Portion of fertile Frond, under side. 



ASPLENIUM NIDUS. 



Linnj:ds. Hooker. Willdenow. {Not of Brown, 

 Eaddi, Wallich, Mueller, or Moritz.) 



PLATE XXXVI. 



NeoUopteris nidus, 

 TAamnopteris nidus, 



" orientalis, 



" Mauritiana, 



J. Smith. Hookbb. Feb. 



Peesl. Mooeb. 



Pebsl. 



Pebsl. 



Asplenium — Spleenwort. Nidus — A nest, in allusion to the 



manner of growth. 



In the Section Thamnopteris of Authors. 



According to our leading botanists several somewliat similar 

 Ferns in some respects, but differing considerably in others, 

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

 the Asplenium nidus. These consist of the following: — 



