A S P L E N IU M CONTIGUUAI.
Fronds about twelve iuclies in length, the stipes occupying
the lower half.
rinnsc from one inch and a ha lf to three inches in length.
There are several forms of this plant.
Variety filifo rm e (which is the Asplenmm filifo rm e of K au lfuss)
has the serratures of the pinna; more profoundly incised,
and the apex of the frond is drawn out to a lengthy filiform
point.
Variety lepturus has larger plnntc, being five to six inches
in length.
My thanks are due to Mr. R. Sim, of Foot’s Cray, for the
present illustration. Portion of fertile Frond, under side.
ASPLENIUM PINNATIFIDUM.
N u t t a l l . H o o k e r . A. G r a y . M e t t e n iu s . S i ’r e n g e l .
P r e s l . F e e . K u n z e .
P L A T E IV .— IÎ.
Asplenium rliizopliyllum, v a r. pinnatijidum, B a e to n .
Asplenium—Sp leenw o rt. Pinnatijidum—P in n a tifid .
I n t h e S e c t i o n E u a s p l e n i u .m of A u t h o r s .
A GREENHOUSE s p e c ie S .
Native of the United States of America, Philadelphia,
Alleghanies, Southern Tennessee, North Carolina, and Missouri.
Sir TV. J . Hooker remarks th a t this plant, although very distinct
from Camptosorus rhizophtjllus, (the Asplenium rhizophyl-
lum of Linuæus, see Plate x iv .—A, vol. v, and page 43 of same
volume of Ferns, British and Exotic,) nevertheless it has much
of its habit; the points of the fronds are not however as in that
p lan t rooting or viviparous.