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Asplenium—continued. Asplenium—continued. 
A. l. Fernandesianum (Fernandez).* A form with a more A, montanum (mountain).* sti. tufted, 2in. to 3in. long. fronds 
rigid rachis and sub-coriaceous, rather narrower pinne. Juan bine tron = , lin. broad, lanceolate-deltoid ; lowest pinnæ dis- 
Fernandez. Both are handsome stove ferns. tinctl ” deltoid, sharply serrated round the outer edge. 
fronds sori 8 deep ren os United States, 1812. Frame or greenhouse 
A. macrocarpum (large fn sti. 6in. to 9in. long. 
1zin. to 24in. long, 7 he broad, ovate-lanceo ate, with 
numerous oe sapone on each side, th the lowest 3in. to 6in. long, ‘lin. to 
ljin. broad; lanceolate ; pinnules on A i inciso-crê- 
nate or pinnatifid. sori ‘copious, large. Himalayas. Greenhouse 
species. SYN. Athyrium macrocarpum. 
A. macrophyllum (long-leaved). Synonymous with A. nitens. 
A. marginatum (margined). sti. 2ft. to 3ft. long, strong, erect 
woody, about 3in. thick at the base. fronds simply Ditte, 4ft. 
to 6ft. ; pinnæ in several opposite pairs, the lowest 1ft. to 
2ft. long, in. to 4in, broad, the edge entire, the base often cor- 
date. sori long, linear, confined to the free veins. Tropical 
America. Stove species. Syn. Hemidictyum marginatum. 
A. marinum (sea).* Sea a sti. tufted, 3in. to 6in. long. 
i 6in. to 18in. lo to 4in. broad, ,oblong-lanceolate, apex 
x ae of the ieee half quite deltoid, the point acute 
fone fee erie “i pe as 
e including Britain. 01 ectly y 
grown in a trame or cool house. 
crowned).* fronds țin. to bet oe long, simply pin- 
innæ for yaang apta of the way up variable ia Th tam, and 
nat ; pinn lobed and cut ; the pig third freely branched with 
numerous imbricated, curled, and slightly crested divisions, form- 
ing a dense head 2in. or more across. dwarf and pretty 
7 form, 
_ A, m. crenatum (crenated). fronds 4in. to 8in. long, broadly- 
lanceolate ; pinne nearly trapeziform, obtuse, with Tehy ae 
nated margins, A very pretty form. 
A. cael ee yb eee re eg sti. 2in, to 4in. long. fronds about 
rachis into to ovate. - Fear lobes, the margins of 
ery handsome form, the 
i ayo poet thant its ‘length. 
A. m. ramosum (branched). onds from 4in. to 8in. long, 
Scpened at the apices; pinn oblong, with the margins obtusely- 
dentate, and slightly undulated. ‘ 
A. m. sub-bipinnatum (half-bipinnate). fronds 6in. to 12in. long, 
_ lanceolate; pinne distant, deeply lobed, or cut nearly to the mid- 
_ ribs. A very rare and pretty variety. 
Am. Th ompsonii (Thompson’s).* sti, in. to 4in. long, smooth. 
fronds 6in. to 10in. long, ovate-lanceolate, bipinnatifid ; pinne 
closely set, sub-deltoid, unequal-sided, deeply cut into Pron 
y undulated lobes below, gradually less divided upwards. 
: AET re and handsome variety. All the forms of A. marinum 
; y moist atmosphere, consequently they will not thrive 
t! phedi ir, unless along the sea-coast. 
maximum rest). cau. erect. sti. 2ft. or more long. fronds 
several feet long, to 3ft. broad, deltoid-lanceolate, with nume- 
1S | è on each , the lowest 9in, to 18in. long, 4in. to 8in. 
d rA to 4in. long, Zin. broad ; edge more 
Son the lowest two e long. North 
ko camel SYNS. A. diversifolium and Diplazium 
wien of the 
peaulon (black-stiped).* sti. 1ft. to 2ft. long. fronds 
j, Sin. to 18in broad; lower inne ĝin. to in? ome 
broad; lanceolate, 2in. to Zin, lo 
: ; sof the way to the rachis mre near. 
mag sori short, oblong, Th 
or 
Sema “A edge. a SYN. 
A. Michauxii (Michaux’s).* 
fronds soph sbi- or 
deeply E or cut t quito to the 
e a a 
seas ee hy lho 
et ee ee 
with the 
P rachis divided about half way down from the 
wept two Eip e ual divisions, which are in freely forked, 
ao into a obtusely on hcg ex- 
crested, _—— cern pene ne the 
d; the lower pinne are ith equal to abnormal and bluntly 
Tiao i sti. 3in. Se Somme ba fronds Gin, to 
7 à ak ae cote i the as 
: “division, whic. more or less 
the entire frond hi ha a very elegant — 
ed and feathery).* divided 
eee the Sa ont two main bran which are 
t below, imbricated u cut 
ged Pang 
species, 
A. multisectum (much-cut). Synonymous with A. aspidioides, 
A. muszefolium (Musa-leaved). A variety of A. Nidus. 
A. n= Sg ar myriad-leaved). A variety of A. rhizo- 
Phylum. ; 
; an 
apart. h omg ay about half way ag he a Ind p 
&c., 1820, Syn. A. australasicum. See Fig. 172. 
A. N. australasicum (Australian). Miarib keeled on the 
back, often black. Australia, &c. The two former are best 
treated in the stove ; the latter thrives well in the greenhouse. 
Syn. Lhamnopteris australasicum. 
A. N. muszefolium (Musa-leaved).* fronds larger, sometimes 
6ft. long, 1ft. broad. sori extending nearly to the edge. 
A. nitens (shining). sti. scattered, 6in. to Sin. long. fronds 1in. 
to 2in. long, 6in. to 9in. broad, with twelve to twenty ascending 
or sub-falcate pinn on each side, which are 4in. to 6in. long, = 
to lin. broad, much acuminated ; edge finely toothed, base broadly 
rounded on the upper, truncate in a curve on the lower side. sort 
in close regular rows, not extending more than half way from the — 
midrib to the edge. ‘Mauritius. Stove species. SYN, A. macro- 
phylium, of gardens only. att. i 
A. nitidum (shining).* sti. 1ft. long, naked. fronds 2ft. i 
long, 6in. to 12in. broad, with many lanceolate-deltoid pinne 
on each side, which are cut down to the rachis, into nume! 
stalked deltoid peanas Beee Bp cut into 
pa prabe rar North india. Gey jhouse spec 
A noros ae “sti. tufted, 6in. to 12in. 
long. fronds Yin. to bin. to Qin. ty 
—— lower ard ‘ones and deltoid ; 
cord anes ae marginal. e lone, distant, 
species, SYN. Darea Darea novee-caledonia. 
A obtuse). sti. tufted, 3in. to 6in. long. fronds 6in. 
to 12in. long, ae to 4in. broad, {gviong or ovate-deltoid, with a 
longer than 
Le on ae ide, which La lin. to 2in. } long s ae jin. 
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lower 3 
omen 
o. lucidum (clear).* fronds often 2ft. long, with fifteen vo 
ps od — of Snes on each side, which are more he 
texture, darker n in colour, the ——— bin. long, lin. to Thin 
broad, narrowed gradually to a long acumi me ted point, edge : 
deeply toothed, Greenhouse variety. SYN. A. in a mee 
obtuse-leaved).* sti, almost tufted, : 
to eg og 2 long, 4in. to 6in. broad, broad, ovate-lanceo- 
