Portion of mature Frond — under side. 



ASPLENIUM FOEMOSUM. 

 WiLLDENOw. J. Smith. Kunze. Presl. Leibmann. 



SCHLECHTENDAL. MaRTENS AND GaLLEOTTI. FeE. 



PLATE XLIII B. VOL. V. 



Asplenium — Spleenwort. Formosum — Beautiful. 



A LOVELY delicate-looking small-growing species, rare in cul- 

 tivation, although introduced into this country in 1825. 



An evergreen stove species. 



Native of Tropical America — Brazil and Mexico. 



Leibmann remarks that it is common in the temperate region 

 on the east side of Mexico, growing in the forest region on dry- 

 cliffs in cracks, or on dry, hard, clay earth in woods. Leibmann 

 found it in Potrero de Consoquitla at an elevation of two thou- 

 sand five hundred feet; at Mirador, at Trapiche de la Concepcion, 

 in the Department of Oajaca, at an altitude of three thousand 

 feet; and at Tepitongo, in the Department of Oajaca, at an 

 altitude of five thousand feet. Schiede found it at Haciendo 

 de la Laguna. 



Frond pinnate, linear; pinnse opposite, deeply divided, almost 

 to midrib; base cuneate, and briefly petiolulate. Superior mar- 

 gin of pinnse next to the base, the lobe is divided into four. 



