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P o rtion of ma tu re Frond, unde r side.
ASPLENIUM PRiEMOESUM, V a e . C a n a r ie n s e .
M o o r e .
P L A T E X I X , A .
Asplenium—Spleenwort. Trcemorsum—J agged-pointed.
Canariense—Canary Islands.
Asplenium Canariense of Willdenow, Poiret, Sprengel, Presl,
Pee, and J . Smith, is found in the Canaries and Madeira, and
I believe is becoming scarce in those Islands.
I t is more dwarf and compact than the more tropical forms
of Asplenium prmmorsum, and being a permanent variety and
very handsome, it has been thought desirable to give a figure
of it.
For a description of Asplenium prmmorsiim and its varieties,
the reader is refe rred to pages 23-25, vol. v, of my “ Natural
History of British and Exotic F e rn s.”
The illustration is from a plant in my own collection, imported
from Madeira.
