ASPLENIE

4 (Lat.), n. f. pl.?n(plan)-i(i?)’e?-e(a3-e2), Fr., aspléniées. Ger., Asplenieen. A section or subtribe of polypod i a ceo us ferns, including Asplenium (in its widest sense) and 2 other genera [Hooker]; or, according to others, also comprising Ceterach, Grammitis, Scolopendrium, Diplazium, Blechnum, Lomaria, etc. As defined by Hooker, it comprises ferns, either tufted or fur hished with somewhat elongated caudex or rhizome, with dorsal, linear or oblong sori, usually distant from the margin, scattered, and generally oblique with regard to the costa, and with involucres, arising from the side of a vein or veinlet, sometimes from the superior or inferior aspect, opening toward the costa, plane or vaulted, and generally membranaceous in texture. [B, 170, 242.]