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BRITISH FERNS. 
forming new plants from the point of the frond, this 
fern is considered a variety of Asplenium bulbiferum. It 
is a Tasmanian species. 
Asplenium Brownii. Brown’s Spleenwort . Fronds 
partly tripinnate, lance-shaped, dark green, rather droop- 
ing, 2 to 3 feet long ; pinnae lance-shaped ; leaflets 
largest next the stem, sharp-pointed, and cut or scal- 
loped at the margin ; stems scaly ; sori oblong ; invo- 
lucre, inflated ; caudex creeping. A native of New 
South Wales. 
Asplenium compressum. Fronds pinnate, leathery in 
texture, stout ; rachis winged, 2 feet high ; pinnae broad, 
many of them producing germinating buds or bulbs; 
caudex ascending. 
Asplenium flaccidum. Feeble Spleenwort . Fronds long, 
lance-shaped, tripinnate, dull green ; pinnae long and 
linear, producing young plants at the end of the frond 
and at the points of the leaflets. The drooping habit of 
this fern makes it suitable for pendent baskets, and it is 
nearly as often placed in such situations as the next 
species is. It is a New Zealand species. 
Asplenium flabellifolium. Fan-leaved Spleenwort . 
Fronds linear, growing a foot long, pinnate for a great 
part of their length, and then becoming merely a naked 
rachis. At the end of each fully-developed rachis a new 
plant is produced. This is rather a sweeping than a 
drooping fern, the fronds hanging over the sides of the 
basket, and descending to a great distance. It is a 
native of New Holland, and thoroughly domesticated in 
our conservatories. 
Asplenium obtusatum . Blunt - fronded Spleenwort . 
Fronds pinnate, erect, rigid, leathery, bright green ; 
stem winged and scaly ; pinnae oblong, blunt, serrated 
