Portion of pinna of nnature Frond, under side.
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Nephrodium Fiîix -foemina,
Asplenium elaiius,
A sp id ium Filix -fæmina,
A th y r ium angustum,
“ Michauxii,
M ic h a u x .
W i l l d e n o w .
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M ic h a u x .
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F e e , (N o t o f G a l l e o t t i .)
Asplenium—Spleenwort. M ichauxii—Named after Mioliaux, an
American botanist.
I n t h e S e c t i o n A t h y r i u m o f A u t h o r s .
A L a d y - F e r n - l o o k i n g species, and indeed so nearly does it
resemble some of the forms of Asplenium Filix-fæmina, that it
is with difficulty recognised when the two are growing together.
Introduced into England in the year 1823.
A slender, hardy, and deciduous species.
Native of North America.
Prends glabrous, ovate-lanceolate in form, hi-tripinnatifid;
pinnæ lanceolate in shape, approximate, the basal ones six inches
in length; pinnules distant, oblong acuminate, having oblong,
obtuse, inciso-serrate segments; pinnules flat, and largest next
the rachis.
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