ivl' ^ 1 , ifwm mm 9^7/vW KVjjlfl SiX iff fMm $mmmi s HE I® %1 ill III II III III*' I 22102056458 f i 1 V 1 1 * OSMU N I) A cinnamom BA. — fertile and barren fronds. I- VOL. 8. F E R BRITISH AND EXOTIC. VOLUME VIII. CONTAINING OSMTJNDA. HYMENOPHYLLUM. TRICHOMANES. DAYALLIA. THYRSOPTERIS. CIBOTIUM. TRICHIOC ARPA. DEPARIA. DICK SONIA. GLEICHENIA. CYATPIEA. HEMITELIA. ALSOPHILA. TODEA. t DICTYOXIPEIIUM. MOHRIA. ANEMIDICTYON. LYGODIUM. ANGIOPTERIS. MARATTIA. BY E. J. LOWE, ESQ., F.R.A.S., F.G.S., F.L.S., F.Z.S., M.B.M.S., Hon. Mem. Dublin Nat. Hist. Soo., Mem. Geolog. Soe. Edin., Corr, Mem. Lyceum Nat. Hist., New York, Corr. Mem. Manchester Lit. ancl Phil. Soc., etc. LONDON: GROOMBRIDGE AND SONS, 5, PATERNOSTER ROW. M DCCC LXIV. I 4, ■o WELLCOME INSTITUTE LIBRARY Coll. welMOmec Call No. CONTENTS OF VOL. VIII. Alsopkila australis capensis ferox pruinata radens Anemidictyon pliyllitidis Angiopteris evecta teysmanniana Cibotium glaucescens schiedei . Cyathea canaliculata dealbata . excelsa medullaris Davalka aculeata . bullata canariensis . chaeropkylia dissecta elegans beteropbylla immersa . kkasiyana lindleyi lonchitidea majuscula novre-zelaudiae ornata pedata . pentapbylla polyantha polypodioides pyxidata solida tenuifolia triekosticha Doparia prolifera Dicksonia antarctica cicutaria culeita davallioidcs moluccana Plata. lxiii Ixii Ixv lxvi Ixiv lxxi Ixxv lxxvi xxxvi xxxv lv lviii Ivi lvii xxvi xxviii xii xiii XX xxii xix xv xxxii xvii XXX xxxiii xvi xxiv xxv xviii xxiii xxxi xxi xxvii xiv xxix xxxviii xliii xl xxxix xli xlvi Page. 177 175 181 183 179 201 213 215 103 101 155 161 157 159 79 83 51 53 67 71 65 57 91 61 87 93 59 75 77 63 73 89 69 81 55 85 111 125 119 117 121 133 Dicksonia punctiloba Plate. xlii rubiginosa . xlv squarrosa . . xliv Dictyoxipkium panamenso Ixix Gleickenia dicarpa . . xlviii dickotoma . . li flabellata . . 1 kecistopkylla . . lii mieropkyila . . xlvii rupestris . . . liii semivestita . . . liv speluncEe . . xlix Hemitelia grandifolia . lix korrida . . .lx kostmanni . . Ixi Hymen opkyllum crucntum v a vii b vii a viii a viii b V B . vi lxxiii Ixxii lxxiv lxxvii lxx i ii . iv iii xxxiv lxvii 1 xviii xxxvii ix c X A X B xi ix A X c ix B demissum kirtellum . polyantkos . sericeum . tunbridgense unilaterale Lygodium flexuosum japonicum palmatum Marattia laxa Mokria tkurifraga . Osmunda cinnamom'ca claytoniana . gracilis regalis Thyrsopteris elegans . Todea africana kymenopky 1 loidcs Trickiocarpa moorii Trickomanes bancroftii cri spurn muscoides radicans reniforme . sinuosum venosum . Page. 123 131 129 193 139 145 143 14,7 137 149 151 141 165 167 169 15 22 21 23 25 17 19 207 205 209 219 197 9 7 97 187 189 107 34 35 37 41 31 39 38 F E E N S; BRITISH AND EXOTIC, OSMUNDE/E. Composed of Osmunda and Todea, the latter genus of which will be reserved for the Appendix at the close of this volume. Two small families of interesting and handsome Ferns. GENUS I. OSMUNDA. Li NNJEUS. Fronds pinnate or bipinnate, with forked free veins. Fertile poition contracted, and forming simple or compound sporangiferous panicles. In some species the barren and fertile fronds are different, one set of fronds being sterile and the other fertile; m other species, where fertile and sterile on the same frond, the upper in some cases, and the middle in others only is fertile. Length of fronds from two to twelve feet. A genus of plants delighting to grow in damp situations, usually on the banks of a river or brook. VOL. VIII. OSMTJNDA. O /v One species only, Osmunda regalis, is an inhabitant of England. Mr. Smith, in his “Catalogue of the Ferns Cultivated at Ivew,” enumerates — Cinnamomea, Linnceus. Regalis, Linnceus. Claytoniana, Linnceus. Spectabilis, 7 Villdenow . Mr. Moore, in his “ Index Filicum,” mentions— Regalis, Linnceus. Gracilis, Link. Javanica, Blume. Claytoniana, Linnceus. Cinnamomea, Linnceus. Imbricata, Kunze. Link, in his “ Filicum Species,” gives— Regalis, Linnceus , England. Spectabilis, Willdenow, Canada. Palustris, Link, Brazil. Gracilis, Link, North America. Glaucescens, Link, North America. Interrupta, Michaux, Canada. Cinnamomea, Linnceus , Florida. Kunze, in his “ Index Filicum,” l Cinnamomea. Claytoniana. Glaucescens. enumerates — Gracilis. Regalis. Spectabilis. Sprengel, in his “ Systema Claytoniana, Linnceus. Interrupta, Michaux. Regalis, Linnceus. Spectabilis, Willdenow. V egetabilium,” gives — Obtusifolia, Willdenow. Cinnamomea, Linnceus. Japonica, Thunberg. Lancea, Thunberg. Plant from a photograph. OSMUNDA CINNAMOMEA. Llnn/Eus. Schkuhr. J. Smith. Sprengel. Kunze. Link. Liebmann. Presl. r LATE I. VOL. Till. Osm unila Derivation dubious, probably from ibc Saxon Osmund. Cinnamomea — Cinnamon. An extremely handsome and very dissimilar species, wortl.v °1 a place in every collection. 4 OSMUNDA C1NNAMOMEA. A deciduous hardy Fern. Native of North America, Mexico, East Indies, and South America. Introduced into the lioyal Gardens, Kew, in 1772, having been received from Mr. Martin. Fertile and sterile fronds different, the barren fronds growing round an erect caudcx, and being inclined at an angle of 45°, whilst the fertile fronds rise perpendicularly in the centre. Sterile fronds bipinnatifid, the pinnae being oblong-obtuse. The fertile fronds bipinnate, and densely covered with a ferruginous mass of hairs, as is also the stem of the sterile frond. Pinnae usually alternate. Frond narrow, being only seven inches and a half in the widest part, and narrowing to the apex. Width of pinnae three quarters of an inch ; usually about twenty-five pairs of pinnae. Fertile frond erect, and twenty-six inches in length, of which twenty-three inches is naked. Sterile frond about thirty-three inches in length, the basal nine inches being naked. Mem- branaceous ; colour a bluish green. Stipes and rachis green. Fertile portion, when mature, a rich reddish brown, which, in contrast with the stem covered with whitish wool, gives the plant a singular appearance. Veins forked. In order to shew the habit of the plant a wood-cut illustration from a photograph is appended. For plants my thanks are due to the late Mr. Large, of New York, and to Air. Sim, of Foot’s Cray; and for fronds to Mr. G. Norman, of Hull. It may be procured from any Nurseryman. The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. Portion of sterile Pimm. OSM U N D A CL AY TO N I A K A. 1 1- VOL. 8. Plant from a photograph . OSMUND A CLAYTONIANA. Linosus. J. Smith. Sprengel. Kunze. PLATE II. VOL. VIII. Osmunda interrupt, Miciiaux. Schkuhk. Link. Willdenow. Osm undo, Derivation dubious, probably from the Saxon Osmund. Claytoniana — Clayton’s. A most lovely vivid green Fern, very dissimilar from all others, and worthy to be grown in every hardy fernery, and G OSM U N J)A CLAYTON I AN A . making a handsome specimen under pot culture ; requiring to be grown in a shady damp situation. A deciduous hardy species. Native of North America. Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in the year 1772, by Mr. Martin. The fronds, which are bipinnatifid, grow somewhat erect out of an erect caudex, the middle portion of the frond being contracted and fertile, having sterile pinnae above, and this portion bending horizontally. The appropriateness of Michaux’s name of interrupta cannot be doubted, yet Linnaeus’s name of 0. claytomana has priority in its favour. In fronds thirty-two to thirty-three inches in length the basal ten inches is naked, above which are three paiis of pinnae, which are sub-opposite, three inches and a half in length, distant, and occupying five inches above the stipes; then come the fertile pinnae, about five pairs, occupying nine more inches of the frond, above which there are sterile pinna;, about eight or nine pairs, close together, touching each otliei, and occupying the remaining nine inches of the frond, and this upper portion being somewhat triangular in form. Stipes very hirsute, with long woolly pale red hairs. When the frond is entirely sterile it is not erect, but inclined at an angle of about 40°, bearing fifteen or sixteen pairs of pinnae. Colour vivid green. Veins forked. The wood-cut illustration is from a photograph, and is intended to shew the habit of this exceedingly handsome Fern. For plants I am indebted to tire late Mr. Large, of New York, and to Mr. Sim, of Foot’s Cray. It may be procured of any Nurseryman. The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. Portion of sterile Tinna. OSMUNDA REGAL1S II] -VOL. 8. Pinnule of mature Frond— upper side. OSMUND A EEGALIS. Linnaeus. Flumier. Schkuhr. Lindley and Moore. J. Smith. Bolton. J. E. Smith. Babington. 3 Hooker and Arnott. Newman. Deakin. Sowerby. 1 ratt. Ealfs. Macreigiit. Sprengel. Ivunze. Link. Willdenow. Oeder. Ehrhart. PLATE III. VOL. VIII. A-phyllocalpa regalis, Struthiopteris regalis, Osmunda filix-Jlorida, Filix lati folia, “ palustris, “ aquatica, floresnens, Cavanilles. Beenhaedi. Lob. Coedus. Lonon^us. Dalechamps. Dalechamps. Osmunda Derivation dubious, probably from tbo Saxon, Osmund. Fegahs — Eoyal. I me Eoyal Fern, Osmund Eoyal, or Flowering Fern, is 0i 0 0U1 handsomest British species. of J 1 a ^e'Spread Species^ Ending from the We- Island ^A thr°Ugh Sc0tland t0 the Shetland and Wester Islands. A common Irish Fern; native also of Jersey. 8 OSMUNDA UEGAUS. Found throughout Europe; in Asia — in the Himalaya and Mingrelia; in Africa — in Algiers, Azores, and the Cape of Good Hope; and in North and South America. Wherever this Fern grows in abundance the effect is such as to make it “king” of the locality. Ten years ago this Fern grew in a field belonging to Mr. C. Allcock, at Bui well; draining the land, however, has completely destroyed this Nottinghamshire locality of Osmunda regalis. Easily cultivated, preferring shade, and a wet peaty sod. Fronds coriaceous or herbaceous, pinnate or bipinnate, and occasionally tripinnate; the pinnse or segments frequently articulated. Fertile segments contracted and mostly rachiform; pinnules oblong and dilated; base auricled. Rliizoma caudiciform or tufted. Caudex perennial, stout, and sometimes two feet in height. Stipes half the length of the whole frond, succulent, and, as with the rachis, tinged with red. Scaly when young, pale green and smooth when fully grown. Pinnules opposite or alternate, about two inches in length. Veins branched. Fructification mostly occupying the whole of the upper portion of the frond, yet occasionally only a portion, one halt of the pinnule being fertile and contracted, and the other ha sterile. Length of frond from two to twelve feet, according to situation. „ For plants my thanks are due to Miss Millett, of Penzance; Mr. Wilkinson, of Totteridge Park; and Mr. Joseph Sidebotham, of Manchester. It can be procured at any Nuiseiy. The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. Pinnule of mature Frond— upper side. OSMUND A GRACILIS. Link. Kunze. Schott. PLATE TV. VOL. VIII. Osmunda humilis, ■palustris, Sweet? Link. Sweet. Osmunda — Derivation dubious, probably from the Saxon, Osmund. Gracilis — Slender. A charming delicate-looking flowering Fern, somewhat resembling a very delicate Osmunda regalis. A deciduous hardy species. Native of North America. Fronds bipinnate, the pinnae opposite or sub-opposite, and distant; pinnules large in size, about six pairs on each pinna, with an ultimate larger one, and this ultimate pinnule frequently connected with one or both of the pinnules immediately below it. lhe pinnules are short-stalked, and much larger than in O. regalis. A eins forked, and less distinct than in O. regalis. Stipes roundish, not hirsute, and green. Length of frond about twenty-six inches, of which the basal twelve to fifteen inches is naked. Length of pinme emht VOL. VIII. P 1 b 10 OSMUNDA 0 11ACILIS. inches; length of pinnules three inches, width three quarters of an inch. The frond is fertile at the apex for the upper six inches. In O. regalis the base of the pinnules is not rounded, and the footstalk is not so apparent. The plant is much larger, and has many more pinnae, usually four times as many, and these are placed close together, but the pinnules are smaller. The rachis, stipes, and fertile portion, are very much more slender in 0. gracilis, and its forked veins less prominent. Fronds ascending. For plants of this species my thanks are due to the late Mr. Large, of New York, and to Mr. Sim, of Foot’s Cray. It may be procured of Messrs. Sim, of Foot’s Cray; E. G. Henderson, of St. John’s Wood; Rollisson, of Tooting; Kennedy, of Co vent Garden; Booth, of Hamburg; and Cooling, of Derby. The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. DICKSON I EyR. 11 DICKSONIE/E. In this tribe ot Ferns .Sir W. Hooker enumerates — Hick sonia, Oibotium, Heparia, Loxsoma, Hymen ophy 11 u m , 51 species. 6 “ 2 “ 1 " 85 “ I 1 richomancs, 87 species. Havallia, ljo << { Lindssea, 60 “ Bictyoxyphium, 1 “ Mr. Smith, in his “Catalogue of the enumerates — ■ Ferns grown at Kew,” Linclsasa, Schizoloma, Bictyoxyphium, Flumata, Havallia, Leucostegia, Oclontosoria, Microlepia, 2 species 1 SC 1 SC 2 sc 10 CS 2 sc 2 (■V SC 4 SC Heparia, 1 species. Trichomanes, 3 sc Flymenophyllum, 3 SC I Sitolobium, 5 SC Balantium, 1 SC Hiclcsonia, 4 cc Cibotium, 2 cc Thyrsopteris, 1 ss ranolr SCVGral famiIies of the tribe Dtc/csomece have the snc when scvcraUre ‘ noth' 0r P“otifom, ' o, lateral an,l i , • . elongated, Ihe mdusium i; and usually conniving withTh^ thC e?ten°r margin bcinbr free. (Which is changed in itt \ 77°^ P°7™ ^ ** g Ame„lnfWhniCh ^ *”“(* -erfSteh " onehand^ndranfoftl111'5 °f 'h'; m°st pigmy 011 tlle Sir TV T w T , the. most S,gantic »" the other. of these only tcctitT r! f°lU' hundred sllec'es, and only th.ee ate inhabitants of Great Britain and Ireland. HYMENOPHYLLUM. 13 GENUS I. HYMENOPHYLLUM. Smith. A group of dwarf Ferns for the most part more resembling mosses than Ferns, two of which, II. tuiibriclgense and H. unilaterale , are natives of Great Britain. They are all difficult to cultivate, which renders the foreign species rare in a living state in this country. The fronds are pellucid, membranaceous, simple, or decom- pound, Avith a creeping and mostly filiform rhizoma. Sori situated within a two-valved involucre. Veins dichotomously branched, being simple and costaeform in the segments. The name is derived from the Greek, hymen — a membrane, and phyllon — a leaf. Known in England as the “Film Fern,” or “Filmy Fern.” Sir W. J. Hooker gives eighty-five species in his “ Species Filicum,” namely, — Cruentum, Cavanilles , Chiloe. Marginatum, Hooker, New Holland. Asplenioides, Swartz. Jamaica. Abruptum, Hooker, Jamaica. Hirsutum, Swartz, Jamaica. Ciliatum, Swartz, West Indies. Plumieri, Hooker, Hispaniola. Trichophyllum, Hooker, Cumana Boryanum, Willdenow , Mauritius Hirtellum, Swartz, Jamaica. Chiloense, Hooker, Chiloe. Organense, Hooker, Brazil. A alvatum. Hooker, Columbia. Beyrichianum, Kunze, Peru. Microcarpum ? Desvaux, His- paniola. Capillare ? Desvaux. Elegans, Sprengel, Brazil. P ulchell um , Schlechtendal, Mexico. Sericeum, Swartz, Jamaica. Interruptum , Kunze, V am p ay ac o Pyramidatum, Desvaux, Tropi- cal America. Elasticum, Bony, Mauritius. Berteroi, Hooker, Juan Fer- nandes. Obtusum, Hooker, Oahu. iEruginosum, Carmichael, Ncav Zealand. Lanceolatum, Hooker, Oahu. Lindeni, Hooker, Caraccas. Arbuscula ? Desvaux, Mauritius. 