lieat beyond that of a cool greenhouse, a shady situation, not
too much moisture, and to be kept free from insects.
The fronds are glabrous, linear-lanceolate, pinnate; the pinnæ
being sub-sessile, imbricated and oblong, the superior ones
auriculate, rounded at the apex, and biuntly crenate on the
edge, the inferior ones being cordate-hastate.
The colour of the pinnæ is a delicate green, the rachis and
stipes being ebeneous, polished, and pubescent. Terminal, being
attached to a tufted rhizoma.
I he length of the frond is usually about twelve inches.
This is an evergreen greenhouse Fern.
Asplénium eheneum is a native of the Cape of Good Hope,
Mexico, and North America.
A well-known and widely-cultivated species. It is in the
Catalogues of Mr. Sim, of the Foot’s Cray Nursery; Messrs.
A. Henderson, of Pine-apple Place; Pollisson, of Tooting;
Masters, of Canterbury; Backhouse, of York; Parker, of the
Paradise Nursery, Holloway; Mr. E. Cooling, of Derby; and
Messrs. Booth, of Hamburg.
Plants have been forwarded by Mr. Henderson, of Wentworth,
and by Mr. Masters, of the Exotic Nursery, Canterbury,
The illustration is from a plant in my own collection.