TAB. XXXI. 
Asplenium (Euasplenium) repens, Hook. 
Parvum, caudice longe filiformi ramoso hirsuto-tomentoso, 
stlpitlbus sparsis remotis vix 2 lineas longis, frondibus sub- 
bliincialibus ovato-lanceolatis bl-rarius tripinnatis, pinnis 
2 lineas longis petiolatis, pinnulis divaricato-patentibus vix 
lineam longis cuneato-palinatis in petiolulum attenuatis 
apice irregulariter subdigitato-laciniatis, venis crassiusculis 
immersis simplicibus vel furcatis longe ante apicem termi- 
nantibus clavatis, soris semiovatis solitariis, involucris mem- 
branaceis fuscis, rachi stipiteque herbaceis. 
Asplenium repens, Hook. Sp. Fil. 3. 194. 
Hab. Ecuador, growing on trees and sbrubs in the forests 
of Archedona, Quitinian Andes, Jameson^ n. 786. 
One of the most distinct of all Asplenia. The filiform 
caudices are a foot and more long ; yet the fronds are among 
the smallest of the Genus, and the pinnules of the fronds are 
in shape more like some Plagiochilus among Jungermannia 
than any Fern I know. The veins terminate far below 
the apex of the segment, and the involucres are all remote 
from the margin. 
Portion of a fertile plant : nat. size. Fig. 1 §• 2. Pinme, 
with and without sori. f. 3. sorus : magnified. 
Cent. 2. t. 31. 
