BRITISH FERNS, 
35. SEA SPLEENWORT. Manrrinoem. 
Asplenium marinum, Linneus. B. F. 235, 239, 240. 
: The caudex is tufted, its crown black and covered 
with bristly scales: the fronds make their appearance 
in June and July, ripen their seed in October and 
/ November, and remain perfectly green throughout the 
year; in August the fronds of two seasons are equally 
Vigorous, the younger ones being distinguished by 
their paler colour and immature fructification. The 
stalk is generally scarcely a third as long as the leafy 
portion of the frond, which is linear and simply pin- 
nate: the pinne are attached by their midrib; their 
forms are various, but they are generally oval, and the 
edges slightly notched; one or two pairs larger than 
the rest frequently appear near the. tip: the pinne 
form, which always opens towards the tip of 
Sen Spleenwort, as its name implies, is essen- 
species, sometimes igh seed 
