Rachis winged. Fronds terminal, being adherent to an erect
rhizoma. Stijjcs scaly at the base.
Length of frond varying from eighteen inches to two feet.
My thanks are due to Mr. Henderson, of AVentworth; and
to Mr. Stratton, the Curator of the Botanic Gardens, Cambridge,
for plants of this species; and to Mr. Norman, of Hull, for
fronds.
There is a Rern in English gardens bearing the name of
Asplenium elongatum, which is only A . lætum. The true A .
clongatum is rare in cultivation in Great Britain.
The following Nurserymen supply this plant:—Alessrs. Rollisson,
of Tooting; Parker, of Holloway; and Cooling, of Derby.
The illustration is from a specimen in my own collection.
Tovtion of mature Frond, under side.
ASPLENIUM FONTANÜM.
B e r n h a u d i . S m i t h . H o o k e r an d A r n o t t .
D e a k i n . AIo o r e . S ow e r b y . B r o w n . S p r e n g e l . L i n k .
S a d l e r . K u n z e . P r e s l .
PL.ATB x x i .— B . V O L . V .
Asplenium H a lle ri,
A th y r ium fo n ta n um,
“ Ha lle ri,
Asp id ium fo n ta n um,
“ H a lle ri,
Polypodium fo n ta n um,
“ alpinum.
B rown. Sprengel.
Sadler. D e Candolle.
B oth. Sadler. D e Candolle.
P resl. B abington. G ray. F e e .
B oth. P eesl. F e e .
SVA^ARTZ. W lLLD ENOW.
ScnKunR. Smith.
W iL LD EN ow.
L innæus. Smith. B olton.
L amarck.
Asplenium.—Spleenwort. Fontanum—Fountain.
I n t h e S e c t i o n A d t a n tum n i g i i t : m o f A u t h o e s .
O p in io n is divided as to whether Asplenium fontanum is
to be regarded as a true British Eern, or whether it is not
rather a species that has been accidentally introduced. That it