A SPLENIUM. 



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A. (Euasplenium) scolopendrioides— Eu-as-ple'-ni-um j s3ol-op-en- 

 dri-o-f'-des (Scolopendrium-like), J. Smith. 

 A strange-looking, stove species, from the Philippines, with entire fronds 

 of a somewhat leathery texture, spear-shaped, nearly 1ft. long, If in. broad, 

 narrowed suddenly above to a long, tailed point, and very gradually into the 

 stem below. The sori (spore masses) reach from the midrib to within Jin. 

 of the margin. — Hooker, Species Filicum, hi., p. 84. 



A. (Euasplenium) Seelosii — Eu-as-ple'-ni-um ; See-lo'-si-i (Seelose's), 



Leybold. 



This very curious and equally rare little species, although a native of 

 cold parts of the Tyrol and Carinthia, requires, under artificial cultivation, the 

 shelter of the greenhouse, or at least of the cold frame, to properly develop 

 its singular little fronds. These are of a leathery texture and pale green 

 colour, seldom more than fin. long, hairy, borne on slender, wiry stalks lin. 

 to 2in. long, and palmately cleft, usually into three nearly equal forks, and 

 the edge of which is slightly toothed. The abundant sori (spore masses) 

 occupy, when mature, the whole surface of the fronds. — Hooker, Species 

 Filicum, hi., p. 175. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, i., p. 1ST. 



This little species is somewhat difficult to manage: it should be firmly 

 potted between pieces of sandstone, in loam, leaf-mould, rock-ehippings, and 

 sand, with good drainage. 



A. (Diplazium) Seemannii— Dip-laz'-i-um ; See-man'-m-i (Seemann's), 



Baker. 



A stove species, from Darien, with spear-shaped fronds 9in. to loin, long, 

 4in. broad, and furnished with twelve to twenty pairs of horizontal leaflets 

 of a texture and pellucid venation similar to those of A. grand: folium , but 



with the sori (spore masses) extending from the midrib quite to the edge. 



Hooker, Synopsis Filicum, p. 231. 



A. (Euasplenium) septentrionale— Eu-as-ple'-nl-um ; sep-ten-trl-o- 

 na'-le (Northern), Hoffmann. 

 This species, popularly known as the Forked Spleenwcrt, is of a very 

 cosmopolitan character, for, according to Eeddome, it is found abundantly in 



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