Platb XXXIX. 



THE COMMON MAIDENHAIR SPLEENWORT 



(ASPLENIUM TlUCHOMANEsX 



ASPLENIUM, Zinnam. 



Clusters of Spore-eases linear, oblong or elongate, straight, attached along the inner or 

 anterior side of the veins or venules, furnished with an iiuluaium or membranous 

 coven Indimum 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, 

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

 sometimes fnreatcly branched without a midvein. 



A. Trichomakes; fronds linear pinnate; |>mme roundish-oblong, roundish-ovate, or 

 obovate, scarcely stalked, obliquely cuiicatc at the base, crcnated ; rachis 

 chestnut-coloured throughout, margined in front with a dark-coloured erect 

 narrow membranaceous border, not a herbaceous wing; son distant from the 

 midrib. 



AfHJVira TftlCHO)U*fc», Z4MMWI, JyWitJ PUniarum, 15*0. Ifeftofl, FilUr* JlrrUaninr, 2* I, ]& ^u/i. 



fitftfel Jfefoay, tflL, I. 307 ; £«-«&* Fieri, iv. 202. i/wfor, Mm ZftaoW.***. v, I50 f t. 150. JWntifa», 

 ae»«*wf t/ BritUi JUf*wy t 411 //oofer W AnuU w fintiwk Fior*, u73. JWimwa, Itittory tf liritUK 

 A*t,24& J/otX-ay. FUrt Jliltnica, Ml J**li» t Fbryr*p*i* JfriUmnkv, it. 73, J/*w, //WcW 



iftirituk Fmi* 1U2. &K*tOy, F™, ^ t. 30. &A£uA>, AVy/tajMMue&r Gtinffciar, 00, I. 74, JfTtt<?s*CH? t 

 Sftrirt /*7i,i l '.i,-lim. y. 3$1 $prc*$rl t Syrinx* Fr$rtitlHitiM t ir- 85. Prttfy Tcufttmcn I'UriJtorofittf. 10$. 



iV> t fit ntm Filtcun, 100. X Oray. 2toto*f qfth* SbrtAerm rTiufaJ Stale*, 0*27* 



Atm?HU TurcuoUaSOIOK*, UrWramt AMr, I)ftit*eM**Jt KeyptfyamutU ftnoic.be, U\ tVtik*ri*$, 2fot#M\e*t 



Arr**y*Mtmt t/ KycMfo, 03& Zy&tfbet, Flora jtafirtf, 6Q» 



ASFUMLH HlLiJOCAl'LOff, HVUfwr, F*unfr*Jio t 1073; $[*+#* Plantar*!*, v. liJt?. jfyrtH4r7 f Sjitrrv* 



VryttvUtiwa, iv. t#, i'm/, Tcaraattfl l*itridc$f*pAU, 10S. leV, Gram /Vfttwur, IK 



AmtMVU aAUTInt, &*U*lvry, JWn>**i. -KM. tVeov, Setmral JrrujyrMtnt if Rritith 1'Untt, ii. 1& 

 TllCUOlUSKi CBE5AT1. OiVlAcW, " i&Wft i'V*'-. ii- oW." 



Fr*r. racisuM; piuuse deeply pinnatiiid, the segments narrow, iuciso-serrato; barren, 



AirLfcMCU ftixmLii tf illicit, tfray, Afaftrraf -frmajtmtftf qf IfritUk l*U*ts, »♦ IIV 



Amiyuru Tukhou_**k« 3, &vm*A, E*$HA Fhra, it. 202. JJwrv*, Un/tJk^l o/Jirtiith Ftrn* f 102. 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE, 



Fiath XXXIX. — Aarwivif Turbo mam* ; A t from Uo4alrotng. Suitor ; &£ Orwy. B, from Tote**, Devon; G &«//, 

 C, A. T*icho3€1*l* ntrAL'rciUTUJl, from BSack Howl, Claro; lfr. ^ffcljit* O. A, Tbichohasi* i>ci*UW; cultivated; 

 i'. U'tUttt. E, TV ftuntt, ffom IkirrwkibJi', UuBilwrUml ; J/iu Wrqkt. F t A. TuicuoxAirca XAUoat'Ji, fft>tii Knw iok ; 

 J/ij* JfV; ■ r G. A, Ti.ui^nsu viKiuimi. from 8t, >Tary'i Iilir, Kirkcudbright; cuJtivatol; IMithvrgh Ihtank 



GafJrn. H, A. Thtt:tlOHAT<i;A ClinTATTU ; cultivated; Dr. AUc&it** 



HABITAT.— Tfai» spfvicn u (jciicwlly *totril>utcd througliout llio I'nitcJ KinfiJotn and Ir^Luitl. grovring on wall*, rock», and 

 ruiiu; iborv rwly in hedgerow l^atikn, uhcro, bowcTCTt it uttaSim gnut^r ]u\uriaacA It ii found at nn cC^ratioB of 

 up»nnl* of 2000 feci sIwtc tbo «co. Snccimctui from tbc weal of Ireland, cocainuuicattd by Mr. \Y*. Andcvwp. and 

 from Oalmtf, \n Mr II. Uarnngton, aro upvordi of a foot in Ic&fttb, and furoiihrd with alwul thirty nairaof \Miuk* 

 of abo*it half AH inch long &nd n quirUr iucn brood. 



OHOOKAl'HICAL D1STRIBDTIOX,— Throughout Karafic, citntding nulward* toOroctt\arMl uc»t wards to the SjkuiI-Ji 

 pcoiaftda; tbcoco to Ma<kim aud the nci^hbouriu^ AtlaiitW UW. nnd totho Capo of Good Hoj* {Hb. littler). Io 



A*ia It I* found in the region of Umi Caucatu^ in lVrnla ( o\(cndin* totariourt parta of India— Afi^lianutan, Ka^uiiir (a 



form willi ^tro&c^y crvoattd mitiLv)^ Ik^'tan, SimTa, Muhhoiw ; occurring alto in SitvHa ( in the Ural and Altai ran^o*, 

 and in the tv^ron of Lako KuVaL Sonioof thoi^imla awl EYntan #pc^inicna rcacmWe J.it«f^u; and tho Atlai peluaa 

 marked variety, having tht» lower ninrw oei/ly IrianpiUr, tho uppor narrow obloo^ t and tho intcnueiliatc* on« haitatc^ 

 tHh, Iltftlf-f)* Tho Miotic* in met with in Van Diemca'a Land, and at Sydncji lJathur>t k Victoria, and Mt>unl 

 Ahvrd>v(t 4 in Amtralia. In Aiurrira it otvurn in i nrioua parts of too I'uuVd StaU-* t from Vermont to Now MMitti 

 <//*. Iloolvr); in Britiali A»crioa, from Hontroal to Xootka Sound (111. MtH. BriL) -, and in VcncxucU (11$. 

 /Iw.trr). It i* a^ain fouml in tho Sandwich Uaudi (//4. Limftty and Jftolvr). llo .4rf4rmtvn ixatyp*. whtth occura 

 in the CaJuuStv, Madeira, and tho adjaoiuit itlanda, and i» pcrhopi not motO than n nurked variety of J. TneA^uin^ 

 jteoiliar in Eli narrowtr and naoro vlougalvtl auri*ulolc pinna-, and Iri^ooouj atijteis hoa not, wc Ulteic. b*vo found 

 in Britain. Tho sUpknitw mmim and A. puMettun of Illume, native* of Java, appear to be rery neoHy ndate<l to 

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