viii Edivard Newman 



1781. Asplenium alternifolium, Wulfen. Jacq. Misc. ii. 51 ; 



With. Arr. 768; S7n. E. F. iv. 309, E. B. 2258; Neicm. 



N. A. 27 ; Hook, and Am. 573. 

 Amesium germanicum, Newm. F. 10. 



Stipes shorter than frond ; frond linear, pinnate ; pinnae 

 alternate, distant, linear, ascending, bifid or trifid at the 

 apex ; clusters of capsules linear. 



A small and extremely rare plant. Caernarvonshire, 

 Perthshire. 



*** Frond deltoid. 



A]VIESIUM RUTA-MURAEIA. 



Asplenium Ruta-muraria, Linn. Sp. PI. 1541 ; Light/. Fl. 



Scot. G65 ; Huds. Fl. Ang. 453 ; Bolt. Fil. Brit. 28, t. 



16 ; With. Arr. 769 ; Sm. E. F. iv. 309, E. B. 150 ; 



Newm. N. A. 27, F. 261 ; Hook, and Am. 573 ; Bab. 



414. 

 Amesium Ruta-muraria, Newm. F. 10. 



Stipes longer than frond ; frond deltoid, composed of a 

 few diamond-shaped, stalked, leaf-like divisions ; clusters 

 of capsules linear, becoming confluent and entirely cover- 

 ing the divisions of the frond. 



A small fern, common on rocks and mortared walls. 



Genus. — Asplenium. 



Mid-vein distinct; lateral veins simple or branched: in- 

 volucre linear, attached to the side of the vein, its free 

 margin sometimes jagged, but not split into capillary seg- 

 ments. 



* Frond linear, pinnate. 



Asplenium Trichomanes. 



1753. Asplenium Trichomanes, Linn. Sj). PI. 1540; Huds. 

 Fl. Ang. 452 ; Bolt. Fil. Brit. 22, t. 15 ; With. Arr. 

 768 ; Sm. E. F. iv. 305, E. B. 576 ; Mack. Fl. Hib. 

 341; New7n. N. A. 28, F. 285; 109 ; Hook, and Am. 

 573; Bab. 4.U. 



