TAB. XL 
Asplenium (Euasplenium) trilobum, Cav. 
Parvum, caudice crassiusculo erecto ad apicem paleaceo, 
squamis imbricatis nitidis, stipitibus cmspitosis 2-2L 
pollices longis, frondibus coriaceis rhombeis acuminatis 
integris crenatisve 3-lobis vel rarius 3-partitis segmentis 
acuminatis magis minusve incisis lobo intermedio longiore, 
venis immersis pluries subflab ellatim dichotomis, soris 
majusculis erecto-patentibus lineari-oblongis, involucris 
rigidis fuscis. 
Asplenium trilobum, Cav. Prcel. 181, p. 255. Willd. Sp. PI. 
5. p. 306. Hook. Spec. Fil. v. 3. ined. Gay , Fil. Chil. 6. p. 
499. Metten. Asplen. p. 146. 
Asplenium trapezoides, Sw. Syn. Fil.p. 76. Willd. Sp. PI. 5. 
p. 306. Schk. Fil. t. 6 7. Gay, Fil. Chil. 6. p. 499. Metten. 
Asplen. p. 146. 
Asplenium pa,rvulum (small state), Hook. Ic., Pl. t. 222. 
Hab. S. Chili and Chiloe, Poeppig, Caming. n. 820 ; Captn. 
Ph. King, W . Lobb. Lechler, Gay, Harvey, §~c. 8fc. Peru. ? 
( Swartz J. Mariane Islands? ( Willdenow ). S. Brazil, 
Tweedie, in Herb, nostr. 
A species easily recognized by its size and trapezoid form. 
A. trapezoides, indeed, is a more appropriate name than A. 
trilobum ; but the latter has the right of priority. Our Aspl. 
parvulum of the leones Plantarum, is merely a smaller and 
young sta,te of this; we were the more disposed to think it 
distinct, from, its being detected on the Atlantic side of 
“ bavm S been Previously known only on the Pacific 
dig. 1. Portion of a frond -.—magnified. 
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