TAB. XX. 
Asplenium (Euasplenium) QUITENSE, Hook, 
Parvum, caudice filiforml repente hie illic inferne radiculoso, 
stipitibus subfasciculatis 3-4 ex eodem puncto unciam 
longis nudis gracilibus herbaceis supeme una cum rachibus 
marginato-alatis, frondibus 2J-3 J uncias longis submembra- 
naceis atroviridibus lanceolatis pinnatis, pinnis 6 — 9-jugis 
horizontaliter patentibus sublonge petiolatis oblique ovatis 
pinnatifido-lobatis basi infeme cuneato-incisis, lobis obtusis 
integerrimis basi superiore lobo majore auriculasformi bi- 
trifido, venis simplicibus vel (in auriculam) bi-trifurcatis 
apice intra marginem clavatis, soris majusculis oblongis, 
involucre membranaceo latiusculo. 
Asplenium Quitense, Hook, Spec, Fil, vol, 3. ined, 
Hab. On decayed trees in the forest of Archedona, Qui- 
tinian Andes. Prof, W, Jameson^ n, 707. 
I refer this distinct and very pretty Fern, to the Tricho- 
manes — division of Euasplenium^ and it has some affinity with 
several of the less rigid, herbaceous species of that section ; 
but is peculiar in the slightly winged rachis, the very dis- 
tinctly petiolated, rather deeply pinnatifid, lobate pinnse, and, 
above all, in the long filiform creeping caudex. 
Fig, 1. Sterile pinna, f, 2. Fertile pinna, seen from 
beneath, f, 3, Portion of a pinna, with sorus: — all magnified. 
Cbni. 2. T. 20. 
