THE SEA SPLEENWORT. 



Asplenium marinum. LINN.ETJS. 



A sea-side Fern, as its name denotes, but occasion- 

 ally found inland ; a tufted evergreen species, erect or 

 decumbent, the fronds growing usually six or eight 

 inches long, linear or linear lanceolate, of the deepest 

 glossy green, and of a leathery texture, with a stipes 

 shorter than the frond, smooth, channeled in front, 

 chestnut-coloured or purply-brown. The fronds are 

 simply pinnate, with stalked pinna?, connected by a 

 narrow wing extending along the rachia ; obtusely 