14 HYMENOPHYLLUM. Tanbridgense, Smith, England. Wilsoni, Hooker, England. Peruvian um, Ilooltev , Esmer- aldas. Pectinatum, Cavanilles, Chiloe. J amesoni, Hooker, Columbia. Smithii, Hooker, Philippine Islands. Bridgesii, Hooker, Chiloe. Dentatum ? Cavanilles , Java. Multifidum, Swartz, N. Zealand. Bivalve, Swartz, New Zealand. Dichotomum, Cavanilles, Java. Tortuosum, Banks, Staten Island.! Attenuatum, Hooker, Chiloe. Neesii, Hooker, Java. Secundum, Hooker, Staten Island. Cristatum, Hooker, Andes. Spinulosum, Hooker, Caraccas. Fucoides, Swartz, Jamaica. Denticulatum, Swartz, Java. Earum, Brown, Tasmania. Badium, Hooker, East Indies. Caudiculatum, Martins, Chiloe. Fimbriatum, Smith, Luzon. Fuciforme, Swartz, Chiloe. Pulcherrimum, Colenzo, New Zealand. Dilatatum, Swartz, N. Zealand. Protrusum, Hooker, Jamaica. Becurvum, Gaudichaucl, Sand- wich Islands. Crispatum, Wallich, Nepal. Flexuosum, Cunningham, New Zealand. Not more than four or five in this country, and with the these are very rare. Undulatum, Swartz, Jamaica. Javanicum, Sprengcl, India. Myriocarpum, Hooker, Co- lumbia. Polyanthos, Swartz, Peru. Crispum, Hooker, Venezuela. Erosum, Blume, Java. Dasdaleum, Blume, Java. Imbricatum, Blume, Java. Biccicefolium, Borg, Bourbon. Australe? Willdenow, Tasmania. Exsertum, Swartz, Nepal. Capillaccum, Roxburgh, St. Helena. Demissum, Swartz, New Zealand. Scabrum, Richard, New Zealand. Reniforme, Hooker, Peru. Gracile, Borg, Mauritius. Axillare, Swartz, Jamaica. Flabellatum, Labillardiere, Tas- mania. Floribundum? Hooker, Cum ana. Ramosissimum ? Hamilton, Nepal. Tenellum ? Bon, Nepal. Endiviaefolium ? Desvaux, Peru. Decurrens ? Swartz. Emarginatum ? Swartz, Java. Hygrometricum ? Besvaux, Madagascar. Nudum ? Besvaux, Guadaloupe. Telfairianum ? Wallich, Mau- ritius. of these species are cultivated exception of the British ones, hymenophkllum cbuentu m V-VOL. 8. H. TUNBR1DGSNS' Portion of mature Frond— upper side. V UYMENOPHYLLUM CRUENTUM. Cavanilles. Hooker. Swartz. Willdenow. PLATE V. — A. VOL. VIII, Htjmenophyllum— Membrane-leaved. Cruentum— Blood-coloured. A HANDSOME rare species, and somewhat doubtful whether alive in our British collections at the present time. An evergreen stove Fern. Native of Chiloe, growing on the trunks of trees. Fronds simple, broadly lanceolate, sinuato-dentate, and pen- mnerved. Veins simple. Stipes very long and slender. Rhizoma slender and creeping. Son marginal, the wedge-shaped base sunk in the frond the other portion protruding beyond the frond. Length of frond six inches ; colour blood-red when growing but turning to brown in the dried specimens. £x«cr.fl0n TRTCTIOMANES RENIFORME. Fronds coriaceous, glabrous, simple, stipitate, renitorm in sliape, decurrent on the stipes, lateral, and semi-pellucid. Rhizoma slender, creeping, and very long. Veins dichotomous, close, radiating Irom the base. Sori contiguous, marginal, terminating almost eveiy ■scin, cuneato-cup-shaped; columella exserted. lhe sori are arranged • on the circular margin, like the £cogs of a wheel. Length about four to six inches. Colour dark shining gieen. Width from two to three inches. j For fronds my thanks are due to Mr. J. Smith, Curator of the Royal Gardens, Kew, and Mr. R. Sim, of Foot’s Cray. It may be procured of Mr. Sim. The illustration is from Mr. Smith’s frond. Portion of mature Frond. TRICHOMANES YENOSUM. Brown. Hooker and Greville. PLATE IX. — B. VOL. VIII. Trichomancs— From the Greek — Soft hair. Venosum — Veiny. A pigmy Jungennannia-looking very filmy Fern, found always on the trunks of trees, and very distinct. An evergreen greenhouse species. Native of New Holland, Tasmania, and New Zealand, where it has been found by Dr. J. D. Hooker, Gunn, Brown, Cunningham, Menzies, and Bynoe. Fronds pinnate, small, thin, very delicate and glistening; pinme linear, remote, sinuate, occasionally sub-bipinnatifid, upper pinna; coadunate. Costa and veins wavy. Involucre sunk, and urceolate-cylindrical; mouth spreading and entire. Stipes very slender and filiform. Caudex very slender, creeping, elongate, and filiform. Length of frond from two to five inches. Colour grassy green. Width half an inch. For fronds my thanks arc due to Mr. R. Sim, of Foot’s Cray. It may be procured of Mr. R. Sim. I he illustration is from Mr. Sim’s frond. rortlon of fertile I'rond— utfder side. TRICHOMANES BANCROFTII. Hooker and Greville. PLATE IX. — C. VOL. VIII. Trichomanes coriaceum, Kunze. Trichomanes— From tlie Greek— Soft hair. Bancroftii— Named after Bancroft, a Jamaica physician and botanist. » I A bare dwarf species, with wavy crispy-looking pellucid fronds, radiating from a small crown. An evergreen stove Fern. Native of Jamaica, St. Vincent, Surinam, Peru, Brazil, and British Guiana. Fronds ovate, occasionally subdeltoid, deeply pinnatifid, some- times bi-tripinnatifid, tufted, rigid, glabrous, or nearly so, segments approximate, oblong in form, usually entire, occasionally sinuato-pinnatificl, or profoundly pinnatifid. Stipes and rachis winged, with a very broad wing extending almost to the base of the stipes. Involucres entirely sunk in the apices of the ultimate seg- ments, cuneato-cylindrical in form, the mouth spi ending. Caudex short and creeping. Length of frond from one to six inches. Colour deep green. Width one inch. My thanks arc due to Mr. Sim, of loots Cray, fox bonds. It may be procured of Mr. Sim. The illustration is from Mr. Sim’s frond. I TRICHOMANES CR13PUM. T. M.U3C01DES. T. SINUOSUM. | X-VOL. 8. Portion of fertile Frond— under side. TRIG HO MANES CRISPUM. Linn.eus. Plumier. Hooker and Greville. J. Smith. Willdenow. Hedwig. Kunze. Sprengel. Moore. PLATE X. — A. VOT,. VT1I. Tnchomanes fasti giatu in, “ crista turn, “ pifosum, Ion g\ folia m, pelluccns, (f U plumosum, Tnchomanes— From the Greek— Soft hair. Crispum— Curled. A very handsome wiry species, rare in cultivation. An evergreen stove Fern. Native ot South and Tropical America, the West Indies, Brazil, Peru, Surinam, Mexico, and Jamaica. Introduced into the Royal' Gardens, Kew, in 1851. Fronds sub-pinnate, hairy, segments linear-oblong, rounded at the apex, and decurrent at the base, forming a winged rachis. 'ronds terminal and very membranous. Rhizoma short and creeping. Son situated on the apex of the segments, vertically oblong, SlEBKR. Kaulfuss. Sprengel. Raddi. Martius. Desvaux. Plumier. Kunze. Liebmanx. Hooker. Pceppig. Kunze. Hooker. TRICHOMA NES CR1SPUM. 36 and having the free prolongation of the vein exserted far be* yond the margin of the indusium. Length six to ten inches. Colour a grassy green. For fronds my thanks are due to Mr. D. Moore, of the Glasnevin Botanic Gardens, Dublin; and to Mr. Gray, of St. Thomas’, Exeter. It may be procured of Mr. Sim, of Foot’s Cray. The illustration is from a frond sent by Mr. Moore, and was gathered from a plant imported from Jamaica. Young sterile Frond— under side. TRICHOMANES MUSCOIDES. Swartz. Hooker and Greville. Willdenow. PLATE X. — B. VOL. VIII. Tnchomanes hymenodes, IIedwtg. Tnchomanes— From the Greek— Soft hair. Muscoides — Moss-like. rare A R",a ” eIcSant mossy or Jungermanuia-loolcing plant, *1 rd very delicate- If has p°,|ucid fronds, dark , 0“k‘'eaf-shaP0 which rise singly from very slender, ark> creeping stems. An evergreen stove Fern. St Ce„°,! and W Dominica, C1CCt’ simplc’ oblonS'lancoolate, nearly sessile, TRICHOMAXES MUSCOIDES. 