14 8, Scolopen. 1. FILICES. Tl.end.cr. 



^.Asplen'mm murale. Wall spleenwort. 



Frond two parted at the base, simply pinnate at the tip ; 



leaflets rhomboidal, oblong, obtuse, with the tip gnawed 



or crenate. 



Kuta muraria. Rati Syn. 122 ; Ger. em, 1144. 

 Rufa muraria, seu Salvia vitae, Park. 1050. 

 Asplenium Ilufa muraria, Lin. S. P. 1541. 

 Aspienium murale, Stokes Bot. iJi. M. 4, 610. 

 Scolo|iendrium Rata muraria, Roth Germ. 3. 52. 

 While maidenhair. Wall rue. Tentwurt. 



Moist clefts in rocks and stone walls; per. June to Oct. 



Boot dark brown ; fronds many, 9 in. high, spreading, 

 very dark green, rather of a bluish cast, smooth ; leiflets 

 footstalked, wedgeshape or rhombic, horizontal or even 

 bent down; sori many; involucra whitish, their edge cre- 

 nulate. 



Demulcent and diuretic. 



^. majus. Leaflets narrow, acuminate. 



Ruta muraria q. Adiautum album tenuifolium, rutae murarias a«;cedens, 

 J. Bauh, Rail Stjn. 123, 2. 



8. Asplenium septentrionale. Northern spleenwort. 



Frond usually 2 or 3 parted; loles linear, with the tip 

 mostly 3-toothed; stipes very long. 



Fllix saxatilis Tragi, Raii Syn. 120, 1; Park. 1045. 

 Musrus coniiculatus, Ger. em. 1561. 

 Acroslichum septentrionale, Lin. S. P. 1524. 

 Asplenium septentrionale, Hull Ft. Aug. 241. 

 Scolopcudrium septentrionale, Roth Germ. 3, 49. 

 Forked maidenhair. 



Clefts of rocks in the north parts; peren. June to Oct. 



Root black, CEespitose ; fro?ids many, 6 in. high, upright, 

 dark green, smooth, narrow at the base, above three 

 parted ; sori parallel, brown, covering all the narrow disk ; 

 involucra not in the least notched. 



E. ScoLOPENDRiiH. liivolucra double, opening length- 

 ways by a slit; soii linear. 



VIII. 8. SCOLOPENDRIUM.Theophrastus. Hartstongue. 

 Sori linear, oblique, parallel to each other, placed be- 

 tween the secondary ribs of the frond ; involucra double, 

 opening by a longitudinal fissure. 



Scolopendrii/m vulgare. Common hartstongue. 



Froiul broads lanceolate, heartshape at the base; stipes 

 chaffy. 



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