A SPLENIUM . 



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6in. to 9iti. long and 2in. to 3in. broad, are divided to the rachis (stalk 

 of the leafy portion) into numerous stalked pinnules (leafits) ; the leafits 

 are again cut into broad, nabellate (fan-shaped) segments, which are rounded 

 at their base and have their outer edge deeply toothed. The sori (spore 

 masses) are disposed near the midrib and nearly straight. — Hooker, Species 

 Filicum, hi., p. 172. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, i., p. 132. Loire, 

 New and Bare Ferns, t. 18. Beddome, Ferns of Southern- India, t. 148. 



Fig. 119. Frond of Asplenium nitidum 



(i nat. size). 



A. nobile — no'-bil-e (noble). A garden name for a variety of A. viviparum. 



A. (Euasplenium) normale— Eu-as-ple'-ni-um ; nor-ma'-le (normal), Don. 



A very pretty, stove species, of dwarf dimensions, native of the 

 Himalayas, the Anamallays, and the Neilgherri.es, where, according to 

 Beddome, it is common on higher elevations. Its fronds, about Sin. long 

 and l^in. broad, are borne on wiry, blackish stalks 4in. to 6in. long, and 

 are furnished with numerous closely-placed leaflets of a leathery texture, 



