CRYPTOGAiMIA FILICES. 665 



In the coves at lVee:ns we obferved fome imperfefl 

 ftarved fpecimens ot this plant, which we bc- 

 Iteve to be the fame which Sibhald has defribed 

 under the name of Jdianto vero flffine Adiantum 

 nojlras majus Coriandri folio^ in o.pice vonnihil rc- 

 tundo^ pediculo pallide tubenie. Stbbaid Uct. Hiujl. 

 ■p -]. part 2. and with which his figures agree / 

 3./. i ^ 2. 



**** Fronde deccmpojita, 



ruta mura* ASPLENIUM frondibns alternatirn decompofitis, 

 ria 6, foliolis cuneiformibus crenulaiis, Sp. p/. 1541. 



(Ger. em. 1 144. /. ^. Elack'U}dlt. 2 i 9. Oed, Dan. 

 /. 190. opt. Moris, hij}./. 14. t. 5,/. 22 J 



Wall Rue, Rue Maidenhair. AngUs. 



Out of the fiflures of rocks and old walls not in- 

 frequent. "U . 



The leaves arife many from one roof, are about a 

 finger's length, and doubly branched ; the pri- 

 mary branches are alternate, the fecondary arc 

 generally furniflied with three alternate, rhom- 

 boidal. crenated p/;;;/^', the uppernioft commonly 

 divided a little way down into two or three Jobes. 

 The irucbificationi appear at firfl: in two or three 

 yellowifh lines, which, when ripe, run together, 

 and almoil cover the under furface of the leaf. 

 The capfules arc globular, fulcous, and fur- 

 rounded each with an articulated ring, which 

 burfting with a fpring, the capfule opens into 

 two hemifphaeres, and calls out its feeds. 



The 



