SEA SPLEEN WORT. 



spread as widely and loosely as possible, and with an 

 iron spoon fill in the mixture, carefully and equally, 

 shaking it down until the pot is full. Stand the pot 

 in a feeder, constantly full of water, but supply no 

 water on the fronds or the surface soil." 



SEA SPLEENWORT. 



ASPLENIUM MAEINUM. 



\Linruxua, Smith, Newman, Bentham, and Babington.] 

 (Fig. 12.) 



THIS is a very handsome evergreen fern, and, 

 like the former, is a maritime species. It has pinnate 

 tufted fronds from six inches to a foot in height. 

 It is narrow, lanceolate in outline ; the pinnse are 

 stalked and serrated, connected at the base by a nar- 

 row wing extending along the rachis. The pinnse 

 are unequal at the base, the upper side or edge being 

 much developed, while the lower portion looks as if 

 a piece had been cut off. The sori are borne on the 

 mid-rib ; they are linear and large. 



It is abundant on all our coasts excepting the 

 eastern side of England. In the south-west of 

 England and in Wales it is most profuse : it abounds 

 about Ilfracombe and Lee. It grows out from the 

 sides of caves near the sea-rocks or cliffs. It is found 



