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(7) Bradley's Spleenwort. Asplenium Brddleyi 



Fronds ol)long-lanceolate, pinnate, three to ten inclies 

 long. Pinn;v oblong-ovate, obtuse, incised or pinnatifid 

 into oblong, toothed lobes. The basal j)inn;e have broad 

 bases, and blunt tips and are slightly stalked. Stipes and 

 rachis dark brown and the sori .short, near the midrib. 



A rare and beautiful fern growing on rocks preferring 

 limestone and confined mostly to the .southern states. 

 Newburg, N. Y., to Kentucky and Alabama, westward to 

 Arkansas. 



(8) Mountain Spleenwort. Asplenium iiiontanum 



Fronds ovate-lanceolate from a broad base, two to 

 eight inches long, somewhat leathery, pinnate. Pinnae 

 ovate-oblong, the lowest i)innately cleft into oblong or 

 ovate cut-toothed lobes, the upper ones less and less 

 divided. Rachis green, broad, and flat. 



Small e\'ergreen ferns of a bluish-green color, growing 

 in the crevices of rocks and cliffs. Connecticut to Ohio, 

 Kentucky, Arkansas and .southwest. July. Rare. Wil- 

 liams, in his "Ferns of Kentucky," says of this species, 

 "Common on all sandstone cliffs and specimens are large 

 on sheltered rocks by the banks of streams." 



(9) Rue Spleenwort. Asplenium Bnta-mnrdria 



Fronds c\-crgTeen, small, two to ,se\'en inches long, 

 deltoid-ovate, two to three pinnate below, simply pinnate 

 above, rather leathery in texture. Divisions few, .stalked, 

 from cuneate to roundish-ovate, toothed or incised at the 



