128 THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
Asplenium— continued. > i 
paoa lanceolate-oblong pinnæ on both sides, which are 4in. to 
. long, liin. to 2in. broad ; pinnules numerous, unequal-sided, 
lanceolate, acuminate; edges sharply toothed, the lower base ob- 
liquely truncate. sori in two rows in the upper part of the 
pinnules, often diplazioid. Sandwich Islands. Greenhouse spe- 
cies. Syn. A. polyphyllum. 
Adiantum- (Black Spleenwort), sti. tufted, 6in. to 
9in. long. fronds 6in. to 12in, long, 4in. to 6in. broad, sub-deltoid ; 
lower pinnæ deltoid, 2in. to 3in. long, 14in. to 2in. broad ; all the 
pinne pinnate. sori copious, at last often occupying the whole 
under surface of the segments. Great Britain. World-wide in 
its distribution. Hardy. A. solidum, from Cape Colony, is 
supposed to be a mere form of this species. There are several 
varieties the best of which are described below. See Fig. 168. 
A. A.-n. acutum (acute). fronds Yin. to 15in. long, deltoid, tri- 
pinnate; ultimate segments linear, and very acute. Ireland. A 
copiously divided and very elegant variety. Habit more graceful 
than the type, 
FIG, 169, ASPLENIUM ADIANTUM-NIGRUM GRANDICEPS, 
ted). fronds 6in. to 12in. long ; 
pinnz comparatively short, and slightly crested; apex freely 
divided, and expanded into a broad crest, which gives the 
frond a very graceful contour, Frame or greenhouse variety. 
-= See Fig. 169. 
A. A-n. im (sharp-leaved). fronds 4in. to 6in. long, 
ovate-lanceolate ; ultimate segments narrow and very acute. A 
very pretty little variety. 
A, affine (related). sti, 6in. to 12in. long. fronds 12in to 18in. 
long, 6in. to 12in. broad, bipinnate, with numerous pinne on each 
side, the lower ones lanceolate-rhomboidal ; pinnules rhomboidal, 
inciso-serrate, sori copious, linear. Mascaren Islands, &c. Stove 
or warm greenhouse species. SYN. A, spathulinum. 
- pinnate, with a large terminal and t 
Yale of the To frond of the simple state; texture coriaceous. 
altern (alternated). sti. tufted, lin. to 2in. long. ond. 
bin. to Bin. long, lin, to Tjin broad, Isneeolate-oblong cut down 
blunt! nded lobes on each side, which reach 
the lower gradually reduced. sori 
Greenhouse species. SYN. A. Dal- 
housiæ. 
A. alternifolium (alternate-leaved). Synonymous with A. ger- 
manicum. 
r T lium (narrow-leaved).* sti, tufted, about 1f 
fronds 18in. to 24in. long, 4in. to bin. broad, simply niani 
ceolate-oblong, flaccid, with twenty to thirty sub-sessile pinnæ on 
each side, sterile ones largest, 2in. to Sin. long, jin. broad, acumi- 
nate; edge obscurely-crenate, base rounded and equal on both 
_ Sides ; fertile pinn narrower and more distant. sori very close 
and regular, extending from the midrib nearly to the edge. 
- Canada, &c. Greenhouse species. 
A. 
anisophylium unequal-leaved), sti. tufted, 6in. to 12in, 
. frond. ft toot long, 6in. to 9in. broad, oblong-lanceol: 
ble pinnate, With 
with ten to sixteen sub-sessile pinnæ on each side, 
Asplenium—continued. 
which «iè 3in. to Sin. long, about lin. broad, acuminated, crenate, 
the two sides unequal, the uppér One narrowed suddenly, the 
lower one obliquely truncate at the base. sori distant, elliptical, 
reaching half-way from the edge to the margin. Cape Colony, &e. 
Greenhouse species. 
A, apicidens (apex-toothed), A variety of A. Vieillardii. 
A. arborescens (tree-like). caw. oblique. stò. 1ft. to 2ft, long. 
fronds 3ft. to 4ft. long, 2ft. to 3ft. broad, deltoid, tripinnatifid, with 
numerous pinne, the lower ones 12in. to 18in. long, 4in. to 6in. 
broad; pinnules šin. long, about Jin. wide, acuminate, edge cut 
two-thirds of the way down to the rachis into nearly entire lobes, 
lin, deep, Łin, broad. Lower sori lin. long. Mauritius, &c., 1826. 
Stove species. SYN. Diplazium arborescens. 
A. Arnottii (Arnott’s). sti. smooth, angular. fronds ample, tri- 
pinnatifid ; lower pinnæ Qin. to 12in. long, 4in. to 6in. broad; 
pinnules šin. to 4in. long, lin. or more broad, cut down below to a 
distinctly winged rachis into deeply crenate, blunt, oblong lobes, 
“` Hin. deep, jin. broad. sori copious, nearly all diplazioid, and filling 
up when mature nearly the whole surface of the lobes. Sand- 
wich Islands, 1877. Greenhouse species. SYNs. A, diplazioides 
and Diplazium Arnottii. 