38 glabrous, sinuato-pinnatifid, having an intramarginal vein; rc- ticulations minute, in parallel lines. Veins — a central costa, from which lateral veins diverge at very oblique angles, and are simple or dichotomous. Involucres cuneate, wholly sunk, the mouth spreading very wide, and being level with the margin. Caudex creeping and tomentose. Length of frond from two to three inches. Colour a fresh grassy green. Width half an inch. I am indebted to Mr. Sim for a plant of this species. It may be procured of Mr. Sim, of Foot’s Cray. The illustration is from Mr. Sim’s -plant. Portion of fertile Frond- under sidtv. » TRICHOMANES SINDOSUM. Richard. Lamarck. Hooker and Greville. PLATE X. — C. VOL. VIII. Trichoma nes quercifolium, Desvaux. Bory. (Nut of Hookes AND GrEVILLE.) Tricliomanes — From the Greek — Soft hair. Sinuosum — Bended. A rarely -cultivated Fern, with exceedingly thin mem- branaceous, pellucid fronds. An evergreen stove species. Native of Guadaloupe, and other West Indian Islands. Fronds pinnatifid, lanceolate in form, tapering into a stipes; segments oblong-obtuse, sinuato-lobate ; margin hirsute, and usually also on the veins beneath. Thin and almost transparent. Involucres quite sunk in the segments; mouth spreading, receptacle filiform, and much exserted. Length of frond from four to nine inches; width half an inch. Colour pale green. % obligations are due to Mr. Sim for fronds of this Fern. It may be procured of Mr. R. Sim, of Foot’s Cray. I he illustration is from Mr. Sim’s frond. TR1CH0MANE8 UAPICANS. XI— VOL. 8. Portion of fertile Frond— under side. # TRICHOMANES RADICANS. \ Swartz. Lindley and Moore. J. Smith. Willdenow. Sprengel. Kaulfuss. Klotzsch. Arnott. Deakin. Babington. Sowerry. Presl. Hooker. ( Not of Kunze, nor of Hooker and Greyille.) FLATE XI. Trichomanes speciosum, pyxidferum, “ a brevisetum, •< a “ i< alatum, europceum, hilernicum, andreiosii, scandens, « a diuphanum , cimbiguum, anceps, unibrosum, VOL. VIII. Willdenow. Newman. Hudson. Bolton. Witheeing. Hull. ( Not Linnjeus.) it. Beown. J. E. Smith. Link. Hookes. Mackay. Maceeight. Balfs. Paxton. Galpine. Hookeb. B. Beown. ( Not of SWAETZ.) J. E. Smith. Spbengel. Newman. Baddi. Maetens and Galleotti. Hedwig. Kunth. SlEBEE.. Wallich. (Not of Hookeb.) Wallich. 4;> TRICHOMANES RADICAXS. Trichomanes radicans, var. andrewsii, Moore. Newman. “ spcciosum, var. andrewsii, Newman. “ brevisetum, var. andrewsii, Henfrey. Hymenophyllum alalum, J. E. Smith. Willdexow. (Not of ScnKUHK.) rupeslre, Raddi. tunbridgense, var., J. E. Smith. Withering. Hull. Didymoglossum alatuin, 'Desvaux. Filix-humilis repens, Dillenius. Trichomanes — Erom the Greek — Soft hair. Radicans — Eooting. A most beautiful, half-hardy, indigenous species. Native of Ireland* growing in the counties of Cork, Kerry, Waterford, Wicklow, etc.; and formerly at Bellbank, (twelve miles from Bingley,) Yorkshire. The variety andrewsii at Iveragh, Ireland. Also found in Jamaica, Martinique, Brazil, Mexico, Vera Cruz, Xalapa, Tabasco, Esmeralda, Sandwich Isles, Owhyhee, Oahu, Nepal, Teneriffe, Madeira, Azores, Canaries, Sikkim, Bootan, Mergui, Alabama, Panama, New Grenada, Venezuela, Galapagos, Society Isles, and Equador. Fronds glabrous, triangularly elongate, apex more or less attenuated; tri-quadripinnatifid, segments entire, linear in form, . or bluntly bifid. Pelucido-membranaceous. Kachis winged, and decurrent on the stipes. Stipes copiously covered with dark hair-like scales. Sori solitary, and situated in the axils of the upper segments; . extra marginal. Indusium cylindrical. Veins branched from the main rachis; in the fertile segment: the vein is continued beyond the margin, and forms the recep- tacle, whilst in the barren segment it does not reach the; margin. Length of frond from six to twenty inches; colour olive, green. Khizoma perennial and creeping; elongated, tomentose with j small dark-coloured hairs. The stipes is from a fourth to half the length of the entire $ frond. This species is known as the Bristle Fern. T K I e H 0 M A N E S K A DICANS. 43 The variety andrewsii is very distinct, having long narrow fronds, lanceolate-ovate in form, the primary divisions narrow, and, as well as the secondary ones, more distant than in the normal form. Involucres immersed, and the receptacles much elongated. We are indebted to Mr. William Andrews, of Dublin, for the discovery of this handsome variety; he found it in the year 1842, at Iveragh, Ireland. Trichomanes radicans was found at B cl lb an k, by Bolton, in the year 1758, and he remarks tha.t it was plentiful in this station; it is now unfortunately only a habitat of days gone by. In Jamaica, in woods, observed by Swartz, Bancroft, and Purdie. In Brazil, according to Raddi, Forbes, Macrae, Scouler, Gardner, Sinclair, and Vautier, the variety andrewsii appears to occur, bearing fronds from six to eighteen inches in length; a similar form exists in the Forest of Esmeraldas, El Equador, according to Colonel Hall. In the Azores, Dr. Hochstetter and Mr. H. C. Watson discovered it at an elevation of from two to three thousand feet above the level of the sea. This Fern, in a wild state, grows on damp shady rocks, and delights to be within the spray of a waterfall. Under proper cultivation it can be made to be even more handsome than when growing in its own wild habitat; on the other hand, under imperfect cultivation, it is an unsightly Fern. It must be borne in mind that the fronds live three or four years, and in the case of barren fronds some have been known to keep green and fresh as long as ten years; it is therefore desirable that they should not be subject to injury. Mr. Joseph Henderson, of Wentworth, has both the normal form and the variety andrewsii growing in magnificent luxu- riance; indeed those who have seen it in its wild state, say that the Wentwmrth specimens eclipse them. Mr. Henderson’s plan is to grow it under a large hand-glass, the to}. ) only of ■which lifts off, by which means the plant can be examined without injury to the fronds in taking off and putting on the hand-glass. The fronds entirely fill the space allotted to them, like a dense miniature forest. With my own plants I have followed a similar plan; the plants are potted in large saucers, on pieces of broken crock and freestone, with a slight portion of vegetable mould and silver-sand, below which the saucer iad been previously well drained, and upon this drainage a 44 T R 1 0 H O M A N E S K . W ) I C A X S . layer of sphagnum moss had been laid; this saucer is then placed within a larger one, and the latter filled several inches deep with water, so as to form a canal of water round the plant, upon the whole of which is placed a square hand-glass, opening at the top, and having several holes, in order to carry off the superfluous moisture. By this means the plant