Portion of mature Frond— under side. 



A8PLENIUM PUMILUM. 



SwARTZ. KuNZE. Link. Willdenow. Smith. 

 Moore and Houlston. 



PLATE XXXI. B. VOL. V. 



Asplenium anthriscifolium, 

 Hemionitis pumila. 



Jacquin. 

 Plumier. 



Asplenium — Spleenwort. 



Pttmilum — Dwarf. 



In the Section Euasplenium of Authors. 



So different is the Asplenizwi pumilum from the general 

 character of the Spleenworts, that it has been placed by 

 Plumier amongst the genus Hemionitis. Its dwarf habit, 

 fragile frond, and delicate fructification, make it a species very- 

 distinct from all others. 



An evergreen stove Fern. 



Native of the American meridian, West Indies, Jamaica, 

 Martinica, Caraccas, Cumana, Antil, Phillipine Islands, etc. 



Introduced into England in the year 1823, yet seldom to be 

 met with except in large collections. 



The form of the frond is triangular, membranous, delicate, 

 texture semi-transparent, hairy, ternate-bipinnatifid, the lateral 



