COMMON WALL SPLEENWORT. 43 



Mr. Ward found it plentifully in Somersetshire, and 

 Mr. Newman says Poten, a well-known collector of 

 ferns, brought hundreds of roots from the parish of 

 Culbone, in that county. 



When cultivated, it requires the shelter of a close 

 frame or bell-glass. The same treatment may be 

 pursued as with Asplenium Ruta muraria, bearing in 

 mind that no superfluous moisture must be allowed. 

 Mr. Wollaston says that it not only requires very 

 careful potting, but great care and attention after- 

 wards. The best soil is sandy peat, with some old 

 mortar mixed with it. 



COMMON WALL SPLEENWORT, OR 

 MAIDEN HAIR SPLEENWORT. 



ASPLENIUM TRICHOMANES. 



[Linnaeus, Smith, Newman, Moore, and Sabington.] 

 (Fig. 32.) 



No SYNONYMS being recognized by allBot anists under 

 this name. 



IT is a pretty little tufted fern, generally from 

 two to six inches high. It has a slender hair-like 

 black stalk, and regularly disposed-of ovate pinnae 

 forming the fronds. They are of a deep green colour, 

 slightly crenated at the margin. The pinna3 are 

 attached to the rachis by a very short stalk, forming 



