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their outline is triangular. Stipes gloffy, black or very 
dark red. The fructifications appear at firft in oblique 
whitilh lines (three to l’even), which afterwards become 
brown, and when they burl! cover the difk of the leaflet 
except the edge. Native of Europe, in the fiffures of ro-cks 
and old walls, and among ftones in (hady places. In feed 
from April to October. There are varieties in the leafing 
of this fern. 
24. Afplenium trichomanes ramofum, or branched mai¬ 
denhair: fronds doubly-pinnat'e, pinnas obovate crenate, 
lower leaflets fmaller. Mr. Bolton looks upon this as a 
variety of the preceding fpecies. 
25. Afplenium marginatum, or margined fpleenvvort : 
fronds pinnate; pinnas oppofite cordate-lanceolate fub- 
marginate quite entire. 26. Afplenium fquamofum, or 
fcalv-ftiped fpleenwort: fronds pinnate; pinnas acuminate 
gaflied, ftipe-fcaly. 27. Afplenium ftriatum, or ftriated 
ipleenwort: fronds pinnate; pinnas pinnatifid obtufe ere - 
nate, the terminal one acuminate. Natives ot South America. 
28. Afplenium erofutn, or lacerated Ipleenwort: fronds 
pinnate; pinnas trapeze-oblong, ftriated, eroie, eared at 
tlie bafe. Height from fourteen to eighteen inches. Na¬ 
tive of Jamaica. 
29. Afplenium Japonictim, or Japonefe fpleenwort : 
fronds pinnate; pinnas acute galh-pinnatifid lerrulate ; 
ftipe fcaly, two feet high. Native of Japan. 
30. Afplenium refeftum, or half-leaved fpleenwort : 
fronds pinnate ; pinnas trapezium-fhaped acuminate gafh- 
crenate entire behind. Frond a foot high, lanceolate, 
acute, fmooth. Found by Commerfon in the ifland of 
Bourbon. 
31. Afplenium bulbofum, or bulbous-rooted fpleenwort: 
fronds pinnate; pinnas lanceolate (lightly crenate; root 
bulbous. Height one foot. Native of the mountains of 
Cochin-China, where the root is eaten. 
Species from Swartz. 32. Afplenium proliferum: fronds 
fubiefiile broad-lanceolate, the firft leaves obovate, root¬ 
ing at the end. Root fmall, fcaly, black, with many long 
dark-brown fibre?. Leaves many, of different (izes, the 
largeft two inches and a half long, and about half an inch 
broad near the middle. They end in a point, which bows 
down to the ground, takes root, and lends out rounder 
leaves, in time growing longer, and with their ends taking 
root. The feed lies in round fpots on each fide of the 
middle rib underneath. Native of Jamaica. 
33. Afplenium pumilum : frond ternate, leaflets three- 
parted gaflied. Fronds feveral, upright, about four inches 
high. Native of Jamaica and Martinieo. 
34. Afplenium dimidiatum : fronds pinnate, pinnas tra¬ 
peze-oblong acuminate, angular upwards, entire and flat 
downwards. - 35. Afplenium fragrans : fronds fubtripin- 
nate, leaflets alternate, pinnas lanceolate broadifh, ferrate 
at the tip. 36. Afplenium grandiflorum : fronds pinnate, 
pinnas alternate lanceolate fubferrate, at the bafe redfan- 
gular above, rounded below. 37. Afplemum diffedhim : 
fronds pinnate, pinnas lanceolate galh-ferrate, tailed at the 
tip. 38. Afplenium prsemorfum : frond tripinnatifid, 
pinnas fomewhat wedge-lhaped, pinnules erofe-toothed at 
the tip. 39. Afplenium cicutarium : frond tripinnate very 
fmooth, the upper ones pinnatifid, leaflets lanceolate en¬ 
tire. Natives of Jamaica. The laft has a lolid black root, 
covered with a black hairy mofs tov/ards its top, whence 
rife nine or ten leaves about three inches high. Stipes 
dark green, at an inch from the ground, dividing into fe¬ 
veral alternate twigs, thofe in the middle being largeft, 
about three quarters of an inch long, made up of alternate 
fmall roundifh pinnules, deeply cut in at the edge, of a 
pale green colour above, and underneath having very 
many ferruginous fpots. 
Species from Forjler. 40. Afplenium flaccidum : fronds 
pinnate, leaflets alternate remote pinnatifid, linear (tiff. 
