ASPLENIUM TEICHOMANES. 



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MAIDENHAIR SPLEENWORT, {a small plant, natural size). 



Genus. — Asplenium. (See page 219). 



Species. — Teichomanes. Caudex tufted : stipes generally 

 shorter than the frond, dark purple throughout : frond pinnate : 

 rachis at first green, dark purple when mature : pinnae distant, 

 ovate, attached by a very short stalk : clusters of capsules 

 linear, dark brown. 



^^linm^mns, fipws, fe. 



Asplenium Trichomanes, Linn. Sp. PL 1540 ; Htids. Fl. Aug. 



452 ; Bolt. Fil. Brit. 22, t. 15 ; With. Arr. 768 ; Sm. E. 



F. iv. 305, E. B. 576 ; Mack. Fl. Hib. 341 ; Franc. 46 ; 



Ncimi. N. A. 28, F. 285, Phytol. App. viii. ; Hook, and 



Arn.573; Bab. -ili; Moore, 162. 

 Asplenium Trichomanoides, With. Bot. Arr. Veg. 653; Light/. 



Fl. Scot. 662. 

 Asplenium anceps, Lowe. 