A. aspidioides (Aspidium-like). sti. tufted, 6in. to 12in, long 
Sronds lft. to 2ft. long, 8in. to 12in. broad, ovate-deltoid, tripinna: 
tifid ; lower pinnz 6in. to 8in. long, lanceolate-deltoid ; pinnules 
lanceolate, cut down below nearly to the rachis into inciso-pinna- 
tifid ovate segments, two lines broad. sori copious, oblong, the 
lower ones curved. Tropical America, &c. Greenhouse species. 
Syn, A, multisectum. 
A. attenuatum (attenuated). sti. tufted, 3in. to 4in. long. fronds 
simple, linear-lanceolate, about lft. long, about jin. broad, nar- 
rowed upwards very gradually, sometimes proliferous at the point, 
the margin toothed; the lower third also lobed; the lowest 
roundish, lobes reaching down nearly or quite to the rachis, sort 
reaching nearly to the edge. Queensland, &c. . Greenhouse 
species. 
A. aureum (golden). A variety of A. Ceterach. 
A. auriculatum (auriculated).* sti. tufted, 4in. to 8in. long. 
fronds 12in, to 18in, long, 4in. to6in. broad, simply pinnate, lanceo- 
ee with ten to twenty-stalked horizontal pinne on each 
side, which are 2in. to 4in. long, #in. to lin. broad, lanceolate, 
often sub-faleate ; y crenate, the two sides unequal, the 
upper one with a cordate auricle, the lower one obli uely truncate. 
_ sort distant, not reaching either the midrib or Tropical 
America, 1820. Stove species. 
A, auritum (eared). sti. tufted, 4in. to 8in. long. fronds 6in. to 
12in. long, 2in. to 4in. broad, simply pinnate, with ten to ‘een 
-stalked horizontal pinne on each side, which are 2in. to 3in, long, x 
and about żin. broad, acute or bluntish ; edge sharply toothed or 
often lobed, especially on the upper side towards the base. sori 
in two broad rather oblique rows. Tropical America. Stove 
species, 
A. australasicum (Australian). A variety of A. Nidus. 
A. Baptistii EADS sti. 6in. to 8in. long. fronds lft. long, 
bipinnate, broadly ovate; pinnæ stipitate, the lower about 
Sin. long, with four narrow stipitate linear-toothed pinnules, — 
Zin. long, and a terminal lobe, 3}in. long, jin. broad, furnished 
with distinct linear marginal teeth, pointing forwards, and ter- 
minating in a long attenuated point, which is toothed nearly 
to the end. sori linear-oblong, straight, parallel with, and close 
to, the midrib. South Sea Islands, 1879, A very handsome stove 
species. 
A. Belangeri (Belanger’s).* sti. tufted, 4in. to Sin. long, fronds 
12in. to 8in. long, 2in. to 3in. broad, bipinnate ; pinnae numerous, — 
lin, to 1żin. long, żin. broad, rounded at the point, truncate at the 
base on the lower side ; pinnules linear, erecto-patent, line 
broad ; one vein and sorus to each segment, the latter ma: 
Malayan Peninsula, Stove species. SYNS. A. Veit 
Darea, Belangeri, &e. 
A. bipartitum (twice-partite). sti. tufted, Zin. to bin. long. fronds 
6in. to 8in. long, 2in. to Zin. broad, bipinnate, with about ten to 
fifteen stalked pinne on each side, which are lin. to 1jin. long, 
żin. to Zin. broad, bluntish, gut down at the base on the upper 
side into one distinctly-stalked cuneate pinnule, sometimes into 
two or three, the outer edge inciso-crenate, the base on the lower 
side obiignely truncate. sori in two regular rows, reaching 
nearly to the edge. Mascaren Isles. Stove species. 
A, bisectum (bisected).* sti. =n 4in. to bin. long. 
12in, to 18in. long, 4in. to 6in, broad, bipinnatifid, with twenty to 
thirty horizontal pinnæ on each side, which are 2in, to Jin, long 
in. broad, with a very long, narrow, deeply inciso- 
upper portion, the base on the upper side narrowed suddenly, on- 
e lower obliquely truncate. sori almost all in two parallel rows- 
close to the midrib. West Indies, &c. Stove species. — 
ly-winged). sti. tufted, 2in. to 4in. long. 
in. to 1jin. broad, bipinnate, with twelve 
pi each side, of which from ro 
i soli 
_ Madagascar, &c. Stovespecies. SYN. Darea 
oe: 
- A. brevisorum (shortly-soriate). sti. 12in. to 18in. long. fro 
ait. to att tong, Sin. to lin. broad, ‘tripinnate; lower a 
