tab. XXXI. 
ASPLENIUM (EUASPLENIUM) REPENS, Hook. 
Parvum, caudice longe filiformi ramoso hirsuto-tomentoso, 
'stipitibns sparsis remotis vix 2 lineas longis, frondibus sub- 
biuncialibus ovato-lanceolatis bi-rarius tiipinnatis, pinnis 
2 lineas longis petiolatis, pinnubs divaricato-patentibus vix 
lineam longis cuneato-palmatis in. petiolulum attenuatis 
apice irregulariter subdigitato-laciniatis, venis crassiusculis 
immersis simplicibus vel furcatis longe ante apicem termi- 
nantibus clavatis 3 soris semiovatis solitariis, inv olucris nicm- 
branaceis fuscis, racbi stipiteque herbaceis. 
Asplenium repens, Hook. Sp. Fil. 3. p. 194. 
Hab. Ecuador, growing on trees and shrubs in the forests 
of Archedona, Quitinian Andes, Jameson , n. 786. 
One of the most distinct of all Asplenia. The filiform 
caudices are a foot and more long ; yet the fronds are among 
the smallest of the Genus, and the pinnules of the fronds are 
in shape more like some Plagiochilus among Jungermannia 
than any E ern I know. The veins terminate . far below 
the apex of the segment, and the involucres are all remote 
from the margin. 
Portion of a fertile plant : nat. size. Fig. 1 §• 2. Finnic, 
with and without sori. f. 3. sorus: magnified. 
Cbm. 2. t. 31, 
