Portion of mature Frond — iincler side. 



ASPLENIUM OBTUSATUM. 



FORSTER. SCHKUHR. J. SmITH. KuNZE. PrESL. FeE, 



PLATE V. B. VOL. V. 



Asplenium — Spleenwort. 



Ohtusatum — ^Ywni-fronded. 



In the Section Euasplenium. 



An uncommon species in cultivation. A handsome, dwarf, 

 thick, fleshy-fronded Fern; distinct, and well deserving more 

 general cultivation. Mr. Moore has given an excellent illustra- 

 tion of Asplenium ohtusatum, at page 258, vol. iii. of the 

 "Magazine of Botany," in the "Genera and Species of Culti- 

 vated Ferns," written by himself and Mr. Houlston. 



This Fern is in the same section with A. lucidum — Euasple- 

 nium — a section which is represented in Great Britain by the 

 Sea Spleenwort, f A. marinum.) 



An erect-growing rigid Fern with glabrous fronds, which 

 are coriaceous. It does not often exceed ten inches in the 



