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shaped at the base and serrated at the margin ; 

 fertile frond almost three-pinnate with the secon- 

 dary pinnae cut down to a. winged rachis into 

 very narrow simple or forked linear pinnules or 

 segments ; sometimes fertile and sterile pinnae 

 on the same frond. Texture herbaceous. Sori 

 linear, one to each segment. 



Cultivated. 



Distribution : Norfolk Island. 



6. Asplcnium viviparum Fresh 



Stipe 6-9 inches long, firm, erect, greenish, 

 covered with deciduous hair-pointed scales. 

 Frond 1-2 feet long, 6-8 inches broad ; pinnae 

 4-6 inches long, 1^-2 inches broad, cut down 

 to a compressed rachis into numerous pinnati- 

 fid pinnules ; ultimate segments narrow, linear, 

 often forked. Pinnae proliferous. 



Cultivated. The garden synonym for this 

 fern is Asplcnium bullnfcrum (Hort.). 



Distribution : Mauritius and Bourbon. 



7. Asplenium belangeri Kze. 



Caudex short, stout, erect. Stipe 4-8 inches 

 long, erect, greenish. Fronds 1-2 feet long, 

 2-3 inches broad, bearing on each side nume- 

 rous horizontal pinnae, which are cut down 



