A SPLENIUM. 



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sori (spore masses) are short, linear- oblong, irregular, and disposed from 

 two to four on each segment or pinnule. — Hooker, Species Filicum, iii., 

 p. 171, t. 203. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, i., p. 131. Lowe, New 

 and Rare Ferns, t. 13. Beddome, Ferns of Southern India, t. 225. 



Fig. 112. Pimm and Portion of Pinna of Asplenium laserpitiifolium 

 (§ nat. size). 



A. (Diplazium) latifolium— Dip-1 az'-I-um ; la-tif-oF-i-um (having broad 

 leaves), Don. 



A robust-growing, greenhouse species, of nearly arborescent habit, native 

 of Ceylon, the Neilgherries, and South China. The fronds, 3ft. to 4ft. long 

 and 1ft. to ljft. broad, are borne on strong, erect, smooth stalks 1ft. or more 

 long, clothed towards the base with linear, crisped, dark brown scales ; they 

 are furnished on each side of the midrib with about twelve leaflets, the 

 largest of which are fully 12in. in length by 4in. in breadth. The pinnules 

 (leafits), which are numerous and of a somewhat leathery texture, 2in. long 



