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ASPIDIUM MURCRONATUM. 
Fronds 9 inches long, stem light green, covered with scales. The small 
engravings, 1 and 2, represent the upper and lower surface of a pinnae. A 
green-house fern. 
ASPIDIUM MUCRONATUM LAXUM. 
Fronds 9 to 12 inches long, stems dark green, partially covered with 
brown scales. The crown quite covered. The small engraving, 1, represents 
the upper surface of one of the lower pinnaes. and 2, the underside of one of the 
upper pinnaes. A green-house fern. 
ASPLENIUM ALATUM. 
Fronds 10 to 12 inches long, the underside of the stems are nearly black, 
the mid-rib is winged on each side forming a channel or groove. The apex of the 
fronds are fertile. The small engravings, 1 and 2, represent the upper and 
lower surface of one of the pinnaes, Native of America. A stove fern. 
ASPLENIUM COMPRESSUM. 
Fronds 18 to 24 inches long, the pinnaes are fertile on the upper surface, 
The small engravings, 1 and 2, represent the upper and lower surface of one of 
the pinnaes. Native of St. Helena. A green-house fern. 
ASPLENIUM LUCIDUM. 
Fronds 12 to 36 inches long, the stems and pinnaes are clothed with 
brown scales. The fronds rise from a hairy rhizome. The small engravings, 
1 and 2, represent the upper and lower surface of one of the pinnaes. Native 
of New Zealand. A green-house fern. 
ASPLENIUM FALCATUM. 
Fronds 10 to 24 inches long, stems dark brown and slightly scaly. The 
scales are more numerous towards the base, the fronds springing from a slightly 
creeping rhizome. The small engravings, 1 and 2, represent the upper and lower 
surface ( f one of the pinnaes. Native of India. A green-house fern. 
