Plate XXXV, «, 



THE LANCEOLATE SPLEENWORT 



(ASPLENIDM LANCEOLATOM). 



AKPLENIUM, Linnam* 



Clusters of Spore-cases linear, oblong or elongate, straight* attache*! along the inner or 

 anterior aide of the veins or venules, furnished with an iiulushun or niuiiihrniioiia 

 cover, Indusium of the same form, entire or somewhat jagged on the margin, 

 opening along the inward side, or that towards the midvein or axis of venation. 

 Veins disunited at their extremities, their branches (venules) simple or forked ; 

 sometimes furcately branched without a midvein, 



A, LA5CE0LATUM; fronds lanceolate, rigid, glabrous, hipinnato ; pinnsc ovate-lanceolate; 

 pinnules obovato or obliquely ovate, blunt* Iobcd or toothed, the teeth coarse, 

 angular, mucronato; rachifl with slightly elevated margins in front, not winged, 

 minutely scaly ; sori short, oblong, produced towards the margin, 



Asmxtru raxcrouTrw, //Wj*a. J7ero *fa*for. ii. *54. Smfh* J£m$luk FUr* 9 iv. 205; £*eti** Jfrfray, 

 iv, 240. l)*alim t Phrt$f*f&i* Jtrifanuk*, \x, 07. Uo&rr «aJ Ar*#tt, JtfitUh /'Vj, 573, B*t**$ta* t 

 JfiMiuj e/ Jirititk Jtofatiy, 41 1. Aer****, Muteiy tf lirituh Ftrm* t 210 <«lcl. »yiL Yiriani and Sadler). 

 3fiw, H**dU*l vfffritii* Ar*a, 15k &*vriy, JVm, 47, t, 27 (Kid). H7ft*Vaon\ ^ww /W*rw-. 

 r.aiG. Spmpt. SFten* ftfttdGkm, tr. 88 (exd. urn-)- Pf<*I t T^mtn P/mefyAnrii> t 10& J*>, 



Atfrixxiru botohiaitm. A'l.^.n. j-Vi-.r..-, 1&30, i* 3JL Pre*/, ftn/n*tf* j?£*ruty™p*i<t t 10& 



Amoral! Hilioth, P. oV**to, iVer*. 1£45, ii. 7ftS (Preal). 



Aatusrira: crstinrM, JR &Ulu, Ftw* t IS**, IL S07 (Pre*l). 



Tasaciiia laXCROLata, I'rttt, Epimtti* /fofeaw. 82* 



IViLvremrv AniAxrflwra, Point* E**yefor*£i* Jfr/Ierfiow*. r. AlO {Pw*])» 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 

 Plati XXXV. ».-Aii««tcu UWtOlimil l,fr«n Jcnwy; J>. .d/Mm. 2. fixan Guwtwy t O. JTV-vy. 



HABTTAl\--T1ioujth not entirely confine*] to the *oa-contt. tU* plant mm* be regarded a* a maritime and al*o a southern 

 specie*. Hit Wwd quarter* would nviii to be Ike then* of tho DriMol CLaunol. a* it wu» from tho l-and** Bad 

 throughout the penlntuta formed by the eounliea of Cornwall and Devon, through Someraet to ftIoure*t.cr*hire en 

 the one «Jc, and in tho count*™ of Glamorgan anil Pembroke on Iho other ; taeoce continutoj; nlonfj tbo ihore of 

 Cardigan bay, appearing in the eountie* of Merioneth anil Carnarvon, and perhap* ftentwgft, onn of itn station*, near 

 Uanraat, being near the boundary of the** eouutic*. It again occur* in a more aoiitnuwl and inland vtaiion, at 

 Tunbridge Well** There are *ome doubtful record* of it* occurrence in Oiford*hirv, Shrojubire, and Yorkshire . tho 

 latter, according to Bolton'* figure, certainly pertaining to A*pb*i*m AH**t*****t*«** ^^ *roe jJ^nVjiuai 

 /eamiAr/M hw ceeo reeently found by M*r, Wood*, at Kinaalo, Cork. It ti thiw aeMcd to the Mora of Ireland, and 

 other lri*h loealitie* may be expeeted to reward a diligent aeareb. Link itatea that it I* fiwnd near Gilphead in tlie 

 *<+l of Scotland, but thoue> not unlikete, we do not And bU »tatemcnt cenfirmeiL In tbe Channel l*Und*, a< at 

 *?ark, Gueniwy, and Jcrwy, it a-Tiln occur*, and at h«t in the two litl •mentioned in nfoftttka, lU frrourito 

 loealitie* are the erevice* of reek* and old wat]*, tno lido* of wd^ and tbe »WU of de-eried mine*, Mr. X, B. Ward 

 W lavonred u» with an aeeount ef a magnificent Uft wbM ho found, along with other*, auncat clonng tho taonta of 

 a wlL, in the blind of Jer*ev = the frond* of Ibta plant were a foot or wore in Icngta, and the plant bore no fewer 

 than one hundred and twenty perfect lr freali &vnd*, braidee tho renaaina of itdt or **rvnty otbrr* in rarioua atagea or 

 «lecaj- Mr Wan! foond it mwt almndint in tho w«tero side of tho Uland, tar>bs **<& » n rituatioa and aiie ; on 

 Jiy, fully exposed walla, aenrcoly more than a coupto of inohe* hi«h t on tho dVmely^hanVd dry *and*tono b*nV*, and 

 liniiiR the interior of well*, upwanla ofa foot in length. Mr. Wataou girea it an altitude of #300 (eet in Wal« j but 

 Mr Wennctt report* Hinlin^ it at an elevation of 700 fort, at Darmouth. 



GEOGRAPHICAL KANOB + — Aq>te*i*m fo*tt*?*Iitm orcura in tbo ulanda of Madeira and the Aram (/|h /fabr, A-Wir*/, 

 Owv t M**. Rrtt.) t *Xid on tbeAfneau eoa*t at TanjnVn ( J/t *Vm + ^r*V.). In Eurojie ii ufoand in Spain and t'ortngal 

 (/». //oaXrr, Z*W*Vy, Mm. ltrti.i Jtfw, Pasu), in HwiUerUnd (//o* 0«ui), and at Fontainblean, and in BKttany, in 

 tbe north*we*t of Krat^ee, whence it rro**r* orer to the ISritieh Aora. It i* conanjuently an Attantie ipecie*. 

 A South American plant, in l>r. LindJey'a llerbaritim, eolketed by Mr. Cumin*., ***y elo*ely re^mWe* thw *peeie** 



Cattdez sliort, thick, erect or decumbent tufted, <IonscIy scaly. Scab* clonsately stthulatc, 

 shining brown, ccllulosely>stnato. Fibres stout, branched, tomentoso. 



Stipes shorter than tho frond, usually about a third of tho whole length, sometimes longer, dark 

 chesnufc-colourcd below, which colour extends more or less along the back ot tho rachia; terminal 



