ASPLENIUM LANCEOLATUM. 



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HUDSON'S SPLEENWOET, {one-fourth the natural size). 



Genus. — Asplenium. Midvein distinct ; lateral veins simple 

 or branched : involucre linear, attached to the side of the vein, 

 its free margin sometimes jagged, but not split into capillary 

 segments. 



Species. — Lanceolatum. Stipes shorter than the frond : 

 frond semierect, lanceolate, pinnate : lowest pair of pinnte 

 shorter than the second pair, all pinnate or pinnatifid : clusters 

 of capsules at first linear, afterwards circular, distant from the 

 midrib. 



SpMptts, i^um, fe. 



Asi^lenium lanceolatum, Huds. Fl. Ang. 454; With. Arr. 770; 

 Sm. E. F. iv. 311, E. B. 340 ; Sprengel, Syst. Vecj. iv. 88 ; 

 Franc. 49 ; Moore, 152 ; Ncwm. N.A. 27, F. 249, Phytol. 

 App. X. ; Hook, and Am. 57:1; Bab. J 14. 



