Portion of mature Fi'ond— under side. 



ASPLEMUM L^TUM. 



S\vARTZ. Moore and Houlston. Schkuhr. 

 Smith, {not or Sieber.) 



PJ.ATE XXI. A. VOL. V. 



Aspleniiim Schkuhrianum, 



Peesl. Fee. 



Asj)lenimn — Spleenwort. 



Lcetum — Gay. 



In the Section Euasplenium of Authors. 



Although a somewhat common species in Englisli greenhouses, 

 still it is a Fern which should not be the less grown on that 

 account, the intense green of the frond, and the bold dark 

 fructification, place it amongst those species worthy of general 

 cultivation. It is of easy growth, and makes a large and hand- 

 some specimen. 



Native of the West Indies. 



An evergreen stove or warm greenhouse Fern. 



The form of the frond is elongate, glabrous, pirxnate, the 

 pinnae being oblong-obtuse, the lower pair longest, hastate, 

 upper auriculate; the inferior base is truncate, and the superior 

 base rounded. Apex circular; margin inciso-serrate. 



