THE ASPLENIUM RHIZOPHYLLUM

[A, 327.] lus. The walking fern, or walking leaf. A species belonging to the section Euasplenium, growing in the United States, Mexico, Central America, tropical South America, the West Indies, and the Sandwich Islands. [B, 138, 242.]—A. rut a muraria [Linnæus]. Fr., capillaire blanc, sauve-vie, rue de muraille. Ger., Mauerraute, Mauer-Streiffarn. Syn.: Ruta muraria a hin}, Adiantum album, Wall-rue, tent-wort, white maidenir; a species belonging to the section Æuasplenium, growing in Europe, northern Asia, northern and southern Africa, and North America. The leafy froud, herb a rutæ murari@ (seu adianti alb i, seu paronychiæ), was formerly employed in the form of a decoction as an aperient and expectorant remedy in phthisis and other thoracic affections, and also in disorders of lactation and in gout. [B, 180, 242.]—A. saxatile [Salisbury]. See A. tri cho manes.—A. schomburgkianum [KL]. See A. serratum.—A. scolopendrium [Linnæus]. See Scolopendrium vulgare.—A. semi hasta tum [Kunze]. See A. arboreum.—A. septentrion ale [Swartz]. A species belonging to the section Euasplenium, growing in mountain ons districts in Europe, and central Asia, and in New Mexico. Itis said to have the same properties as À. rut a muraria. [B, 173, 242.) —A. Serpent in i [Tausch and Henfl.]. The 4. adiantum nigrum, var. y. [B, 242.]—A. serratum [Linnæus]. A species be long in; to the section Huasplenium, growing in the West Indies, Sout! America, and the Pacific islands. It is said to be used in the West Indies in diseases of the liver and obstinate diarrhceas. [B, 173, 180, 242.]—A. silesia cum [Milde]. See A. adiantum nigrum.—A. spicant. See Lomaria spicant.—A. sten opter is [Kunze]. Ses A. hirtum,—A. teunifrons [Wall.]. See A, filix feemina.—. lypteroides [Michaux]. A species belonging to the section Athyrium, growing in Canada, the United States, India, and Tartary; its rhizome closely resembles that of As; P 242: L, 65.]—A. torresianum [Gaudichaud]. See À. hirtum.—A. tri cho manes [Linnæus]. Fr., asplénie polytric, polytric officinal, capillaire rouge. Ger., rothes Frauenhaar, Goldhaar, rother (oder gemeiner) Wiederthon, Abthon, A berth on. Syn.: Adiantum aureum, Poly tri chum commune. Dwarf-spleenwort, common maidenhair; a species tone Tae to the section a found general distributed throughout the world; a small fern having a black, polished stipe and a pinnate frond from 3 to 6 inches high, with from 8 to 12 pairs of rounded, se ile leaflets about # inch long; formerly accounted one of the five aperient herbs. Its frond, herb a tri cho manes (seu adianti rubri, seu saxifragæ rubræ), was formerly used like that of A. rut a muraria. This species was the zpixopavés of Dioscorides. [B, 5, 34, 180; L, 30.]—A. tri cho mano ides [Cavanilles]. See A. tri cho manes.—A. zamiæfolium [Presl]. See A. falcatum.—Herba a splenii, Herba a splenii ver i. The herb of À. ceterach. [B, 180.] , AS PLENUM (Lat.), n. nn. A?s(a*s)-ple(pla)'nusm(nutm). Gr., doxAnvov. 1. Of Dioscorides, the Asplenium ceterach. [B, 180.] 2. An ancient name for the Mandragora silvestre, from the notion that it destroyed the spleen in animals that fed upon it. (B, 2] BA eme pyposed for Asplenium, as being etymologically more correct. [B.