Portion of mature Frond upper side. 



ASPLENIUM HENDERSON!. 



HouLSTON. Hooker. Moore. 



PLATE .XII. 



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Asp ten ium — Spleenwort . 



Hendersoni — Henderson's. 



In the Section Euasplenium of Authors. 



Considerable obscurity hangs over the Asplenium Hendersoni ; 

 it appears to have been raised from spores some years ago, by 

 Mr. Henderson, gardener to Earl Fitzwilliam, at Wentworth 

 House. Mr. Moore mentions in his "Genera and Species of 

 Cultivated Ferns/' that he has searched the extensive herbaria 

 of Mr. J. Smith, and Mr. E,. Heward, without finding any fronds 

 in the slightest degree resembling this Fern, therefore he suggests 

 that it may not be a distinct species, but a singular variety of 

 some other Fern. However, as it does not seem possible to 

 refer it to any known species, Mr. Houlston has very properly 

 named it A. Hendersoni, after the indefatigable and successful 

 cultivator at Wentworth. It has hitherto maintained its singular 

 character — constant in cultivation. 



Mr. Henderson is unable to state from what country the spores 

 were imported. 



The fronds, which are glabrous and elongated in form, are 

 pinnate below, whilst they are pinnatifid, or irregularly laciniated 

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