102 THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING 
Asplenium—continued. Asplenium—continued. 
A. F.-f. Victorize. It is difficult to adequately describe the A. formosum.* The lovely fronds of this elegant, delicate- 
beauty of this ‘‘Queen of Lady Ferns,” but Fig. 109 gives a » looking, evergreen species are produced abundantly from a 
good idea of the appearance of its fronds. 
very short stem; and the wiry, polished nature of its dark 
stipes approaches the A. T'richomanes group. See 
Fig. 111. 
A. fragrans feniculaceum. ‘The fronds of this 
charming garden variety are 10in. to 15in. long, in- 
ae stipes, and are only bipinnatifid. See 
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FIG. 111. ASPLENIUM FORMOSUM. Fic. 113. ASPLENIUM GERMANICUM. 
A. flabellifolium. Although not generally popular, this curious | A. fraxinifolium (Ash-leayed). A synonym of A. bantamense. - 
and pretty evergreen species is well worth growing in small A. furcatum laceratum (torn). fronds broader, flatter, and 
baskets, or for covering the surface of the soil in small Fern- more distinctly incised than in the type. 
cases. See Fig. 110. A. gemmiferum (bud-bearing). fronds of a more papery 
A, foecundum (prolific). A popular name for A. compressum. texture and generally proliferous at their extremities; other- 
wise closely resembling those of the popular A. obtusatum. 
sori copious, broad, falling short of both 
eize and midrib. South Africa, &e. Green- 
ouse. 
A.germanicum. This species is allied to 
A, Ruta-muraria. See Fig. 113. 
A. Griffithianum (Griffith’s). sti. tufted, 
short, erect. fronds lanceolate, 6in. to 9in. 
long, jin. to lin. broad, acuminate, very 
gradually narrowed below, crenate-serrated, 
sub-coriaceous. sori reaching from the mid- 
rib two-thirds of the way to the edge. 
Assam and Sikkim. Greenhouse. 
A. Harrisi (Harris's). shiz. little larger 
than a pin’s head. sti. tufted, thread-like, 
lin. to liin. long. fronds pinnate, semi-erect 
or prostrate, 3in. to Sin. long, gin. to 4in. 
wide, attenuated into a naked, thread-like 
tail, proliferous at the end. sort medial, 
oblique. Jamaica (7000ft.); 1895. A fragile 
little, half-hardy species, allied to A. viride. 
A. Hemionitis multifidum. The habit of 
this distinct variety, which has fronds quite as 
broad as they are long, is well shown in 
Fig. 114. 
A. heterocarpum. A frond of this very 
distinct species is shown in Fig. 115. In 
habit the plant somewhat resembles a 
miniature Adiantum. 
A. heterophlebium (variously veined). sti. 
lft. long, grey, scaly. fronds thinly herba- 
ceous, lft. to 14ft. long, 8in. to Yin. broad, 
with six to eight pairs of pinne below the 
pinnatifid apex; lowest pinnz 2in. or more 
apart, 3in. to 4in. long, lin. to lJin. broad, 
acute, cordate at base, dark green, the edges 
undulated, naked; rachis villous; veins pin- 
nate. sori not reaching the edge. Eastern 
Himalayas. SyYN. Anisogoniwm heterophle- 
bium. 
A. hians (gapin ). sti. lft. to 1sft. long, 
slightly scaly. fronds 3ft. to 4ft. long, 2ft. 
to 3ft. broad; pinne thin, papery, dark 
green, the lower ones lft. or more in length 
and 4in. to 6in. broad; pinnules numerous, 
lanceolate, with blunt lobes reaching nearly 
to the rachis. sori short, oblong, only the 
lower ones being double. West Indies and 
Ecuador. An almost arborescent, stove 
Fig, 112. ASPLENIUM FRAGRANS FCENICULACEUM. species. Syn. Diplaziwm hians 
A. foeniculaceum (Fennel-like). A variety of A. fragrans. 
