Apex of fertile Frond— under side. 



ASPLENIUM MARINUM, Var. Ramosum. 



Moore. 



PLATE XI. — C. 



Asplenium — Spleen wort. Marinum — Sea-side. Ramosum — Branched. 



At page 69, vol. v, of the "Natural History of British and 

 Exotic Ferns," will be found a description of ^. marinum. The 

 variety now to be described bears twin fronds on the same stem, 

 or branched, and is a very distinct and pretty Fern. 



The fronds are pinnate, the pinnae sub-undulate, crenate-lobate, 

 with blunt teeth on the lobes. 



It was discovered in Dorsetshire, by Mr. ^VoUaston. 



Length of frond from four to nine inches. 



For fronds my thanks are due to I\Ir. Sim, of Foot's Cray. 



