tab. XIX. 
AsP ,,«™ CD®**"*) ™ X ” P0LroM ’ 
Wall. 
, v ; x r epen te copiose crasse fibroso 
Candice crasso dechmi aggregate srepe pedalibua 
apice mgro-palewse®* { n f er iore prmcipue laxe et deciduo 
fuscis subrobustis pa dibug pe dabbus ad sesquipedalem 
nigresoente-paleM^ ;* bnitentib is siccitate fuscis pinnatis, 
Z 11 netiolatis patentibus 6-8-10-uncialibus 
nigresoeuic . bnItent ibus siccitate niseis pini aus, 
subconaceis dim s tentibus 6-8-10-uncialibus 
pinms remotis 3 1 ■ P , d-acuminatis mtegernmis basi 
late oblongo-lanceolatis tenm dicllotom ; 8 
suboblique cuueat. ’’f, Boris copiosis lineari- 
gj£ ."ST fere ad r»»gmem oootinuis, iuyolucriu 
Aspleniura fraxinifolium, WA Cat »• 194. 
Diplazium fraxinifolium, Wall. Herb. 1823. Moore, Index Til. 
Diplariun, elegans, Hook. in. rlorul. Hang-Kma,. f™Bard 
Msc , var. venis liberis. C. Wright in Herb, of U. S. Expl. 
Exped., under Commodores Ringgold and Rodgers, and in 
Herb. Nostr. 
IIab. Penang, Wallich. Sincaporc, Thomas Lobb. n. 33. Khasya, 
Griffiths. Assam, Griffiths, Simons, Hooker fil. et Thom- 
son. Hong-Kong, Mr. Alexander, Dr. Harland, Wilford, C. 
Wright. 
This fine Fern has been largely distributed by the _ late 
Dr. Wallich, under the name of Asplenium (Diplazium) 
fraxinifolium ; and I am desirous of making it known to the 
botanical world ; for as far as I am aware, it has been noticed 
by no Fern-author in any way, save that, in Moore’s Index 
Filicum, Wallich’s Asplenium fraxinifolium is called ‘‘ Di- 
plazium fraxinifolium." My impression is that this Fern, 
with its free venation will prove specifically identical with 
Diplazium (Oxygonium) elegans, figured in Flook. Ic. PI. t. 
939-940, notwithstanding the anastomosing venation of the 
latter. I would observe, too, that the Diplazium alter n folium, 
111. (and Hook. Fil. Exot. Tab. 17) has, though possessing much 
broader pinnae, great affinity with this ; but the whole group of 
diplazioid Asplenia require a careful study and revision, which 
we trust to attempt ere long. 
^9;} • Portion of a fertile frond seen from beneath : — 
magnified. 
Chit. 2 , i, 19, 
