TAB. XXX. 
Asplenium scolopendrioides* J. Sm . 
Fronde simplici lanceolata subito caudato-acuminata integer- 
rima basi in stipitem perbrevem longe attenuata, soris 
linearibus* involucris subgeminatis superiore angustissimo 
reniformi, venis approximatis patentibus. 
Asplenium scolopendrioides, J. Sm . in Hook . Jaurn. of Bot. 3. 
p. 408. (name only), 
Hab. Leyte, in tbe Phillipine Islands* Cuming, n, 318. 
This is another Asplenium , nearly allied to our A, loriforme 
t, 26, and A, Griffithianum * t. 28, remarkable for the sud- 
den, narrow, tail-like apex of the frond ; and I find a pecu- 
liarity also in the involucres, for on the inner or upper side, 
a nerve-like line will be seen to run parallel with and of the 
same length as the involucre, leaving a narrow area between 
it and the contracted involucre attached to the nerve. This 
line is caused by a slender membrane* evidently a portion of 
the involucre* remaining after the dehiscence. It gives the 
appearance of a double involucre* or of one opening in the 
middle ; and it was probably this which suggested the name 
of scolopendrioides to Mr. J. Smith. 
Fig . 1 . Portion of the underside of a fertile frond: — mag- 
nified. 
