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CHAPTER XI. 
AspleinIUM. —Masses of seed in lines; indusium 
opening along its inner margin. 
The English family of Aspleniums consists of 
nine members. Eive are to be found pretty abun¬ 
dantly in Devon. 
Asplekeum lanceolatum. Lance-shaped 
Spleenwort. (Plate III. Eig. 1.) 
Erond, in fine specimens, twice divided, the 
divisions deeply cleft and serrated; in smaller 
specimens twice divided; the divisions only ser¬ 
rated. Erond lance-shaped; the lowest pair of 
pinrne 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 
difficult to preserve. A variable fern, but the seed 
