TAB. XVI. 
Asplenium (Diplazium) Zeylanicum, Hook . 
Caudice terete repente subterraneo nudo fibroso-radicaute, 
stipitibus sparsis solitariis squamis laxis intense fuscis lan- 
ceolato-subulatis paleaceis 4-uncias ad spithamseam longis, 
frondibus lanceolatis acuminatis subcoriaceo-membranaceis 
spithamafis ad pedalem 1-2-uncialibus latis profunde pinnati- 
fidis basi pinnatis apice subintegris serratisve, lobis pinnisque 
patentibus oblongis obtusissimis integerrimis, venis remotia 
furcatis, soris linearibus, involucris venula basi superiore 
loborum pivecipue diplazioideia. 
Hab. Ceylon, banks of a large stream of Kotmalee Oija, elev. 
4,000 feet, Gardner , n. 1249. I have received a specimen 
also, from Mr. T/maites, but possibly from Mr. Gardner’s 
collection. 
I possess only two specimens of this distinct looking dipla- 
zioid Asplenium, and venture to constitute a species of it 
though it may possibly be a young form (yet in very good 
fructification) of some compound species, which time, and 
further researches only can show. 
Fig. 1 . Sterile lobe, f 2. Fertile lobe: — magnified. 
Cent. 2. t. 16. 