is always properly damp, and yet no amount of vapour remains on the sides of the glass; were it to do so, young fronds touching the sides would rapidly decay. Before I used this plan my fronds were always turning a blackish colour, even when quite young; now the fresh greenness is retained with them all, and even those that were discoloured, have in part regained their greenness. idle creeping almost black hirsute rhizoma attaches itself to the stones, and over the edges of the saucer, in the manner of ivy. This plant requires shade as well as moisture to induce a healthy growth, and it will either flourish in a stove or greenhouse — the latter appears to be its favourite climate. Dr. Forbes Young shewed me plants growing on the rocks in his stove fernery under the shade of large Ferns and climb- ing plants, without any covering oVer it, and they appeared to be in excellent condition. Mr. Moore mentions that “Mr. Calwell, a very successful grower of this species, received in the spring of 1843 a small portion of rhizoma with one partially-developed frond, and another just appearing, and this was placed within a bell- glass, about fifteen inches in diameter. In December, 1846, it had quite filled the glass, and was removed into a case, three feet ten inches by two feet six inches, and three feet four inches high. The space beneath for about twelve inches in depth, was filled with up-turned flower-pots, charcoal, cocoa-nut husks, and light earth and peat. The plant, in 1852, had filled this case also, having about two hundred and thirty fully-developed fronds, of from fourteen to twenty inches in length. "When removing it to- the case, in 1846, five or six fronds which had been in- jured by contact with the glass, were cut away, but since that time, up to 1852, not one of the fronds then existing, nor any of those subsequently formed, had shewn any symptoms of decay.” It will thus be apparent that this Fern is, from its great beauty, as well as from the durability of its fronds, worthy TUI CIIOW AN ES RADICALS. 4r/ of the slight extra trouble attending upon its proper management. The Hymenophyllums glory in a similar treatment. Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1793. For plants my thanks are due to Mr. William Andrews, of Dublin; Mr. James, of Vauvert; and to Mr. Joseph Henderson, of Wentworth; and for the variety anclrewsii also to Mr. Andrews and Mr. J. Henderson. It is in the Catalogues of Messrs. Sim, of Foot’s Cray; Rol- lisson, of Tooting; A. Henderson, of Pine-apple Place; and Booth, of Hamburg. The illustrations are from plants in my own collection. Portion of a frond of the variety andrcu siu VOL. VIII. It DAVALLIA. 47 GENUS III. DAVALLIA. Swartz. The genus Davallia has been divided into several families, as Humata, Davallia, Leucostegia, Odontosoria, and Microlepia. Sir W. J. Hooker, in his “Species Dili cum,” connects them all together again; and indeed the similarity in many respects is so striking that it did not seem wise to change the tribe comprising Davallia into half a dozen families, and we there- fore must feel obliged to Sir William Hooker for removing a number of unnecessary names, as far as genus is concerned. Those Ferns constituting Humata have linear-lanceolate, entire, pinnatifid, or deltoid-bipinnatifid fronds ; those of Davallia usually deltoid, pinnate, or bi-tripinnate. In Leu- costegia deltoid, tripinnatifid, or multifid; occasionally lanceolate and bipinnatifid. In Odontosoria bi-tripinnatifid, lanceolate, or deltoid. In Microlepia pinnate or bi-tripinnatifid. Veins forked; venules free. Sori terminal and vertical. Indusium tubular, more or less. Length of frond from three to seventy inches. Mr. J. Smith gives the following in his “Catalogue of the Ferns cultivated at Kew:”— Humata heterophylla, J. Smith. pcdata, J. Smith. Davallia pentaphylla, Blame. ornata, Wallich. solida, Swartz. pyxidata, It. Brown. elegans, Swartz. divaricata, Blame. dissecta, Smith. bullata, Wallich. Davallia canariensis, Swartz. lindleyi. Hooker. Leucostegia immersa, Presl. chacrophylla, J. Smith. Odontosoria tenuifolia, J. Smith. aculeata, J. Smith. Microlepia cristata, J. Smith. platyphylla, J. Smith. polypodioides, Presl. nova? zelandim, J. Smith. 48 DAVALLIA. Sir W. J. Hooker, in his “Species Filicum,” in his Davallias of the whole world gives — Heterophylla, Smith, Malay. Angustata, Wallich, Singapore. Parallela, Wallich , Singapore. Pectinata, J. Smith, Otaheite. Alata, Blame, Java. Bipinnatifida, Blame, Java. Novae zelandiae, Colenso, New Zealand. Membranulosa, Wallich, Nepal. Falcinella, Presl, Malay. Solida, Swartz, Pacific Isles. Lindleyi, Hooker, New Zealand. Caudata, Cavanilles, Philippine Islands. Patens, Swartz, East Indies. Decurrens, Hooker, Philippine Isles. Canariensis, Smith, Canary Isles. Pyxidata, Cavanilles, New Holland. Calvescens, T Vallich, Kamoun. Khasiyana, Hooker, India. Lonchitidea, Wallich, Nepal. Pinnata, Cavanilles, Philippine Isles. Lnzonica, Hooker, Luzon. Serrata, Blame, Java. Boryana, Presl, Bourbon. Trichosticha, Hooker, Isle of Samar. Ciliata, Hooker, Luzon. Gracilis, Blame, Java. Moluccana, Blame, Moluccas. Splendens, Blame, Isle ol Banda. Brasiliensis? Hooker. Manilcnsis t Hooker. Humilis? Hooker. Aculeata, Swartz, AVest Indies. Fumarioides, Swartz, AArest Indies. Gibberosa, Swartz, Pacific Isles. Lindeni, Hooker, Caraccas. Schimperi, Hooker, Abyssinia. Concinna, Schrader, S. Africa. Pedata, Sivartz, Mauritius. Intramarginalis, Blume, Java. Sessilifolia, Blume, Java. Belangeri, Bory, Java. Immersa, Wallich, India. Nodosa, Hooker, Java. Chserophylla, Wallich, India. Parvula, Wallich, Singapore. Pulchra, Don, Nepal. Bipinnata? Hooker, AAest Indies. Mauritiana, Hooker, Mauritius. Elcgans, Swartz, China. Nitidula, Kunze, Africa. Divaricata, Blame, Java. Polyantha, Hooker, Singapore. Arogelii, Hooker, Fernando Po. Saccoloma, Sprenyel, Brazil. Imrayana, Hooker, Dominica. Pulchella, Hooker, Luzon. Parkeri, Hooker, British Guiana. Hemiptera, Bory, Java, j Adiantifolia, Hooker, Molucca. 1 Ivunzeana, Hooker, Java. j Blumeana, Hooker, Java. Tenuifolia, Swartz, East Indies. Trichomanoides, Blame, Java. Chinensis, Swartz, China. Clavata, Swartz, AVest Indies. ; DAVALLIA. 49 , Retusa, Cavanilles, Philippine Isles. ; Bifida, Hooker and Greville, Brazil. i Goudotiana, Kunze, Madagascar. Schlechtendahlii, Presl, Mexico. Meifolia, Hooker, Caraccas. j; Glauca? Cavanilles, Peru, (illirsuta? Swartz, Japan. Magellanica? Desvaux, Ma°:elhaens. O Pellucida? Desvaux. Urophylla? Wallich, Sylhet. Cordifolia? Roxburgh, Rohil- cunde. 'Serrata? Roxburgh, Prince of Wales Island. Serrata, Willdenow , Marianne Isles. i Alpina, Blame, Java. Cumingii, Hooker, Philippine Isles. A estita, Blmne, Java. Affinis, Hooker, Luzon. Emersoni, Hooker and Greville, Ceylon. ! Contigua, Swartz, Pacific Isles. Preslii, Hooker, Luzon. 1 riphylla, Hooker, Singapore. ; Pentaphylla, Blume, Java. Sir W. Hooker describes the genus Davallia. We have no British Elata, Swartz, Otaheite. Fejeensis, Hooker, Eejee. Mucronata, Blume, Java. Griffithiana, Hooker, India. Bullata, Wallich, Nepal. Hookeriana, Wallich, Assam. Yillosa, Wallich, Nepal. Amboynensis,LTooX:er,Amboyna. Inrequalis, Kunze, Peru. Distans, Kaulfuss, Brazil. VLixta., Kaulfuss, Sandwich Isles. Polypodioides, Don, Tropics. Proxima, Blume, Java. Janiaicensis, Hooker, Jamaica. Thecigera, Hooker, Venezuela. Cuneiformis, Swartz, Pacific Isles. Biflora, Kaulfuss, Manilla. Triloba? Willdenow, His- paniola. Trifoliata? Swartz, Hispaniola. Capillacea? Willdenow, His- paniola. Thalictroides? Presl. Flexuosa? Sprengel. Pilosa?’ Roxburgh, Ganges. Trapeziformis? Roxburgh, Malaccas. Cuneifolia? Hooker. one hundred and twelve species in representative. ij' !i D A V A L L I A CANARIENSIS. XI1-V0L. 8. £ Pinna of fertile Frond— under side. * DAYALLIA CANARIENSIS. Swartz. Hooker. Loddiges. Smith. Willdenow. Link. J. Smith. Kunze. H. Lowe. Finlay. Saltzmann. Masson. Lemann. Fee. Schott. Paxton. Presl. Kaulfuss. Sfrengel. PLATE XII. Trichomanes canariensis. Polypodium lusitanicum, Davallia In honour of Edmund Davall, a Swiss Botanist. Canariensis — Canary Island. Ax old favourite, known as the Hare’s Foot Fern, and cer- tainly a beautiful species. It has been cultivated in our green- ' 10uses one hundred and sixty years. An evergreen greenhouse Fern. I Native of South Europe, Madeira, Canary Islands, Portugal, and iangiers. Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, as long ago as 1699. I d r°nds Serous, triangular in form, three-branched, supra- compound, primary pinnae very broad, pinnules lanceolate, VOL. VIII. Linnjeus. Jacquin. Lin ileus. I DAYALLIA CANAKIENSIS. 52 profoundly pinnatifid, base decurrent, segments linear-dentate or bidentate. Fronds lateral and subcoriaceous. Sori solitary, terminal, and cuneato-cup-shaped. Rhizoma caudiciform, brief, stout, densely scaly, and some- what scandent. Veins forked. Length of frond twelve to eighteen inches. Colour a rick green. For plants my thanks are due to M. Schott, Director of the « Imperial Gardens of Schonbriinn; and to Mr. R. Sim, Foot’s s Cray, Kent. It may be procured of any Nurseryman. The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. DAVALLIA CHjEROPHYLLA. XIH-VOL. 8. DAVALLIA CHCEROPHYLLA. Wallich. Hooker. Fee. Presl. PLATE XIII. Leucostegia chcerophylla , ligulata, pulchra, Davallia pulchra, “ a Acrophorus chcerophyllus, pulcher, Cystopleris squamala, Humata chcerophylla, A sp idi um hymenophylloides, VOL. VIII. J. Smith. J. Smith. J. Smith. Wallich. Don. Speengel. Hookee. Mooee. Mooee. Decaisne. Mettenius. Blume. Davallia— Named in honour of E. Davall, a Swiss Botanist. Chcerophylla — Chervil-leavecl. Ix the Section Leucostegia of Authors. A charming delicate-looking plant, rare in this country. A stove Fern. cultivation in I Native of the East Indies, Nepal, VOL. vm. 1 Simla, Assam, Maamloo, i 54 DAVALLIA CH2ER0PHYLLA. Kliasiya, Masuri, Kamaon, Kashmir, Neilghciiics, Siimui, Kunawar, Java, and Penang. Fronds smooth, ovate-acuminate, flaccid, membranaceous, three to four times pinnate ; primary pinnae oblong-ovate and acumi- nate, others ovate-obtuse ; pinnules lanceolate and profoundly pinnatifid. Sori rather large, reniform, and situated at the centre of the segment, below the base of the tooth, and at the axil of a pair of veinlets. Stipes six to eight inches in length, slightly scaly below. Rhizoma caudiciform, creeping, stout, and clothed with compact, broad, imbricated scales. _ Length of frond from twelve to twenty-four inches ; colour pale green, and when young slighly pink. . My thanks are due to Mr. D. Moore, Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin, for a frond of this Fern- It may be procured of Messrs. E. G. Henderson, of St. John’s Wood, and Sim, of Foot’s Cray. The illustration is from a frond forwarded by Mr. . . 001 . DAVALLIA TENUIFOLIA. Swartz. Hooker. Willdenow. Presl. Blume. Schott. Sprengel. Kunze. (Not of Pceppig, nor of Willdenow, Pee, or Cuming.) PLATE XIV. VOL. VIII. Odontosoria tenuifolia , Davallia remota, SC Si “ ferruginea, Adianlum cuneatum, Stenoloma tenuifolium, J. Smith. Kaulfuss. Hookee & Aenott. BoEY. DuFEEEEY. Eeinwaedt. Foestee. (Not of Linnjeus, Langsdoeff and Fischee, Eaddi, Hookee, Smith, Mooee, etc.) Fee. Davallia — Named in honour of Edmund Duvall, a Swiss Botanist. Tenuifolia — Slender-leaved. In the Section Odontosoria of Authors. An exceedingly beautiful Fern, not generally met with in ordinary collections, having smooth, slender fronds, and somewhat Onychium -lo oking . An evergreen stove Fern. 56 DAVALLIA TENUI FOLIA. Native of the East Indies, the Malay Archipelago, Java, Assam, Nepal, Ceylon, Madras, Mauritius, China, Sandwich Isles, Madagascar, and Luzon. Fronds erect, ovate-lanceolate in shape, usually spreading,;, elongate, glabrous, subcoriaceous, and bi-tripinnatifid ; segments v approximate, forked, linear-cuneate, and truncate; apex slightly erose. Rhizoma short and creeping, woolly and caudiciform. Stipes lengthy. Sori solitary, or in pairs. Length of frond from eighteen to twenty-four inches ; width from four to six inches. Colour a grassy green. For a plant my thanks are due to M. Schott, Director of f the Imperial Gardens, Schonbriinn, Vienna; and for fronds to Sir W. J. Hooker, Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew ; Mr. D. Moore, of the Glasnevin Botanic Gardens; to Mr. Joseph Henderson, of Wentworth; and to Mr. G. Norman, of Hull. It may he procured of all the principal Nurserymen. The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. DAVALLIA IMMERSA. APEX OF F RON i.1. XV-VOL. 8. Portion of pinna of fertile Frond— upper side. DAYALLIA IMMERSA. Wallich. Hooker. PLATE XV. VOL. VIII. leucostegia immersa, “ it Acrophorus immersus, Humata immersa, Cy stop Leris dimidiata, Presl. J. Smith. Hooker. Moore and Houeston. Moore. Mettenius. Decaisne. Davallia— In honour of Edmund Davall, a Swiss Botanist. Immersa Immersed, because the spore-cases are sunk within the frond. Ix the Section Leucostegia of Authors. Avery beautiful delicate-looking peculiar pale green slendei x ern. A deciduous stove species. Native of the East Indies and Northern India, Nepal, Assam ussooric, Khasya, Kashmir, Sikkim, Moulmein, and Java. Tootin°rted int° Engknd iu 1849> Messrs. Rollisson, oi trilhe f™ds Slabrous> deltoid, bi-tripinnate, the pinme alternate, p; g? ar ^’C on8'atei pmnatifid, ovate-lanceolate; apices caudate. TO^vin nat6' pr°f0undly Pinnatifid» oblon8 in Shape, and K 58 DAVALLIA IMMEKSA. membranaceous, opaque ; segments somewhat ovate ; apex bluntly toothed or bifid. Fronds lateral. Stipes six to twelve inches in length, brownish beneath, green above. Rhizoma creeping, downy, and fibrous. Veins forked, venules direct and free. Veins indistinct, except at the free apices. Spore cases vertical. Sori circular, terminal, and situated in the sinus close to the margin. Indusium orbicular and large. Length of frond usually twelve to eighteen inches; my plant has fronds twenty-eight inches in length. Colour very pale yellowish green. For plants my thanks are tendered to Mr. Masters, Exotic Nursery, Canterbury; and to Mr. R. Sim, of Foot’s Cray, Rent; and for fronds to Mr. Joseph Henderson, of Wentworth; and Mr. J. Smith, Royal Gardens, Kew. It is in the Catalogues of Messrs. E. G. Henderson, St. John’s Wood; Sim, of Foot’s Cray; Veitch, of Chelsea; Rol- lisson, of Tooting; A. Henderson, of Pine-apple Place; and Booth, of Hamburg. The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. % davallia nov^-zelandia XVI-VOL. 8. # Portion of pinna of fertile Froncl— under side. DAYALLIA NOViE-ZELANDIiE. Colenso. Hooker. Fee. PLATE XVI. VOL. VIII. Mi.crolepia novcB-zelandica , Davallia hispida, Acrophorus hispidus, J. Smith. Heward. Moore. Davallia — In honour of Edmund Davall, a Swiss Eotanist. Novce-zelandice — New Zealand. In the Section Microlepia oe Authors. An exceedingly beautiful dwarf Fern, with a close habit, and producing a dense mass of compact fronds. A suitable exhibition plant. An evergreen greenhouse Fern, preferring a damp atmosphere, and a shady situation. Native of New Zealand. Fronds ovate acuminate, membranaceous, tripinnate, divisions distant, ultimate pinnules profoundly pinnatifid, lanceolate, pinnae 60 DAVALLIA NOVAE-ZELANBIJE. sometimes opposite or sub-opposite, but as often alternate and ' ascending. Involucres subreniform, situated mostly on the lateral tooth, large, often as large as the segment on which it is situated. Stipes shining, and mahogany brown in colour ; six to eight inches in length. Rachis shining, and often the same colour as the stipes, flexuose and slender. Caudex creeping, slender, hirsute with ferruginous hairs, which are soft and jointed. Length of frond from eight to twelve inches; width four to five inches. Colour brownish green, somewhat glossy, much paler beneath. For plants my thanks are due to M. Schott, Director of the Imperial Gardens of Schonbriinn; to Mr. Kennedy, of the Bedford Conservatory, Covent Garden; and to Sir W. J. Hooker, Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew. It may be procured of Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea; Rollisson, of Tooting; E. G. Henderson, of St. John’s Wood; Sim, of Foot’s Cray; Kennedy, of Covent Garden;^ and Cooling, of Derby. The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. DAVALL1A L1NDLEYI PINNA. XVI I -VOL. 8. Portion of pinna of fertile Frond— under side. DAVALLIA LINDLEYI. Hooker. J. Smith. Fee. PLATE XVII. VOL. VIII. Davallia attenuata, Of Gardens, ( not of Schott.) Davallia — In honour of Edmund Davall, a Swiss Botanist. Lindleyi — Named after Professor John Bindley, a well-known Botanist of | the present day. A fine species, as yet rare in cultivation. A evergreen greenhouse Fern. Native of New Zealand. Fronds coriaceous, glabrous, bi-tripinnate, deltoideo-ovate. Pinnae pinnatifid. Ultimate pinna and segments lanceolate, pinnatifid. Sterile segments broad. Sori somewhat half cup-shaped. Stipes very long. Ilhizoma caudiciform, creeping, short, thick, and densely clothed with scales. Length of frond three feet. Colour rich green. 62 DAVALLI A LINDLEYI. For fronds my thanks are due to Mr. David Moore, of the Glasnevin Botanic Gardens; and to Mr. J. Smith, Royal Gardens, Kew. It is not in any of the Nurserymen’s Catalogues. The illustration is from Mr. Moore’s frond. I DAVALLIA PENTAPHYLLA. XVIH-VOL. 8. Portion of pinna of fertile Frond-under side. DAVALLIA PENTAPHYLLA. Blume. Kunze. J. Smith. Hooker. Zollinger. Moore and Houlston. PLATE XVIII. VOL. VIII. Scyphularia pentaphylla, Fee. Davallia — In honour of Edmund Davall, a Swiss Botanist. Pentaphylla — Five-leaved. A distinct pretty dwarf Fern, very suitable for suspension in a basket. An evergreen stove Fern. Native of Malayan Archipelago and Java. Introduced about ten years ago' by Messrs. Y eitcb, of Exeter ; and Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting. Fronds glabrous, pinnate, pinnae usually five — two pairs and a terminal one — occasionally three pairs and a terminal one — lan- ceolate in shape, petiolate, coriaceous, base cuneate, margin crenato-serrate. Length of pinnae four and a half inches, and terminal one five inches; width of fertile pinnae three eighths of an inch, and of sterile pinnae three quarters of an inch. Fronds lateral. ^eins forked, immersed, and very indistinct. Ehizoma creeping, about the thickness of a goose quill, and G4 DAVALLIA PENTAPHYLLA. densely clothed with long narrow hair-like dark brown scales. > Length of frond four to twelve inches, of which the lower five inches in a twelve-inch frond is naked. Colour bright shining green. Stipes glabrous. Fertile fronds contracted, tern ate, elongate, occasionally a frond may be found more or less bearing sori, yet not contracted. Sori oblong, marginal, but keeping within the edge, convex on both sides of the frond, about forty pairs on each pinna, and sixty pairs on the terminal one. For a plant my thanks are due to Mr. Thomas Moore, Curator of the Botanic Gardens, Chelsea. It may be procured of Messrs. E. G. Henderson, of St. John’s Wood; A. Henderson, of Pine-apple Place; Rollisson, of Tooting; Veitch, of Chelsea; Sim, of Foot’s Cray; Kennedy, of Covent Garden; Cooling, of Derby; and Stansfield, of Todmorden. The illustrations are from a plant in my own collection. An uncontracted Frond bearing fructification. ; -.Ter.-.- - D A V A L L I A II E T K E 0 P TI V L 1/ A, XlX-Vot. S. Portion of fertile Frond— under side. DAYALLIA HETEROPHYLLA. Smith. Hooker and Greville. Willdenow. Swartz. Sprengel. Cuming. PLATE XIX. VOL. VIII. Davallia pinnatijida, a a it a “ lobulosa, Humata heterophylla, “ ophioglossa, “ pinnatijida, Swartz. Hooker and Bauer. Willdenow. Sprengel. Hooker and Greville. Wallich. J. Smith. Hooker. Cavanilles. Fee. Cavanilles. Fee. Davallia — In honour of Edmund Davall, a Swiss Botanist. Heterophylla — Various-leaved. In the Section Humata or Authors. A very distinct pretty dwarf Fern, only to be met with, in good collections. The sterile and fertile fronds being very different, hence its name. An evergreen stove Fern. Native of Malayan Archipelago, Sumatra, Java, Penang, and j1 Singapore. Fronds solitary, fertile and sterile different, the former con- VOL. VIII. L ()<) I)A VAL1.1 A HETHROPIIYLLA. tracted in width, coriaceous, stipitatc, and arising from a scaly bulb. Sterile frond simple, entire, oblong or ovate-lanceolate;' apex acuminate, frequently waved. Fertile fronds much nar- rower, linear -lanceolate, acuminate, and profoundly sinuato-pin- natifid, tlie lobes being horizontal and cremate. Veins branched, sunk, and indistinct. .Caudex long, creeping, and scaly, with dark brown scales.® Involucres, reniform, and copious on the crcnatures of the lobes, four to six on each lobe, flattisb. Stipes from half an inch to two inches in length, naked,.: slightly winged upwards. Length of frond from three to five inches, the fertile one t being the longest, varying much in width, the sterile frond , usually nearly an inch in width, and the fertile one half ana inch. My thanks are due to Mr. James Veitch, of the Exotic > Nursery, Chelsea, for a plant and fronds of this Fern. Introduced into England about two years ago by Mr. Veitch, . of Chelsea. It may be procured of Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea; Sim, of : Foot’s Cray; E. G. Henderson, of St. John’s "Wood; and. Hollisson, of Tooting. The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. Portion of pinna oitfertile Frond— under side. DAYALLIA DISSECTA. J. Smith. Moore. PLATE XX. VOL. VIII. DavcUlia — In honour of Edmund D avail, a Swiss Botanist. Dissecta — Dissected. Ax exceedingly beautiful Fern when well grown, and easily cultivated. An evergreen stove species. From the Malayan Archipelago and Java. Introduced in 1849, by Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting. Fronds glabrous, triangular in form, slender, tri-quadripinnate, the pinnae triangularly-elongate, acuminate, and membranous. Pinnules oblong, profoundly pinnatifid, having linear dentate segments; base decurrent. Fronds lateral. Veins forked. Khizoma scandent, slender, lengthy, and densely clothed with narrow reddish brown scales, which curl round. Rachis, midrib of pinnse, and pinnules winged. Stipes slightly hirsute, brown below, green above, and fluted. Length of frond twelve to twenty-four inches, of which the lower six to eight inches is naked. Width of frond ten inches. Colour light green. 