Asplenium Viride, Hudson . 
GREEN SPLEENWORT. 
Roots — Long, black and fibrous; caudex dark and tufted. 
Frond — Narrow, linear, elongated, pinnate, of a paler and 
more yellow-green, and more delicate than A. Trichomanes . 
Racliis smooth, of a bright green color. 
Stipes — Dark at the base, becoming paler near the rachis. 
Pinisle — Alternate, or in pairs, distant, shape irregular 
but often quadrate, margin more or less crenate, or even 
serrate. 
Venation — Lateral veins both simple and branched, not 
usually extending to the margin. 
Fructification — Clusters of capsules linear, becoming 
cod fluent when in perfection, the thecae of a bright reddish 
brown colour. 
Habitat — Moist rocks in mountainous localities. Near 
Buxton, and in Cave Dale, Castleton, &c.: always with a 
northern exposure. 
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