TAB. XXVII. 
Asplenium (Euasplenium) FadyenIj Hook. 
Candice longe repente paleaceo-squamoso radicante, fibris 
longis flexuosis, stipitibus numerosis sparsis gracllibus 
2“4 uncias longis inferne squamis ovatis fuscis paleaceis, 
frondibus 4“6 uncias longis late ovato-lanceolatis membra- 
naceis flaccidis bipinnatis siccitate atro-viridibus pinnis 
(16-17) 1-1 J unciam longis horizontaliter patentibus re- 
in otiusculis lanceolatis basi pinnatis apicem versus pin- 
natifidis, plnnulis 3-5 parvis 2-3 lineas longis petiolulatis 
obovato-subrliomboideis obtusis nunc profunde trilobis 
lobis obovatis dentatis, venis furcatis^ soris paucis ob- 
longis parvisj involucris brunneis laxe membranaceis sub- 
atliyroideis, racbi gracili subflexuosa. 
Asplenium Fadyenq Hook. Spec* Fil, 3. p. 193. 
Hab. Jamaica^ MacFadyen. 
Some years ago I had the pleasure to receive this new 
Fern from my late friend Dr. MacFadyen, and only upon that 
one occasion. It may therefore be considered a rare Asplenium^ 
and assuredly a very distinct one, not likely to be confounded 
with any other. 
Fertile plant: — nat. size. Fig* 1. Superior basal pinna: 
magnified, f. 2. Sorus : more magnified. 
CenIv 2. T. 27 . 
