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nerally roundifh and crenated, but vary ofteo in 

 figure and crenatures. The feminal lines are 

 three, four, or fivd ; pale at firft, but brown, 

 and cluftered together when ripe. The involu- 

 crum is a fcale i the capfule is lurrounded with a 

 ring. 

 The country people fometimes give a tea or Jyrup 

 of it for coughs and other complaints cf the 

 thorax, but it is rarely ulcd in the fhops. 



ASPLENIUM fronde pinnata, pinnis fubrotundis 

 bafi truncatis. HudJ. Flcr.Ang. p- ^^S- A- ^'^-i- 

 chcmanesramofum. Lin. <p. pi. 1541. (Moris, li/f. 

 f. 14. /, 3./. II. erdinis fuperi oris. & ejus var.f-. 

 13. /. ejufdem.) 

 Green-ribb'd Maidenhair. Aii^^is. 

 , , It grows out of the crevices of the rocks in the 

 highlands, but not very common. We gathcr'd 

 it at Crcg-a-chnccacn, on the boundary of Co\- 

 ■ . gdch and Jjjynt^ between Rojs-Jjyire and Suther- 

 land. ^. ...,■/.,, 

 The ilalks at the bafc are reddifh, but the middle 

 rib is always green. 'Y\\^ finnx are generally of 

 a rhomboidal form, more deeply indented than 

 . ', 1 the preceding-, in other refpecls it agrees with 

 .r; . that, and Ealler thinks it only a variety of it. 

 a Sometimes, but very rarely, the leaves are proli- 

 ferous, or have another leaf growing out of 

 them s which accidentj we fuppofe, induced 



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