P ortion of pinna, unde r side.
ASPLENIUM FILIX-FOEMINA, V a e . P lum o sum .
M o o r e .
P L A T E X IV .
—Spleenwort. Filix-foemina—Female Fern.
Plumosum—A feather.
I n t h e S e c t io n A t h y r iu m o f A u t h o r s .
Asplenium Jilix-foemina has been fully described in my
“ N a tu ra l History of British and Exotic F e rn s,” page 85, vol.
V , and the handsome multifid variety known as Asplenium
filix-foemina^ var. multifidum, figured at Plate X X X of the same
volume; and at page 89 there is a woodcut illustration of
another variety, depauperatum. The present variety, which is
exceedingly beautiful, was found about Skipworth, in Yorkshire,
and is in the possession of IMr. Stansfield, Nurseryman, of
Todmorden.
The pinnules are more slender, and the whole frond, as
its name implies, resembles a vivid green feather.
The length of frond is from two to three feet.
For the illustration I am indebted to Mr. Stansfield, of
Todmorden.
