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ASPLENIUM REFRACTUM.
AIo o r e .
PL.VXE X X X I ' .— A. VOT,. V.
AspUnium, fo n ta n um , -cax. p ro liferum, W o l l a s t o n .
A sp len ium—Spleenwort. Re fra cium—liefractod.
I n t h e S e c t i o n ' A d i a x t u m - n i g r u m o f A u t h o r s .
I t is with hesitation that I have figured the piresent Fern
as a distinct spiecies; in general apiiearauce it seems to ap)jiroach
so near to the Asplenium fontanum, yet iu some rcsjiects it is
so different, that I have ventured upon figuring and describing
It as a new species, and more especially as Air. Moore, in the
“Nature-printed Ferns,” has expressed an opinion that it may
possibly be a new species. Whether species or merely variety,
It is well deserving of a place iu these pages.
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