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104 - THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Asplenium— continued. Asplenium—continued. 
A. iho ate Choteshy pape eee TUeHEh tte anor A. macilentum (lank). A form of A. auritum. 
scaly at base. fronds Sft. to Sft. long, Yin. to 18in. broad; | A, marinum. The various situations in which this native 
pinne 6in. to Sin, Jong, 3in. to din. broad, dee pe epee species is found largely account for the number of forms 
pinnules 2in. to Jin. long, divided into slightly-toothed lobes. observable. The typical plant is well shown in Fig. 119. x 
Venezuela. Stove. Syn. Diplaziwm Klotzschit. 
A, lanceolatum. The Spear-shaped Spleenwort, as this species 
is commonly called, although indigenous in countries extending AO 
from England to Greece, as well as in Algiers, Madeira, the f 
Azores, &c., is nevertheless very local, Leing found in sheltered, 
well-drained, and yet moist situations. A frond is shown in 
Fig. 117. 
Fic. 120. FROND OF ASPLENIUM MARINUM IMBRICATUM, 
A. m. imbricatum (overlapping). fronds having the pinne 
so closely placed that they overlap each other for fully one- 
half of their width; these are auricled at base and minutely 
dented on the margins. See Fig. 120. 
Fic. 118. FROND OF ASPLENIUM LONGISSIMUM. 
A. lasiopteris (woolly Fern). A form of A. Peterseni. 
A. latifolium (broad-fronded). sti. strong, erect, smooth, 1ft. or 
more in length, clothed at base with dark brown scales. 
fronds 3ft. to 4ft. long, lft. to 14ft. broad; pinnze about twelve 
on each side, the largest 1ft. long and 4in. broad; pinnules 
numerous, coriaceous, 2in. jong, din. broad, and truncate at 
base, the edges slightly toothed. sori linear, about din. long. 
Ceylon, &c. A greenhouse species, of almost arborescent 
habit. Syns. A dilatatum, Diplaziwm latifolium. 
A. Lechleri (Lechler’s). sti. stout, upright, 2ft. to 3ft. long, 
scaly towards the base. fronds 3ft. long, 2ft. broad at - Fra. 121. FROND OF ASPLENIUM MARINUM RAMOSUM. 
the base ; pinnz very ccriaceous, lft. long, 3in. broad, slightly 
toothed, tapering to a sharp point, rounded at base. sort | A. m. ramosum. The fronds of this variety, which are 
beginning at the midrib, but falling short of the- edge. abundantly produced, are very irregularly divided, some bein 
Peru. strong-growing, stove species, well adapted for the forked from the middle, and a few from the stalks, but mos‘ 
rockery. Syn. Diplazium Lechleri. ; of them are branched near the apex only, as in Fig. 121, 
A.longissimum. Being an evergreen, this species is furnished A. Mayii (May’s).* fronds dark purplish-green, short, gracefully 
at all seasons with its very elegant, pendulous fronds (Fig. 118), arched, freely produced; pinne piceaig notched, 894. A 
A. lunulatum. There are a number of varieties, including seedling, of tufted habit, of which A. Baptistii is probably one a 
erectum, Fernandezianum, lobatwm, pteropus, tenellum (SYN. of the parents. Stove. 
reclinatum), and tripinnatifidum. 
A. Lyallii (Lyall’s). A form of A. obtusatum. 
Fic. 122, ASPLENIUM MONANTHEMUM, showing Habit and 
Fic. 119. ASPLENTUM MARINUM. detached Basal Portion of Frond, with Bulbils. § 
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