TAB. XLI. 
Asplenium (Euasplexium) Monteverdense, Hook, 
Caudice parvo fibroso-radicante, stipitibus caespitosis 1-2 
uncias longis lurido-castaneis, frondibus 4-6 iincias longis 
lato-lanceolatis acumlnatis inferne attenuatis membranaceis 
pallide vlridlbus demum subcoriacels atro-viridibus trlpin- 
natisj pinnis omnibus subpetiolatis, primariis patentibus 1-1 J 
unciam longis oblongo-ovatis obtusis, secundariis lato-cu- 
neatis (infimis brevibus pauci-pinnatis) plerisque bi-trifidis 
segmentis brevibus acutis modice subincurvis, venis costas- 
formibus apice clavatis, sons in lobos solitariis vix dareoideis, 
involucris parvis lineari-oblongis ilavo-virescentibus valde 
membranaceis, racbibus viridibus compressis marginatis. 
Asplenium Monte verdense. Hook. Sp. Fil. vol, 3. p, 195. 
Hab. Under overhanging rocks near Mount Verde, on the 
eastern side of Cuba, C. Wight, n. 1029. 
Of this species the affinity is perhaps with AspL varians, 
Hook. & Grev., but the very short stipites, the fronds attenu- 
ated at the base, the different form of the pinnae and their 
more distinct petioles will readily distinguish it ; or, more 
nearly, with some of the many forms of AspL cicutarium. In 
the old state of fructification the plant might be taken for a 
Gymnogramme^ for the copious capsules soon cover and conceal 
the involucres. 
Fertile fronds ; nat. size. Fig. 1. Pinnule with sori. f. 3. 
Single sorus : magnified. 
Cent. 2. t. 41. 
