. The book of choice ferns for the garden, conservatory. and stove : describing and giving explicit cultural directions for the best and most striking ferns and selaginellas in cultivation. Illustrated with coloured plates amd numerous wood engravings. Identification; Ferns. CHAPTER XXVII, ASPLENIUM, Linnams. (As-ple'-ni-um.) Spleenwort. HE name Asplenium is derived from a, without, and splen— the spleen, on account of the supposed property of curing affections of the spleen, with which these plants were for- merly credited. The Ferns known as Aspleniums, which in Hooker and Baker's " Syn
. The book of choice ferns for the garden, conservatory. and stove : describing and giving explicit cultural directions for the best and most striking ferns and selaginellas in cultivation. Illustrated with coloured plates amd numerous wood engravings. Identification; Ferns. CHAPTER XXVII, ASPLENIUM, Linnams. (As-ple'-ni-um.) Spleenwort. HE name Asplenium is derived from a, without, and splen— the spleen, on account of the supposed property of curing affections of the spleen, with which these plants were for- merly credited. The Ferns known as Aspleniums, which in Hooker and Baker's " Synopsis Filicum" are comprised in Genus 38, and which form by far the largest portion of Tribe 8, Aspleniece, are so well marked that it would not be easy to mistake the great majority of them. They differ from most other Ferns by the disposition of their sori (spore masses), which are attached to the veins, and which, instead of being parallel with either the midrib or the margin of the frond, are oblique to the midrib, and are of a peculiar linear-oblong shape. The involucre (covering), which is of the same shape as the sorus, is sometimes single, sometimes double : when single, it opens towards the midrib. It is generally straight, occasionally curved, flat, or tumid, and bursts along its outer edge. The veins are free in a large proportion of the species. The stipes (stalks) of most Aspleniums are of a succulent nature and black, especially on their under-surface, while the leafy portion of the greater part of them is of a soft, fleshy texture. Asplenium is the second in extent of the genera known to contain British species, including plants from all parts of the world where. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Schneider, George. London : L. U. Gill
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