Plants o.5-1 dm. high; leaves ovate-lanceolate, usually 
2-pinnatifid ; pinnae somewhat ovate-oblong, incised or 
pinnatifid, cuneate, the ultimate divisions variously tooth- 
ed; stipes green except at the base. 
Iimdenmevaces ef trocks: 
Ttt Leaves 2-pinnate to 3-pinnatifid below. 
8.A. ruta-muraria L Pl. 4. 
Asplenium ruta-muraria L.\, c.1081. Eaton, |. 
Coa 107.415. to im Gray CrOo4. Cader. 
feta 26 Nat. Mers LOG; iidstitce lc. 12. 
Chita Nic 102. Waters, Vico. 57. 
Watt RurE. 
Plants i dm. or higher; the ultimate divisions of the 
leaves rhombic, 6 mm. or less in length, apex toothed or 
incised ; stipes green. 
Inpemevaces ot rocks, or on-old walls. 
Asfplenti species were used in Pre-Linnean times in 
the same way as Adiantum Capillus- Veneris. Parkin- 
. son | Theatr. Bot. 2: 1051. 1640.] says of [ Asplentum] 
Trichomanes: ‘‘This Maidenhair in our Land being 
more plenfifull then the rest” . . ‘‘and both stayeth the 
shedding of the haire and causeth it to grow thick’. 
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