CRYPTOGAMIA. FILICES. Asplenium. 987 
Leaves so covered underneath with scales as to conceal the fructifications. 
Linn. Leaves many from a root, three to six inches long, the hollows 
between the lobes of the same size and shape as the lobes, edges some¬ 
what bent back when the fructifications ripen. Woodw. 
Scaly Spleenwort. (Welsh: Rhedyn y gogofau ; Dueg-redyn en feddy- 
gaud. Scolopendrium Ceterach. Sym. Sm. Roth. E.) Old walls and 
clefts of moist rocks. About Bristol plentiful. At Bury, at Asheridge, 
Hertfordshire. Northern counties frequent. Mr. Woodward. Heydon, 
Norfolk. Mr. Bryant. On old walls cemented with mortar mixed with 
clay; and in a similar soil in limestone fissures on the highest part of Ken¬ 
dal Fell. Mr. Gough. (Garden wall at Tocknels, near Pains wick. Mr. Oade 
Roberts. Hill of Kinnoul, Scotland. Mr. Winch. At Badsey, Worcester¬ 
shire ; Rufford; Walcot, in Haslar parish, Warwickshire ; in Dovedale ; 
Bree in Purt. Walls of an old castle near the village of Llanfihangel y 
Pennant, Merionethshire. Mr. Griffith. In caves in Holyhead moun¬ 
tain. Welsh Bot. E.) P. May— Oct.* 
(3) Leaves winged. 
A. Tricho'manes. Leafits nearly circular, scolloped. 
Dicks. H. S. — {Hook. FI. Lond. 156— E. Bot. 576. E.) — Woodv. 204— 
Kniph. 6 — Wale. — Boll. 13 and 2. 2-— Bull. 185— Tourn. 315. A.D.E.— 
jFI. Dan. 119— Blackw. 370— Gars. 128. B.— Trag. 530. 1— Lonic. i. 212. 
1— Cam. Epit. 925— Park. 1051— Matth. 1202— Dod. 471. 1— Lob. Obs. 
471. 2; Ic. i. 809. 2— Ger. Em. 1046— H. Ox. xiv, row 1. 10— Fuchs. 796 
— Ger. 985— Hedw. Th. 7. 37, a leajit magnified. 
Plant from three to seven inches high, consisting of a leaf, several of which 
rise singly from a black fibrous root; from one quarter to three quarters 
of an inch broad. Leafits either circular or oblong; sometimes rather 
cut into lobes; capsules when ripe covering the whole under surface. 
(Its fructification is most abundant during summer, but may be found 
the whole year. It much resembles A. viride , but, besides the different 
colour, the latter has the pinnae rather ovate than oblong, serrated and 
cuneate at the base—nearly rhomboid. FI. Lond. E.) 
Common Maidenhair. (Welsh: Dueg-redynen Gwallt y forwyn. E.) 
Old walls, rocks, and shady stony places. P. May—Oct.t 
A. vir'ide. Leaves spear-shaped: leafits circular, but with three or 
four angles. 
Dicks. H. S .— {E. Bot. 2257— FI. Dan. 1289. E.)—Bolt. 14. 
Leaf-stalks pale green, sometimes brownish towards the root, and in some 
specimens brown and glossy as in A. Trichomanes. Wings rhomboidal, 
fixed on the leaf-stalk by one of the corners, the upper and lower sides of 
the base very entire, the other two scolloped. Bolt. Wings more lopped 
at the base than in A. Trichomanes. Leaf-stalk green, which seems to be 
the only certain character by which it is distinguishable from that 
* (The Rev. Hugh Davies informs us that the Scaly Spleenwort is becoming very 
scarce, from being gathered for bait in rock-cod fishing. E.) 
+ (This Fern has no pretensions to medicinal virtues, but is generally substituted instead 
of the more rare True Maidenhair for making capillaire, a syrup which, when perfumed 
with orange flowers, is considered an agreeable beverage. The Common Maidenhair is less 
sensible to cold than the other kind, and with several of its tribe may be introduced to 
advantage upon ornamental rock-work. E.) 
