The Fern Lo'S'jik's Compaxiox 



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Resembles the last, and like that has been known to root 

 at the tip. It is a hybrid between the walking fern and 

 the ebony spleenwort, as proved by Miss Margaret Slosson, 

 and may be looked for in the immediate vicinity of its 

 jjarents. It was discovered by R. R. Scott, in 1862, at 

 ^lanaynnk. Pa., a snbnrl) of Philadelphia, and described 

 l)y him in the Gardener's Monthly of September, 186,5. 

 Vermont to Alabama, ^Missouri, and southward. Rare, 

 but said to be plentiful in a dee]) raA ine near Havana, Ala. 





Green Spleenwort. Axplcniiim liridc 



(3) Greex Spleenwort. Asplenium riride 



Fronds two to ten inches long, linear, pinnate, pale 

 green. Pinn;e roundish-ovate, crenate, with indistinct 

 and forking midveins. Stalks tufted, short, brownish 

 l)elow, green above. Rachis green. 



