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pinnatifido-lobatis, venulis ultituis simplicibus, omnibus intra 

 loborum apices imos terminantibus. 



Sori, rotundati vel oblongi, medium circiter venularum ulti- 

 marum insidentes (rarius in furcis,) approximati. 



Indusium membranaceum, fornicatim, forma varium, vel 

 linguiforme, vel transverse oblonguni, vel semicyathiforme, 

 semper si in venula unica insidet basi centricum si in fur- 

 cam basi obliquum. 



Receptaculum inconspicuum. 



Thecas plurimse (ratione indusii) stipitatae. Sporula angu- 

 lat. oblonga, scabriuscula. 



Habitus Aspleniorum quorumdam, aspectus fructificationis 

 primo Aspleniaceus. Genus an novum ; Asplenium et As- 

 pidium inter medium ? Ab Asplenio indusio centrico, et non 

 laterali discrepans. 



Mana, supra Budrinath, alt, 12000 in scopulos. 



1. Pinnule magnified. 



2. Division of a pinnule cut away. 



3. Do. of a young frond ; query does any change ever hap- 

 pen in increased development at a latish stage. 



4. Lobe of a pinnule, capsule removed and indusium re- 

 flexed. 



5. Sorus from underneath. 



6. Plan of a sorus, and indusium. 



7. Sorus from underneath. 



8. Portion of a pinnule, indusia reflexed. 



9. Represents a rare ? case of a sorus infurcam insidens, 

 indusio insertione obliqua. 



10. Sorus from the front, indusium reflexed. 



11. Capsule. 12. Sporules. 



This Fern exists in the Herbarium of Mr. Edgeworth, 

 B. C. S. It appears to me unlike any other India Fern. 

 The apparent unilaterality of the indusia is curious, when 

 contrasted with their usually centrical attachment. 



