Barren pinna, upper side. 



ASPLENIUM HASTATUM. 



Klotzsch, Kunze. Mettenius. Hooker. 



PLATE XII. 



-A. 



Asplenium fragrans, Hookee. (Not of Swaetz.) 



" odoratum, Mooee. 



" hastatum, var. pferocaulon, Hookee, 



Asplenium — Spleenwort. Hastatum — Spear-sliaped. 



In the Section Eitasplenium of Authors. 



A PKETTY Fern, but little known amongst cultivators, and 

 closely allied to the Asplenium falx, of Desvaux. 



An evergreen stove species. 



Native of Caraccas, Venezuela, and Andes of Quito. 



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

 and pinnatifid, petiolate, pinnee from two to three inches in 

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

 ferruginous and paleaceous above. Fronds scarcely coriaceous. 



Veins forked, and immersed in the frond. 



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



The-illustration is from fronds kindly sent to me by Mr. R. 

 Sim, of Foot's Cray, Kent. 



