
Portion of mature Frond, under side.
ASPLENIUM MARINUM.
L i n n æ u s . B o l t o n . S m i t h . H o o k e r . D e a k i n .
H o o k e r and A r n o t t . M a c k a y . B a b in g t o n . N ew m a n .
M o o r e . S o w e r b y . S c h k d h r .
WiLLDENOW. S p r e n g e l . P r e s l . F e e . P r .U't .
F ilancis . L i g h t f o o t . H u d s o n . W i t h e r i n g .
P L A T E X X I I I . VOL . V.
Ad ia n tum trapeziforme,
“ trapezift
H u d s o n . W i t h e h in g .
B e e k e n h o u t .
Asplenium—Spleenwort. Marinum—.
I n t h e S e c t i o n E u a s p l e n i u m o f A u t h o i i s .
T h e Sea Spleenwort, as the Asplenium marinum is very
properly called, is a handsome British Fern. It docs not seem
possible to grow it in an artificial Fernery with any degree oi
success; it will carry on a miserable existence for several years
and then die; yet under pot culture there are but few le r n s
which flourish better, nor which produce handsomer specimens
than the A . marinum. It is a sea-coast Fern, never occurring
very far inland; it is to be found, with the exception of the east