F e rtile pinnule, un d e r side.
ASPLENIUM LANCEOLATUM, V a r . M ic r o d o n .
M o o r e .
P L A T E X I . B.
Asplenium marinum, var. microion. M o o k e. H o o k e e .
Asplenium—S-piconwort. ioeKoeoZaiuM—Lanceolate.
Microdon—Small-toothed.
A t page 79, vol. v, of the “ N a tu ra l History of British and
Exotic F erns,” Asplenium lanceolatum has been described, to
which reference is made. The present variety is a most remk-k-
able one, and was found in Guernsey in 1855 by Miss Wilkinson,
and an account of it published by Mr. Thomas Moore, of the’
Chelsea Botanic Gardens.
Wh en first discovered it was thought to he a variety of A .
marinum, owing to its being so little divided: larger frondé
have shewn it to he an undivided variety of A . lanceolatum. I t
is well worthy of cultivation, both being handsome and distinct.
The fronds are pinnate, and more linear in form than linear-
lanceolate, and tapering to a point. The pinnæ distinct below,
with a brie f stalk, broadly-triangular in form, becoming aduate
above. L ength of frond from nine to twelve inches.
Sori near the margin, oblong and small.
F o r fronds I am indebted to Mr. Thomas Moore, of Chelsea;
and to Mr. Sim, of Foot’s Cray.
Apex of fertile Frond, unde r side.
ASPLENIUM MARINUM, V a r . R am o sdm .
M o o r e .
P L A T E X I . C.
Asplenium-'S.pXeeauoori. M a r in um -^ e a -iA c . Mamo sum-Ba a cAcd .
A t page 6 9 , vol. v, of the “ Natural History of British and
Exotic F erns,” will be found a description o f A . marinum. The
variety now to be described bears twin fronds on the same stem,
or branched, and is a very distinct and p re tty Fern.
The fronds are pinnate, the pinnæ sub-undulate, crenate-lobate,
with blu n t teeth on the lobes.
I t was discovered in Dorsetshire by Mr. Wollaston.
L ength of frond from four to nine inches.
F o r fronds my thanks are due to Mr. Sim, of Fo o t’s Cray.