Portion of mature Frond— upper side. 



ASPLENIUM BRACHYOPTEEUM. 

 KuNZE. Moore and Houlston. 



PLATE XV. B. VOL. V. 



Asjolenium hrachypteron^ 

 " dissectum, 



" hrachyopteris, 



KUNZE. 



J. SmitHj (not Link.) 

 Of Gardens. 



Asplenium — Spleenwort. Brachyopterum — Skort Fern. 



In the Section Darea of Authors. 



A BARE yet exceedingly interesting species, which every 

 Fern cultivator should possess. Dwarf in habit, and delicate 

 in form. 



It has been cultivated in England since the year 1844, and 

 was introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1848. 



A native of Sierra Leone. 



An evergreen stove Fern. 



Fronds glabrous, horizontal, linear-acuminate, bipinnate; the 

 lower pinnae rhomboidal, whilst the upper pinnae are dimidiate. 

 Cuneate at the base, with blunt linear segments, the inferior 

 one being the largest. 



