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Asplenium (Nearly species of this genus)

Nearly 350 species of this genus have been described, including plants from all parts of the world where Ferns grow. To the species and varieties described on pp. 127-35, Vol. I., the following should now be added: A. amboinense (Amboyna). rhiz. creeping, clothed with black, subulate scales. sti. about 1in. long. fronds numerous, evergreen, lanceolate, narrowed below, truncate at apex, having a scaly bud at the end of the midrib, and a small, forked or multifid continuation of the frond. South Sea Islands, 1887. Stove. A. Campbelli (Campbell's). rhiz. small, erect, with a few pale brown scales in the centre. sti. tufted, erect, rather strong, 4in. to 6in. long. fronds erect, composed of one or two pairs of contiguous, spreading lateral pinnae, and a slightly larger terminal one, which are lanceolate, acuminate, 3in. to 5in. long, 1 1/4in. broad, shortly decurrent on the rachis. British and Dutch Guiana, 1885. Stove.

A. Filix-foemina velutinum (velvety). A beautiful, dwarf, densely branched variety, dwarfer than its parent A. F.-f. acrocladon, also closer and more compact in habit: this and the finely-divided apices give the plant the appearance of a ball of green velvet. 1882.

A. furcatum laceratum (torn). fronds broader, flatter, and more distinctly incised than in the type.

A. horridum (horrid). sti. strong, erect, brownish, fibrillose. fronds 2ft. to 3ft. long, 8in. to 12in. broad; pinnae numerous, spreading, 4in. to 6in. long, acuminate, lobed, cordate or broadly rounded at the base on the upper, truncate on a broad curve on the lower, side; rachis stout, fibrous. sori in two nearly parallel lines close to the midrib, a few also on the disk of the lobes. Sandwich Islands, Samoa, and Java, 1884. (H. S. F. iii. 193.) A. scandens (climbing). sti. scattered on a stout, creeping rhizome, very short. fronds 1ft. to 2ft. long, 6in. to 12in. broad, with numerous horizontal pinnae on each side, which are 4in. to 6in. long, 1 1/2in. broad, cut down to a distinctly winged rachis into numerous, sub-distant, ovate-rhomboidal pinnules; pinnules cut down to the rachis throughout; lower segments again pinnatifid; ultimate divisions narrow-linear. sori solitary, marginal. New Guinea, &c. Stove. SYN. Darea scandens.