1900 SUPPLEMENT—RECENT INTRODUCTIONS, &c. -105 
Asplenium—continued. Asplenium—continwed. 
A.monanthemum. The fronds of this species produce bulbils 
at the axils of the basal pair of pinne only, the plant being in 
this respect different from most other euiivatod! Aspleniums, 
See Fig. 122. Ls . <4 
A. see (black-footed). sort Sncae GuLOney often curved, a 
disposed principally in two parallel rows close to the midrib of 2; 
the pinnules. Otherwise this greenhouse species resembles 
A, macrocarpum. Japan, Nilghiris, &e. SYN. Athyriwm 
nigripes. 
A. nigro-paleaceum (dark-chaffy). caw. decumbent. sti. 1ft. 
to lift. long, 4in. thick, thicky clothed with nearly black scales. 
Fronds thick, 2ft. to 3ft. long and nearly as broad; lower pinnw 
1ft. to 14ft. long, 6in. to 8in. broad ; 
earls numerous, spreading, 3in. to ae ‘C3 
in. Jong, lin. broad, cut down half tes 
or two-thirds to the rachis into in- ah 
cised-crenate lobes jin. broad; tex- 
ture thick; rachis slightly zigzag. 
sori, lower ones 4in. aan St. elena: Green oF aie 
house. Syn. Diplazium Loddigesii. 
A. niponicum (Nipon). rhiz. creeping, with 
lanceolate, reddishscales. sti. 6in, to 12in. long, 
glossy, stramineous. fronds herbaceous, lft. or 
more in length, 6in. to 8in. broad; pinn lan- 
ceolate, distinctly stalked, cut down nearly or 
quite to the rachis below into oblong-lanceolate, 
unequal-sided pinnules, which vary from sub-entire 
to deeply pinnatifid ; rachis and both sides naked, 
often tinged with pevple sort copious, the lower 
ones often horseshoe-shaped. Japan and China. 
Greenhouse. SYN, Athyriwm niponicum. There 
is a crested variety. 
Fic. 124. ASPLENIUM OB- 
TUSILOBUM. 
all ovhers. Instead of the “#¥ 
proliferation being, asisusual ff 
in many Aspleniums, located 
at the extremity of the fronds, 
it consists in the slender, fili- 
Y form owths which start 
from the base of the plant. 
! See Fig. 124. 
A. ornatum (ornamental). fronds 
of a very deep bronzy-green ; pinnze 
deeply laciniated. 1898. A hand- 
some, dwarf-growing Spleenwort. 
A. paradoxum (paradoxical). - sti. 
erect, grey, slightly scaly. fronds 
coriaceous, lft. to 2ft. long, 6in. 
to 9in. broad, with a large, oblong- 
rhomboidal, terminal pinna, and 
eight to twelve lateral ones on each 
side, the lowest 5in. to 6in. long, 
lin. to lin. broad, acuminate, 
slightly toothed, the upper side 
narrowed suddenly almost at a 
right angle, the lower obliquely 
Fic. 123, FROND OF ASPLENIUM NITIDUM. cuneate. sori reaching nearly from 
the midrib to the edge. Java, 
A. nitidum. This decorative species is found on the Nilghiri re a eee ae ee 
Mountains at an altitude of 4000ft. A frond is shown in Star Si eee 
Fig. 123. Sees 
A. nobile (noble). A variety of A. viviparwm. Sea ee to eae hon, 
A. nodulosum (slightly noduled). A synonym of A. lineatum. Fronds Pipuinate, oblong-lanceolate, 
A. obliquum (oblique). A form of A. obtusatwm. lft. to 14ft. long, narrowed at base, 
A. obtusatum Lyallii (Lyall’s). fronds herbaceous, nearly lift. IPRS MSE CN Hy Se Melee) Gh ae) a 
long, 9in. broad ; lower pinne lanceolate-deltoid, 6in. long, cut Ten un, uo enone amo eoo ung 
down into deeply- i “hi at the summit ; pinnules numerous 
cor distinctly 2 py toe ied pinnules, which are cuneate at base horizontally spreading, sessile, Ghe 
“ - tuse. French Guiana. 
A. o. obliquum (oblique). fronds cartilaginous, often more than A. Peterseni (Petersen’s). rhiz. 
lit. long and 6in. broad ; pinne more numerous than in the type id i ti. 6in. to Qi 
often 4in. long and lin. broad, gradually narrowed to an acute TER Road ene rilGuate peat i i 
et rie = a 4 g, erect, dark, villous. fronds 1{ft. to lift. long, 6in. to 8in. 
point. sori in lines in. to 2in. long and closer. broad, with eight to ten pinne on each side below the pinnatifid 
A, obtusilobum. On account of its very peculiar mode of apex ; largest pinne din. to 4in, long, lin. to l4in. broad, the 
growth, this pretty, dwarf species is readily distinguished from lower lobes cut down nearly or quite to the rachis, gin. to sin. 
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