44^ ASPLENIUM 



MAIDENHAIR SPLEENWORT: 



Asplenium Trichomanes. 



Fronds seldom more than 8 inches long and half 

 an inch wide, growing in spreading tufts, pinnate; 

 pinnae roundish or slightly elongated, more or less 

 toothed; stipe and rachis dark and shining. 



Fruit dots oblong, borne on the backs of the 

 ordinary pinnae, oblique to the midvein. 



Found on shaded rocks, widely distributed. 



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