6pA CRYPTOGAMIA FILICES. 



.;..,' and pinnatifid ; the pinnules alternate, femioval 



\.\p,\:: and obruie, fmooth, and green on the npper 



.._...,;-,.. furfacc, but entirely covered underneath with a 



thick coat of ferruo-ineous fcales. The frudili- 



cations make thpir firft appearance in five, fix, 



,, .■: •. or levcn lines, inclining towards the middle 



-; , • .. nerve, ^^'hen the capfiiles are ripe, the inv olu- 



.. ;, ., cr4 \yhlch prote«?led them burft, and cover the 



under iur/ace of the leaf, as before-mentioned, 



in the form of fcales. 



•._ It is reconimended by the ancients for the various 



, difordf rs of the fpleen ; but, unhappily, modern 



experience does not countenance the recom- 



. , mend ation. ^ . 



:-- •"■ ' •; ' ;or..„\;r, • *** Pronde pinnaia* 



*rt 



ruhcma- ASPLENIUM frondlbus pinnatis, pinnis fubro- 

 noidts ^. tundis crenaiis. ijy/;. ««/. />. 690. Sp, pi 1540. 



...,,r {Ger, em. 1146./ i. Moris, kift.f. 14. /. 3./. 



,,,,, ,.-- lo.ordi^nsfnpcrioris.BlackweUt. '^'jo. Oed. Dan., 



,.-. . , L !!<).) 



>-.•'- Comiiion Maidenhair. An^IJi. " ' 



It grows out of the crevices of rocks and old walls 

 frequently, as at the coves at IVcems^ on the 

 ^ , r , coail of byift\ and at the Hermitage near Edin- 

 -A: ' \- l^tirgh. Dr. Farfons, &c. % . 



The leaves vary from three to ten Inches in length, 

 and gcow many together in tufts. The (talk and 

 niiddle rib are fmooth, glofly, and a!v/ays of a 

 dark red or blackifh colour, l^he pinna are ge- 

 nerally 



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