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ASPLENIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM.
M i c h a u x . S m i t h . K u n z e .
P k e s l . F e e . S c h k u h r . M o o ke a n d H o u l s t o n .
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Asp len ium—SpleenAvort. A n g u stifo lium—Narrow-leaved.
Ix THE Section E uasi’lenixiim of Authoiis.
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A n elegant rare Fern, ivliicli aijjiears to have been introduced
into the lioyal Gardens, Kew, in the year 1812, but which is
still one of our rarest cultivated exotic sjiecies.
Unlike most of the other Aspleniums, the barren and fertile
fronds are strikingly different, so much so as to give the plant
a character distinct from other species of the genus Asplenium.
A hardy deciduous Fern, readily cultivated.
Native of North America.
The fronds, which are glabrous, arc slender, lanceolate in
form, jrinuate, the ¡linnæ being linear-lanceolate and cordate at
the base. Subauriculate, membranous, and being slightly crenu-
late on the margin. Fronds terminal. The fertile fi-onds arc
narrower and shorter.
Sori copious, a single oblique row on each side the midrib
of each j)inna, prominent, and eventually becoming confluent.
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