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ASPLENIUM ADIANTUM-NIGRUM. 



Aspleniiim acutum, 



BORY. WiLLDENOW. NeWMAN. 



Babington. Poieet. Sprengel. 

 Sadler. Pbesl. Fee. Link. 

 Mettekius. 



LlNN^US. 

 SCHOLTZ, 



Opiz. 

 Tausch. 

 Weinm. 

 Sadler. 



ViVIANI. 



Blume. 



Wierzb. 



Tausch. 



Salisbury. 



Bernhardi. 



LiNN.'EUS. 



Lowe. 

 Gaudichaud. 



BoRY. GUSSONE. 



LUMNITZER, {not of MiCHAUX.) 



MiLDE. 



SCHRADER. 



MCENCH. 



Presl, 

 Peesl. 

 Peesl. 



Asplenium — Spleenwort. Adiantum-nigrum — The black Adiantum, 



Asplenium adiantum-nigrum is widely spread throughout 

 England and Wales, Scotland, Ireland, the Western and 

 Channel Isles, occurring on rocks, walls, and sandy banks, 

 from the sea-level to an altitude of almost two thousand feet. 

 It is also found throughout Europe, occurring in Scandinavia. 

 Russia, Denmark, France, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, 

 Spain, Portugal, Dalmatia, Croatia, Hungary, Transylvania, 

 Turkey, Greece, Austria, Corsica, Cyprus, the Balearic Isles, 

 Sicily, Teneriff'e, Madeira, Azores, Cape de Verd Islands, 

 Algiers, Abyssinia, the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, and St. 

 Helena. It is widely spread in Asia, occurring in Siberia, 

 Russian Asia, Arabia, Armenia, Syria, AfFghanistan, Kashmir, 

 Simla, Java, Sandwich Isles, Virginia, and Porto Rico. 



A beautiful species, and may be successfully grown in 



