Portion of fertile Fl'ond— under side. 



ASPLENIUM NIDUS. 



LiNNJ'.us. Hooker. Willdenow. {Not of Brown, 

 Kaddi, Wallich, Mueller, or Moritz.) 



PLATE XXXVI. 



Keoliupleris nidun, 

 Thamnopteris nidus, 



" orienfalix, 



" mauritiana. 



J. Smith. Hookee. Fee. 



Pkesl. Moobe. 



PfiEaL. 



Presl. 



Jsjj/enium — Spleenwort. Nidus — A nest, in allusion to tte 



manner of growth. 



Ix THE Section Thamnopteris of Authors. 



AccoRnixG to our leading botanists several somewhat similar 

 Ferns in some respects, but differing considerably in others, 

 may be considered as forms of the same Fern, and that Fern 

 the Asjjienium nidus 



These consist of the following: — 



