TAB. XXXIV. 
Asplenium (Euasplenicjm) rutaceum, Mm. 
Caudice obliquo radicante, stipitibus cmspitosis brevissimis 
semiunoiam adduas unciaslongis castaneis, frondibus 10-12 
uncias longis membranaceis atro-viridibus lato-lanceolatis 
basi sensim attenuatis apice in caudam longam filiformem 
ad extremitatem radicantem extensis bi-tripinnatis, pinnis 
primariis horizontalibus unciam sesquiunciam longis numer- 
osis approximatis (infimis nanis) e basi latiuscula oblongis 
obtusis, secundariis 2 lineas longis omnibus petiolatis pm- 
natis, pinnulis 2-3 obovato-spathulatis subacutis integris 
v. bilobis, pinnulis infimis magis compositis summis integris 
vel bilobis minimis remotis, venis in quoque lobo indivisis 
longe infra apicem terminantibus apice clavatis, soris brevi- 
bus ovalibus in disco sitis, involucris membranaceis pallidis. 
Asplenium rutaceum, Metten. Asplcn. p. 129. t. 5. f. 32. 33. 
Moore. Ind. Fil. p. 162. Hook. Sp. Fil. p. 203. Aspidium, 
Willd. Sp. FI. 5. p. 266. Athyrium, Pr. — Loncliitis in 
auriculas subrotundas divisa. Plum. Fil. p. 44. t. 57. 
Hab. St. Domingo, Plumier ; Columbia, Tovar, Moritz , n. 
402; New Grenada, Ocaiia, Schlim n. 624; and Sierra 
Nevada, elev. 6000 feet ; Venezuela, Fendler, n. 123; on 
trunks of trees, forests of Archedona, Andes of Quito, 
Jameson, n. 788. 
An elegant species, lately well described by Mettenius, 
previously very incorrectly understood, and chiefly in conse- 
quence oi Plunder's rather exaggerated figure above quoted, 
from which Willdenow’s character appears to have been 
drawn up : and hence too he was led into the error of 
believing it to be an Aspidium . 
Fertile plant; nat. size. Figs. 1 §■ 2. Pinnules with sori ; 
magnified . 
C’B-VT. 2. T. 31. 
