6go CRYPTOGAMIA FILICE3. 



" ■' ASPLENIUM. G^«. /)/. 1178. 



Fru£lificatioties in lineolis difci frondis fparis. 

 * Fronde fimpUci. 

 fcoJopendri- ASPLENIUM frondibus fimplicibus cordato lin- 

 ufn V gulatis, integerrimis, ftipitibus hirfutis. Sp pL 



1537. (Ger. em. 1138./. i. Moris. hijl,f. 14. /. 

 ■'■•' I."/. I. Blarkwell t. 138.; 



Hart's-Tongue. AngUs. 



It grows in ftony and fhady places, as in Dunglafs- 

 _. Den., &c. Dr. Parfons., %. 



The leaves are lanceolate, and about a foot long, 



. .., . of a tough and firm texture, the angles at the 



., ';.>..,. bafe rounded or femicordate. The ftalk and 



,;.,,■ middle rib is covered with brown, membrana- 



c';.M' ---'. ceous, narrow leaks. The frU(5lifications grow 



., s,;.' . in parallel lines on the under furface, at a little 



lefs than right , angles with the rib-, narrow at 



. ,, firft, and covered with a pale, membranaceous 



pellucid involucrum, which burfts when the 



cnpfules become tumid, and then the lines arc 



much wider, and the capfules globular and fuf- 



cous, each furrounded with an articulated ring, 



. and containing a fingle feed. 



There are feveral varieties of this plant taken no- 

 tice of by authors. 



• . |3. Xhe firfl: has its leaves divided into many fegments 



at the top ; this may be feen figured in Ger. em', 

 p. 1 138./. 2. (^ Moris, hift.f. 14, /. i./. 2.) 

 Fipgercd Hart's Tongue. Anglis. 



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