41. Afplenium lncidum : fronds pinnate, leaflets oppofite 
oblong-ovate acuminate ferrulate. 42. Afplenium polyo- 
don : "fronds pinnate, leaflets trapezoid acuminate acute 
doubly-ferrate. 43. Afplenium obliquum: fronds pin- 
A S S 
nate; ftipes fcaly ; leaflets oblong oppofite acuminate fer^ 
rate, the outer margin Ihorter. 44. Afplenium obtufa- 
tum: fronds pinnate, leaflets oppofite oblong obtufe fer¬ 
rate. 45. Afplenium tenerum: fronds pinnate, leaflets 
rhomb-oblong obtufe galh-ferrate. 46. Afplenium c-au da¬ 
tum: fronds pinnate; leaflets pinnatifid, linear, briftlc- 
fhaped at the tip ; fegments blunt, galh-ferrate at the tip ; 
ftipe rough with hairs. 47. Afplenium bulbifcrum: fronds 
fub-bipinnate; leaflets decurrent, oblong, obtufe, pinna¬ 
tifid; fructifications proliferous. Natives of New Zealand. 
Propagation and Culture. Whoever is defirous of culti¬ 
vating any of thefe ferns muff have walls, rocks, or heaps 
of ftones, to let the hardy fpecies in ; or pots may be filled 
with loarHy undunged earth, or fand, gravel, and lime- 
rubbiih, for that purpofe, placing them in the (bade. 
Hart’s tongue has been railed from feed ; but all the forts 
may be increafed by parting the roots. Some of the fo¬ 
reign ones mult bo placed under a common frame in win¬ 
ter; and it is evident, that fuch as are natives of the Welt 
Indies, and other hot climates, require the protection of a 
Hove. See AcROs'riCHUM and Meniscium. 
ASPO'E, a fmall iliand of Sweden, in the Baltic, two 
miles fouth-weft of Carlfcr.Qon, 
ASPORTA'TION, f. [afportatio , Lat.] A carrying 
away. 
ASPREL'LA, f. in botany. See Leersia. 
ASPREMONT', a town of France, in the department 
of the Meufe, and chief place of a canton, in the diftriCl 
of St. Michel, four miles fouth-eaft of St. Michel. 
AS'PRES LES VAY'NES, a town of France, in the 
department of the Higher Alps, and chief place of a can¬ 
ton, in the diftriCt of Serres, fifteen miles weft of Gap. 
AS'PRO, a river of European Turkey, which runs into 
the fea, twenty-eight miles weft of Lepanto. 
ASPROSPI'ZIA, a town of European Turkey, ten 
miles fouth-fouth-weft of Livadia. 
ASQUINT', adv. [from a and fquint.'\ Obliquely; not 
in the ftraight line of vifion. — A lingle guide may direct 
the way better than five hundred, w ho have contrary views, 
or look afqnint , or fhut their eyes. Swift. 
ASS,/, [afinus, I.at.] An animal of burden, remarkable 
for (luggilhnefs, patience, hardinefs, coarfenefs of food, 
and long life. See Equus. A ftupid, heavy, dull, fel¬ 
low; a dolt.—I do begin to perceive that 1 am made an 
afs. Shakefpeare. 
Coronation of the Ass, in antiquity, was a part of the 
ceremony of the feaft of Vefta, wherein the bakers put 
bread-crowns on the heads of thefe quadrupeds; Ecce co- 
ronatispanis dependet afellis. Hence, in an ancient calendar, 
the ides of June are thus denoted; FeJIum ef Veftce ; afinus 
coronaturl This honour, it feems was done the beaft, be- 
caufe, by its braying, it had faved Vefta from being ra- 
vifhed by the Lamfacan god. Hence the formula, Vejlat 
delicium ef afinus. 
AS'SA, a towm of European Turkey, in the ifland of 
Cephalonia, fixteen miles north-north-weft of Cephalonia. 
Assa-foetida,/ in botany. See Ferula. 
ASSACH', or Assath,/. was a cuftom of purgation 
ufed of old in Wales, by .which the party accufed was 
obliged to clear himfeif by the oaths of 300 men. It is 
mentioned in ancient MSS. and prevailed till the time of 
Henry V. w-hen it was abrogated. 1 Hen. V. c. 6. 
ASSA'I, a town of Japan, in the province of Oomi, or 
Omi. 
To ASSAIL', v. a. [ajfailler, Fr. ] To attack in a hoftile 
manner; to affault; to fall upon; to invade. To attack, 
with argument; cenfure; ormotivesappliedto the paflions: 
How have I fear’d your fate! but fear’d it mod, 
When love ajfail’d' you on the Libyan coaft. Dryden. 
ASSAIL'ABLE, adj. That which may be attacked: 
Banquo, and his Fleance, live.-- 
—But in them nature’s copy’s not eternal.— 
—There’s comfort yet, they are available. Shakefpeare,. 
ASSAIL'ANT, 
