A S P L E N I U M .
L in . Gen. Plan. 1 1 7 8 .
A S P L E N I U M fcolopendrium.
L inn. Spec. Plan. xs3^. Ray Syn. 1x6. Flo. Scot. 660. Flo. Ang.
452- Ge r .Em. x x 3 S . Park. xoA,o.
T A B . X L
H A R T S T O N G U E .
^ p H E root is black, hard, covered with fcales, and emitting numerous
ftrong black fibres.
Leaves from five to twelve inches long, lance-fliaped above, the two
fides rounded at the bottom, fo as to give a cordated appearance to the
lower extremity of the leaf, and receiving the rib in the hollow dent; the
rib IS brown or blackiilr, hard, gloffy, having brown chaffy fcales, and is
deftitute of leaf about one-third o f its length ; the leaf is hard, tough, and
firm to the touch, with numerous parallel veins running obliquely from
the central nerve to the margin, o f a dark flrining green above, paler underneath,
and often more or lefs undulated at the edge.
Seed
