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CHAPTER XI. 
Asplenium. — Masses of seed in lines; indusiwn 
opening along its inner margin. 
The English family of Aspleniums consists of 
nine members. Five are to be found pretty abun- 
dantly in Devon. 
Asplejtium lanceolatum. Lance-shaped 
Spleenwort. (Plate III. Eig. 1.) 
Frond, in fine specimens, twice divided, the 
divisions deeply cleft and serrated; in smaller 
specimens twice divided; the divisions only ser- 
rated. Frond lance-shaped; the lowest pair of 
pinnae smaller than those above, in some cases 
dwindling considerably; stem short. Sori placed 
near the margin of the pinnules, and rarely becom- 
ing confluent. Not in perfection till September 
or October. 
Evergreen ; the young fronds hairy, flaccid, and 
diiOScult to preserve. A variable fern, but the seed 
