GUIDE
FERTILE AND STERILE FRONDS LEAF-LIKE AND SIMILAR; SPORANGIA IN LINEAR OR OBLONG FRUIT DOTS
24. LADY FERN
Asplenium Filix-fœmina
Rather large, fronds 2-pinnate, fruit-dots curved, often horseshoe shaped, finally confluent. In moist woods and along roadsides. P. 120.
25. SILVERY SPLEENWORT
Asplenium thelypteroides
Large, fronds once-pinnate, pinnæ deeply pinnatifid, lobes oblong and obtuse, fruit-dots oblong, silvery when young. In rich woods. P. 124.
26. RUE SPLEENWORT
Asplenium Ruta-muraria
Very small, fronds loosely 2–3 pinnate at base, pinnatifid above, fruit-dots linear-oblong, confluent when mature. On limestone cliffs. Rare. P. 126.
27. MOUNTAIN SPLEENWORT
Asplenium montanum
Small, fronds 1–2 pinnate, fruit-dots linear-oblong, often confluent. On rocks. P. 130.
28. EBONY SPLEENWORT
Asplenium ebeneum
Fronds slender and erect, once-pinnate, pinnæ eared on the upper or on both sides, stalk and rachis blackish and shining, fruit-dots oblong. On rocks and hill-sides. P. 134.
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