Portion of mature Frond— under side. 



ASPLENIUM BULBIFEEUM. 



FoRSTER. J. Smith. Kunze. Presl. Schkuhr. 

 Fee. Moore and Houlston. 



PLATE XI. VOL. V. 



Asj) len ium — Spleenwor t . 



Bulbifer um — Bulb-bearing . 



In the Section Darea of Authors. 



The Asplenium hulhiferum is a universal favourite with the 

 Fern cultivators; it is so readily grown into a handsome specimen, 

 and from the circumstance that it is viviparous in the highest 

 degree, is consequently a common species, being met with in 

 almost every greenhouse collection. It has a graceful pendu- 

 lous habit, the fronds being literally borne down by the weight 

 of the young plants with which a mature frond is quite covered 

 over. "With plenty of pot room, and with ordinary care, this 

 species makes an interesting as well as beautiful specimen. 



It appears to have first arrived in England about the year 

 1820, yet was not introduced into the Hoyal Gardens of Kew 

 until 1843, when it was brought there by Mr. John Edgerley. 



This is an evergreen greenhouse Fern. 



Native of New Holland and New Zealand. 



The fronds are lanceolate, and are subtripinnatifid, pinnae 



