Asplenium Viride, Hudson. 
GREEN SPLEENWORT. 
Roots — Long, black and fibrous ; caudex dark and tufted. 
Frond — Narrow, linear, elongated, pinnate, of a paler and 
more yellow-green and more delicate than A. Trichomanes. 
Rachis smooth, of a bright green colour. 
Stipes — Dark at the base, becoming paler near the rachis. 
Pinnae — Alternate, or in pairs, distant, shape irregular 
but often quadrate, margin more or less crenate. 
Venation — Lateral veins both simple and branched, not 
usually extending to the margin. 
Fructification — Clusters of capsules linear, becoming 
confluent when in perfection, the thecae of a bright 
reddish brown colour. 
Habitat — Moist rocks in mountainous localities. Near 
Buxton, and in Cave Dale, Castleton. 
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