TAB. XLI. 
Asplesium (Euasplenium) Monteverdense, Hook. 
Caudice parvo fibroso-radicante, stipitibus caespitosis 1-2 
uncias longis lurido-castaneis, frondibus 4-6 uncias longis 
lato-lanceolatis acuminatis inferne attenuatis membranaceis 
pallide viridibus demum subcoriaceis atro-viridibus tripin- 
natis, pinnis omnibus subpetiolatis, primariis paten tibus 1- 1 } 2 
unciam longis oblongo-ovatis obtusis, secundariis lato-cu- 
neatis (infimis brevibus pauci-pinnatis) plerisque bi-trifidis 
segmentis brevibus aeutis modice subincurvis, venis costae- 
formibus apice clavatis, soris in lobos solitariis vix dareoideis, 
involucris parvis lineari-oblongis flavo-virescentibus valde 
membranaceis, rachibus viridibus compressis marginatis. 
Asplenium Monteverden^e, Hook. Sp. Fil. vol. 3. p. 195. 
(X , llvy'VMj (j lfe£ > 
IIab. Under overhanging rocks near Mount Verde, on the 
eastern side of Cuba, C. Wight, n. 1029. 
Of this species the affinity is perhaps with Aspl, varians, 
Hook. & Grev., but the very short stipites, the fronds attenu- 
ated at the base, the different form of the pinnae and their 
more distinct petioles will readily distinguish it; or, more 
nearly, with some of the many forms of Aspl. cicutarium. In 
the old state of fructification the plant might be taken for a 
Gymnogramme, for the copious capsules soon cover and conceal 
the involucres. 
Fertile fronds ; not. size. Fig. 1. Pinnule with sori. /. 3. 
Single sorus : magnified. 
Cent. 2. t. 41. 
