TAP. XLV. 
Asplenium (Eudiplazium) Thwaitesii, A. Braun. 
Caudice longo repente atro radicante, stipitibus sparsis 4 
uncias ad spithamaeam longis rachique pilis crispatis squam- 
isque lanceolatis membranaceis vestitis,frondibus spithammis 
ad pedalem ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis membranaceis 
pinnatis apice pinnatifidis, pinnis 1^-3 uncias longis ap- 
proximatis sessilibus horizontalibus obtusis rectis profunde 
fere ad rachin pinnatifidis, lobis brevi-oblongis obtusis 
apice dentatis, venis pinnatis simplicibus v. furcatis, soris 
singulo lobo in seriebus duabus parvis lineari-oblongis, in- 
volucris pallide fuscis membranaceis convexis suberosis 
nunc diplazioideis, costis et venis supra subglanduloso- 
sparseque pilosis. 
Asplenium Thwaitesii, A. Braun , Incl. Hort. Berol. 1857 
Metten. Asplen. p. 183. I look. Sp. Fil. 3. p. 250. 
Hab. Ceylon, Gardner , n. 1343, Thwaites. 
A remarkable and well defined species in its long, creeping, 
subterranean, blackened caudex, and the densely tomentose 
and peleaceous stipites and main rachises. 
bertile frond; nut. size. Fig. 1. 2. 3. Portions of pinna) 
with sori : magnified. 
Cent. 2. t. -45. 
