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Choice Ferns for Amateurs. 
ASPL,¥:>Sl\jyi— continued. 
Island. Its slender^ graceful fronds^ Gin. to 9in. long, Jin. 
broad, and usually proliferous at their extremity, are borne 
on green stalks lin. to 2in. long and slightly scaly. They 
are furnished with from twelve to twenty pairs of horizontal 
leaflets about Jin. long, shortly stalked, of a peculiar 
dimidiate form, and deeply toothed on the upper edge, the 
lower one being straight, quite entire, and curved 
backwards. The texture is thin and papery, and the oblong 
Fig. 77, Asplenium Sandersoni, an elegant fronded species 
for small basKets. 
sori are disposed from one to three to each leaflet. The 
small size of the fronds and the well-defined characters of its 
pinnae give this Fern a very elegant aspect and render it most 
interesting and useful for small baskets. 
A. tenellum. 
Synonymous with A. lunulatum reclinatum. 
A, Trichomanes, 
This pretty, dwarf species, known as the Maidenhair 
Spleenwort, is found throughout Europe, in most parts of 
