48 ASPLENIUM 



GREEN SPLEENWORT: Asplenium viride. 



Fronds usually less than 6 inches long^ grow- 

 ing in little tufts^ pinnate; pinnae roundish^ short- 

 stalked, round-toothed; stipe brownish at the base, 

 passing into a green rachis. This feature serves 

 to distinguish it from the maidenhair spleenwort, 

 which it closely resembles. 



Fruit dots borne on the backs of the ordinary 

 fronds. 



Found on shaded limestone from Newfoundland 

 to northern New England, westward and north- 

 ward. 



