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A FEEN BOOK TOR ETEllTBODY. 



GrREEN Spleenwoet. — Leaflets not mueli larger than 

 broad, stalk green above ; 



Wall Spleenwoet. — Leaflets not much larger than 

 broad, stalk black throughout ; 



Sea Spleenwoet. — Leaflets twice, or more, longer 

 than broad. 



And in the fourth section, the leaflets of the frond are 

 again more or less divided into segments. This contains 



EocK Spleenwoet. — Pronds narrow, spear-shaped, 

 stalk smooth ; 



Beistly Spleewoet. — Fronds broadly spear-shaped, 

 stalk scaly. 



ElackMaidenhaie. — Pronds triangular, stalksmooth, 

 black below. 



rOEKED SPLEENWOET.* 



This singular little fern grows in tufts of about 3 or 4 

 inches in height, from a fibrous mass of root-stock and 



rootlets. The fronds are very narrow, scarcely leaf-like, 

 with one or two branches of the same nature, and each 



*Asplenium septentrionale, Schk. 



