TAB. XLV. 
Asplenium (Eudiplazium) Thwaitesii, a. Braun, 
Candice longo repente atro radicante, stipitibus sparsis 4 
uncias ad spithamaiam longis rachique pilis crispatis squam^ 
isqiie lanceolatis membranaceis vestitis^frondibus spitliam^eis 
ad pedalem ovato-ianceolatis acuminatis membranaceis 
pinnatis apice pinnatifidis, pinnis lJ-3 uncias longis ap- 
proxiinatis sessilibus horizontalibus obtusis rectis profunde 
fere ad racbin pinnatifidis, lobis brevi-oblongis obtusis 
apice dentatis, venis pinnatis simplicibus v. furcatis, soris 
singulo lobo in seriebus duabus parvis lineari-oblongis, in- 
volucris pallide fuscis membranaceis convexis suberosis 
nunc diplazioideis, costis et venis supra subglanduloso” 
sparseque pilosis. 
Asplenium Tliwaitesiij A. Braun^ IncL Hort, BeroL 1857 
Metten, Asplen. p. 183. Hook. Sp. Fil. 8, p. 250. 
Hab. Ceylon, Gardner, n. 1343, Thivaites, 
A remarkable and well defined species in its long, creeping, 
subterranean, blackened caudex, and the densely tomentose 
and peleaceous stipites and main rachises. 
Fertile frond; nat. size. Fig. I. 2. 3. Portions of pinnte 
with sori : magnified. 
CiiNT. 2. T. 45. 
