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ASPLENIÜ.M IIENDEliSONI.
H oulston. H ooker. Moore.
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JspiereiMm—Spleenwort. ijsnrfei-soin'—Hen d erso n ’s.
I n t h e S e c t io n E u a s p l e n iu m o f A u t h o r ,s .
C o n s id e r a b l e obscurity hangs over the Asplénium hendersoni ;
it appears to have been raised from spores some years ago, by
Mr. Henderson, gardener to Earl Fitzwilliam, at AVentworth
House. Mr. Moore mentions in his “ Genera and Spiecies of
Cultivated Ferns,” that he has searched the extensive herbaria
of Mr. J. Smith, and Air. E.. Heward, without finding any fronds
in the slightest degree resembling this Fern, therefore he suggests
that it may not be a distinct species, but a singular variety of
some other Fern. However, as it does not seem possible to
refer to any known species, Mr. Houlston has very properly
named it A . hendersoni, after the indefatigable and successful
cultivator at AVentworth. It has hitherto maintained its singular
character—constant in cultivation.
Mr. Henderson is unable to state from what country the spores
were imported.
The fronds, which are glabrous and elongated in form, are
pinnate below, whilst they are pinnatifid, or irregularly laciniated
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