Ess, Ch. 
Comptonia asplenifolia. 
shorterthanthe scale. Cor.none. Stam. Filaments three, shorter than the calix, forked; anthers © 
six, two-valved. Female flowers. Catkin egg-shaped, closely imbricated with scales similar to 
those of the male. Cal. Perianth six-leaved; leaves opposite, in pairs, filiform, membranous at 
the base, many times longer than the scale. Cor. none. Pist. Germ roundish ; styles two, ca- 
pillary. Peric. none, Seed Nut-oval, one celled, without valves. 
Male flowers in a catkin. Calix two-leaved. Corolla none. Anthers forked. Female flowers 
in acatkin, Calixsixleaved. Corolla none. Styles two. Nut oval. 
Comrronta asplenitilis, tallis bcpolidentsbus alternatim crenato-pinnatifidis. Willd. et Pursh. 
- §YNONYMA, a 
Lravmamsan peregrinum. Syst. Veg. 860. 
Lrqurpamaar asplenifolium. Sp. Pl. 1418. 
Mynica. 
Gazz Mariana asplenii folia. Petiv. Mus. 773. 
Gron. Virg. 155. Cold. Noveb. 224. 
_ DESCRIPTIO UBERIOR. 
Frutex ‘Sped. Caules fructicosi, ramosi, hirti. Folia longo-lanceolata, profunde alternato-sinuata. 
Ament. Mas. laterales, erecti, seu sub-arcuati. Ament. femin. rubr. Nux ossea, lenticularis, 
nuda, asthe striata, nitida, Habitat in sylvis, florens Martio et initio Aprilis. B. 
Tae only North American species of a genus, dedicated by 
Dr. Solander to the Right Rev. Henry Compton, Lord Bishop of 
‘London. Itis a shrubby plant, having leaves resembling the As- 
plenium or Spleen-wort, and hence the specific name. It is saat 
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