Portion of niíituro Frond, iipppr side.
ASPLENIÜM VIVIPARUM.
M o o k e a n d H o u l s t o n . J . S m i t h . P r e s l . K u n z e .
PLATE IX. VOL. V.
Aspleniam f<£niculaceum,
B a r ea vivípara,
“ fceniculacea,
Ccenopteris vivípara,
I I . B. K.
WiLLDENow. F ee.
S lEB E Il.
B ebgius. B ergm.
—Spleenwort. Vivip a rum—Viviparous.
I n t h e S e c t io n D a r e a o f A u t h o r s .
A n equisetum-looVing Pern, with a pendulous habit. A
very distinct species, worthy of cultivation in every collection.
Amongst the Aspleniums, a certain number of them are termed
viviparous, from the circumstance, that independently of their
power of reproduction by spores, they have an additional
power of producing young plants upon the fronds. The present
species, and indeed nearly all in the section Darea, have this
power in common with others, such as the Gymnogramma
polypjodioides, Polystichum proliferum, Cyrtogonium flagiilife rum,
Cystopteris Indbifera, Hemionitis palmata, etc.
