84 asplenium viride. 



In the Section Trichomanes of Moore, Euasplenium of Fee, 



AND TrICHOMANEJE OF SmITH. 



This lovely dwarf Fern was introduced into the Royal 

 Gardens, Kevv, in the year 1793. It is a precarious Fern when 

 under pot culture, but nevertheless, one deserving of universal 

 cultivation. 



An evergreen half-hardy species. 



Indigenous to England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, yet 

 rare in the latter country. A native of the whole of North 

 and Central Europe, Shetland, North West America, India, and 

 Siberia. 



Fronds glabrous, linear-lanceolate in shape, pinnate, the pinnae 

 being roundish ovate and generally alternate, cuneate at the 

 base, and obtusely crenate on the margin. E-achis and stipes 

 green; caudex tufted. 



Length of frond from two to ten inches; colour light green. 



Mr. Moore describes three varieties: — 



1st. — Multifidum, WoUaston. 



2nd. — Bipimiatum, Clowes. 



3rd. — Acutiim, Moore. 



My thanks are due to Mr. Sim, of Foot's Cray, and to Mr. 

 Wraight, of Newlands, for plants of this species. 



It is in the Fern Catalogues of Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea; 

 RoUisson, of Tooting; Sim, of Foot's Cray; Osborn, of Fulham; 

 Kennedy, of Covent Garden; Parker, of Hollo way; A. Hen- 

 derson, of Pine-apple Place; and E. G. Henderson, of St. John's 

 Wood. 



The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. 



