Asplenium Ruta-Muraria, Limi . 
RUE-LEAYED SPLEENWORT. 
Root — Radicles long, black and wiry ; caudex stout, 
tufted, and scaly. 
Frond — Sub-triangular, bi-pinnate, from two to six inches 
long. 
Stipes — About half the length of the frond, of a dark 
green colour, and grooved. 
Pinnae — Alternate and pinnate. 
Pinnules — Stalked, of an oblong diamond shape, the 
apices serrated and more or less rounded, varying very much 
on the same root. 
Venation — Veins radiating from the base, each vein 
terminating in a serrature. 
Fructification — Sori numerous, linear, generally on 
the midveins, becoming confluent in Autumn. 
Habitat — Old walls and crevices of rocks. Very generally 
distributed in the Low and High Peak. 
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