Portion of mature Frond upper side. 



ASPLENIUM RADICANS. 



SWARTZ, {not of WiLLDENOW, PrESL, Or SpRENGEL.) 



Moore and Houlston. 



PLATE XII. — B. VOL. V. 



Asplenium rhizojphorum, 

 " hulhiferum, 



" rhachirhizon, 



" Karstenianum, 



Diplazium radicans, 



SWAETZ. SCHEADEE. SmITH. 



Beenhaedi. 



Of some Authoes. 



Oe Continental G-aedens. 



Peesl. 



Asplenium — Spleenwort. 



Radicans — footing. 



It is a singular feature of some Ferns, such as Adiantum 

 caudatum, Cyrtogonium flagelliferum, Asplenium attenuatum, 

 A.Jlahellifoliumf A. reclinatum, A. hr achy opt eruniy A. rachirhizon, 

 of Raddi, and the present species, that young plants form at 

 the apex of the frond, and that if these are bent down to the 

 soil, and fastened there with hair-pins, the propagation of plants 

 of the above Ferns is easily accomplished. 



This is a beautiful evergreen weeping stove species. 



An inhabitant of Jamaica, and the Island of Cuba. 



The fronds, which are glabrous, are elongate, triangular, 

 bipinnatifid; pinnae elongate, acuminate, being obtusely wedge- 

 shaped at the base; segments obtusely-ovate, slightly crenate 



