulon, Hooker. 



Afiphnitim — Sploenwort. Ilastatum — Spear-shaped. 



In the Section Euaspi.enium of Authors. 



A pretty Fern, but little known amongst cultivators, and 

 closely allied to the Asplenium falx, of Desvaux. 



An evergreen stove species. 



Native of Carracas, Venezuela, and Andes of Quito. 



Fronds pinnate, oblong-ovate in form, the apex being caudate 

 and pinnatifid, petiolate, pinnrc from t^vo to three inches in 

 length, coarsely sinnato-serrate with apex entire, caudex short, 

 ferruginous and paleaceous abo^e. Fronds scarcely coriaceous. 



A cins forked, and imnu'rscd in the frond. 



Sori linear, conspicuous, and almost parallel with the costa. 



The illustration is from fronds kindly sent to me by Mr. E,. 

 Sim, of Foot's Crav, Kent 



