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THE UNIVERSAL HERBAL; 



ASS 



Spleenwort. Fronds alternately decompound ; leaflets wedge- 

 shaped, crenulate. It seeds from June till October, and is a 

 native of Europe, in the fissures of walls and rocks. It was 

 formerly employed as a medicine in coughs and obstructions 

 but is now wholly out of repute. 



22. Asplenium Alternifolium , Alternate-leaved Spleen- 

 wort. Fronds simply pinnate ; leaflets alternate, wedge- 

 shaped, gashed above. It differs from Wall-rue in having the 

 stems more simple. Native of Switzerland and Austria. 



23. Asplenium Adiantum Nigrum; Black Maidenhair. 

 Fronds subtripinnate ; leaflets alternate ; pinnas lanceolate, 

 gash-serrate. In the leafing of this Fern there are varieties. 

 It seeds from April till October, and is a native of Europe ; 

 found in the fissures of rocks, and old walls, or among stones 

 in shady places. 



24. Asplenium Lanceolatum ; Lanceolate Spleenwort. 

 Fronds doubly pinnate, lanceolate; pinnas obovate, crenate; 

 root crowned with tufts of long narrow dark scales. Found 

 on rocks near Tunbridge, and in Fayal. 



25. Asplenium Marginatum ; Margined Spleenwort. Pin- 

 inis opposite, cordate, lanceolate, submarginate, quite entire. 

 Native of South America. 



26. Asplenium Squamosum ; Scaly-stiped Spleenworl. 

 Pinnas acuminate, gashed ; stipe scaly. 



27. Asplenium Striatum,- Striated Spleenwort. Pinnas 

 pinnatifid, obtuse, crenate ; the terminal one acuminate. 

 This and the preceding are natives of South America. 



28. Asplenium Erosum ; Lacerated Spleenwort. Pinnas 

 trapeze-oblong, striated, erose, eared at the base. Height 

 from fourteen to eighteen inches. Stipe black and simple. 

 Native of Jamaica. 



29. Asplenium Japonicum ; Japanese Spleenwort. Pinnas 

 acute, gash-pinnatifid, serrulate; stipe scaly at bottom, two 

 feet high. Native of Japan. 



30. Asplenium Resectum; Half-leaved Spleenwort. Pin- 

 nas trapezium-shaped, acuminate, gash-crenate, entire be- 

 hind ; frond a foot high, lanceolate, acute, smooth. Found 

 in the Isle of Bourbon. 



31. Asplenium Bulbosum ; Bulbous-rooted Spleenwort. 

 Pinnas lanceolate, slightly crenate ; root bulbous ; fructifi- 

 cations in oblique parallol lines. Native of the mountains 

 of Cochin-china, where the root is eaten. 



32. Asplenium Proliferum. Fronds subsessile, broad- 

 lanceolate, the first leaves obovate rooting at the end. 

 Native of Jamaica. 



33. Asplenium Pumilum. Frond ternate ; leaflets three- 

 parted, gashed. Native of Jamaica and Martinico. 



34. Asplenium Dimidiatum. Pinnas trapeze-oblong, acu- 

 minate, angular upwards, entire, and flat downwards. Na- 

 tive of Jamaica. 



35. Asplenium Fragrans. Fronds subtripinnate ; leaflets 

 alternate ; pinnas lanceolate, broadish, serrate at the tip. 

 Native of Jamaica. 



36. Asplenium Grandiflorum. Pinnas alternate, lanceo- 

 late, subserrate, at the base rectangular, lower ones 

 rounded. Native of Jamaica. 



37- Asplenium Dissectum. Pinnas lanceolate, gash-ser- 

 rate, tailed at the tip. Native of Jamaica. 



38. Asplenium Praemorsum. Fronds tripinnatifid ; pin- 

 nas somewhat wedge-shaped ; pinnules erose, toothed at 

 the tip. Native of Jamaica. 



39. Asplenium Cicutarium. Frond tripinnate, very smooth, 

 the upper ones pinnatifid ; leaflets lanceolate, entire. It 

 has a solid black root, covered with a hairy moss towards 

 its top, whence rise nine or ten leaves, about three inches 

 high. Native of Jamaica. 



40. Asplenium Flaccidutn. Fronds pinnate ; leaflets al- 

 ternate, remote, pinnatifid, linear, stiff. This, and the 

 seven following, are natives of New Zealand. 



41. Asplenium Luciduin. Fronds pinnate; leaflets op- 

 posite, oblong-ovate, acuminate, serrulate. 



42. Asplenium Polyodon. Fronds pinnate ; leaflets tra- 

 pezoid, acuminate, acute, doubly sen-ate. 



43. Asplenium Obliquum. Fronds pinnate; stipes scaly; 

 leaflets oblong, opposite, acuminate, serrate, the outer mar- 

 gin shorter. 



44. Asplenium Obtusatum. Fronds pinnate; leaflets 

 opposite, oblong, obtuse, serrate. 



45. Asplenium Tenerum. Fronds pinnate; leaflets 

 rhomb-oblong, obtuse, gash-serrate. 



46. Asplenium Caudatum. Fronds pinnate ; leaflets pin- 

 natifid, linear ; bristle-shaped at the tip ; segments blunt, 

 gash-serrate at the tip ; stipe rough with hairs. 



47. Asplenium Bulbiferum. Fronds subbipinnate; leaf- 

 lets decurrent, oblong, obtuse, pinnatifid; fructifications 

 proliferous. 



Assufcetida. See Ferula. 



Assonia ; a genus of the class Monadelphia, order Dode- 

 candria GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix : perianth double. 

 Outer, three-leaved, unilateral, deciduous. Inner, one- 

 leafed, five-parted ; parts lanceolate, acute, reflex. Corolla: 

 petals five, roundish, narrowed at the base, spreading.wither- 

 ing, affixed to the pitcher of the stamina. Stamina : fila- 

 menta fifteen, filiform, upright, shorter than the corolla, con- 

 joined at the base into the form of a pitcher; anthers 

 oblong, subsagittate, erect ; five, linear-lanceolate.somewhat 

 erect, coloured, petal-formed straps between the stamina, 

 proceeding from the pitcher. P<i/:germen roundish, five- 

 furrowed ; style simple, longer than the stamina, permanent ; 

 stigmas five, recurved. Pericarp : capsule subglobose or tur- 

 binate, five-celled; cells separable, bivalve. Seeds: solitary, 

 or in pairs, subovate. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. Calix: dou- 

 ble, outer one-leafed or three-leaved, inner one-leafed. 

 Corolla: five-petalled, without any tube affixed to the pitcher 

 of stamina. Filamenta : connected in the form of a pitcher, 

 with petal-shaped straps between them. Style : one or five. 

 Capsule: five-celled. Seeds: not winged. For the propa- 

 gation and culture of plants of this genus, see Hibiscus and 

 Pentapetes. The species are, 



1. Assonia Populnea. Leaves cordate, ovate acuminate; 

 flowers corymbed. This is a middle-sized tree, the wood of 

 which is sweet-scented, and blue in the centre, and becomes 

 very hard when it has arrived at a certain age. It is a native 

 of hilly woods in the Isle of Bourbon, where it flowers in May. 



2. Assonia Palmata. Leaves cordate, palmate, smoothish 

 lobes seven, acute, serrate-crenate ; flowers corymbed ; stem 

 arboreous, branched. Flowers in May and June ; native of 

 the Isle of Bourbon. 



3. Assonia Acutangula. Leaves cordate, roundish, three- 

 cusped, crenate, at first tomentose; flowers racemed ; stem 

 arboreous ; fruit shaped like a pear. Native of the Isle of 

 Bourbon. 



4. Assonia Angulata. Leaves cordate, roundish, angular 

 at top, serrate-toothed, tomentose ; umbels numerous ; 

 common peduncles shorter than the petiole ; fruit globular. 

 Native of the Isle of Bourbon. 



5. Assonia Tilisefolia. Leaves cordate, roundish, acute, 

 crenate ; flowers raceme-corymbed ; corolla an inch in dia- 

 meter. Native of the Isle of Bourbon. 



6. Assonia Tomentosa. Leaves cordage, roundish, cre- 

 nate, tomentose, with almost circular veins ; flowers um- 

 belled. Native of Madagascar. 