68 DAVALLIA DISSECT A. Involucres one on each segment of the fertile frond. For plants I am indebted to Mr. Moore, of the Botanic Gaidens, Chelsea ; and to Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting. It is in the Catalogues of Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting; Veitch of Chelsea; Sim, of Foot’s Cray; Kennedy, of Covent Garden- Jackson, of Kingston; E. G. Henderson, of St. John’s Wood; A. Henderson, of Pine-apple Place; Booth, of Hamburgh Stansfield, of Todmorden ; and Cooling, of Derby. I he illustration is from a plant in my own collection. Portion of pinna of fertile Frond— under side. DAVALLIA PYXIDATA. II. Brown. Hooker. J. Smith. Cavanilles. Swartz. Willdenow. Paxton. Kunze. Sieber. Link. Kaulfuss. Sprengel. Fee. Moore and Houlston. PLATE XXI. VOL. VIII. Davallia arloreci, “ solida, Humata pyxidata, Continental Gardens. Hooker and Aenott. {Not of Swartz.) Desvaux. Davallia — In honour of Edmund Davall, a Swiss Botanist. Pyxidata — Box-like. Another old favourite of our gardens, easily grown, and well worthy of cultivation. A deciduous warm greenhouse Fern. Native of New Holland, Australia, Norfolk Island, and Sidney. Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1808, having been received from Mr. Caley. This shrubby-habited Fern has glabrous fronds, deltoid, tri- pinnate, the pinnules oblong, pinnatifid, segments oblong-obtuse and dentate, base decurrent. Fronds lateral. 70 DAVALLIA PYXIDATA. Rhizoma frutescent and erect, scaly, the scales lying flat blender, using to the height of three or four feet. length of frond eighteen to twenty-four inches. Colour light green. Stipes green. For plants my thanks are due to Messrs. Booth, Nurserymen Hamburg; and Mr. Masters, of the Exotic Nuisery, C It may be procured of any Nurseryman. There seems to be two forms of this Fern in cultivation, lat under the name of Davallia arborea being the handsomer or the two. Ihe illustration is from a plant in my own collection. \) A V L L I A N A. XX i OL. 8. Portion of pinna of fertile Frond-under side. DAVALIJA ELEGANS. Swartz. Hooker. J. Smith. Willdenow. Wallich. Kunze. Sprengel. Fee. Paxton. PLATE XXII. VOL. VIII. Davallia bidentata, “ coni/folia, Humcita elegans, Adian turn denticulaiu m , Schkuhe. Wallich. Eesvaux. Houttuyn, (not of Swartz, Willdenow, or Hooker.) Davallia — In honour of Edmund Davall, a Swiss Botanist. Elegans — Elegant. A magnificent Fern, deserving a place in every collection, yet by no means common in cultivation in this country. An evergreen stove species. Native of the West Indies, Java, Malayan Archipelago, Phil- ippine Islands, China, Madagascar, Otaheite, Ceylon, New Holland, Penang, and Madras. Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Ivew, in 1844, hy Mr. H. Cameron. DAVALI.l A ELEGANS. This Fern is remarkable for the elegant divisions of its fronds, and for the dark coloured lines on its segments, giving a striated appearance. Fronds tall, subcoriaceous, ovate-acuminate in form, tri-quad- ripinnate, pinnules lanceolate, pinnatifid, acuminate and striated. Ultimate pinnules lobato-crenate. Caudex stout, creeping, scaly, and woolly. V eins branched. Length of frond twenty-four inches. Colour bright shining green. Involucres half cup-shaped, sunk within the lobe, compressed, truncate at the mouth. My thanks are due to Mr. David Moore, of the Glasnevin Botanic Gardens, Dublin, for a frond of this Fern. It may be procured of Mr. R. Sim, oi loot’s Cray, Kent. The illustration is from Mr. D. Moore’s frond. ’ P A V A LL I A POLY AH T K A. P INNA. XXI 1 1— VOL. 8. Portion of pinna of fertile Frond— under side. DAYALLTA POLYANTHA. Hooker. Moore. PLATE XXIII. VOL. VIII. Microlepia polyantha, Fee. Davallia clivaricata, Bltjme. J. Smith. Presl. {Not 0/ Hooker, Schlechteedae, or Link.) Davallia — la honour of Edmund Davall, a Swiss Botanist. Polyantha — Many-flowered. This beautiful exhibition plant should be in every collection. The fronds being exceedingly handsome, the fertile and sterile ones so different, the shades of green, and in younger fronds the tints of pink and red so various, and the plant itself so readily grown, that it is a universal favourite. An evergreen stove Fern. Native of the Malayan Archipelago and Singapore. Introduced from Java in 1847, by Messrs. Kollisson, of Tooting. The fronds, which are glabrous, are triangularly-elongatc in shape, triquadripinnate, the pinnae as well as the pinnules VOL. VIII. M \ 74 ■RAVALLI A. POLYANTHA. triangularly elongate-acuminate, sub-opposite or opposite, and profoundly pinnatifid ; segments small, oblong-linear ; apex blunt, base decurrent, margin crenate. Fertile frond contracted. . Widest pinnce twelve inches in length. Fronds lateral. Ehizoma thick, creeping, and covered with soft reddish brown scales. Veins forked. Sori intramarginal, vertically oblong, and being swollen above the surface of the frond, give the plant a pleasing appearance. Length of frond from thirty -five to seventy inches; colour when young purplish red, then greenish red, and lastly a rich shining deep green. On a plant with many fronds the diversity of colour is very striking. Stipes and rachis smooth, twenty-four inches in length, bright red, except two very narrow green lateral lines on each side of the stem. I am indebted to Messrs. Eollisson, of Tooting, for a plant of this very beautiful Fern. It may be procured of Messrs. Eollisson, of Tooting; Veitch, of Chelsea; E. G. Henderson, of St. John’s Wood; Sim, of Foot’s Cray; and Cooling, of Derby. The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. Pinna of barren Frond. DA V ALL I A OKNATA. PINNA. XX IV- VOL. 8. Barren pinna from near the apex of a Frond, DAVALLIA ORNATA. Wallicii. Link. Moore. PLATE XXIV. VOL. VIII. Davallia solida, var. latifulia, Hooker. Stenolobus ornatus, Presl. Davallia — In honour of Edmund Davall, a Swiss Botanist. Ornata — Adorned. There are many forms of this Fern, if we connect it with Davallia solida. The broad-fronded variety is so distinct, and although other varieties, less broad, run this Fern into D. solida, still I have ventured to keep them separate. It is a noble species. An evergreen stove Fern. Native of Singapore and Borneo. Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1844, by Mr. H. Lowe. Fronds glabrous, deltoid, and bipinnate; the pinnae triangu- larly elongate, and having very broad pinnules, which are coriaceous, oblong-ovate, the fertile ones distant and profoundly 76 DAVALLIA ORNATA. pinnatifid, superior confluent, base wedge-shaped, margin serrate. \ Veins forked. Fronds lateral. Rhizoma scandent, stout, and clothed with woolly scales. Length of frond eighteen to twenty inches; colour bright' shining green. My thanks are due to Messrs. Rollisson, of looting, for a . plant of this Fern; and to Mr. Joseph Henderson, of Went- worth, and Mr. G. Norman, of Hull, for fronds. It may be procured of Mkssrs. Rollisson, of looting , Sim, , of Foot’s Cray; E. G. Henderson, of St. Johns Mood; "V eitch, . of Chelsea; Jackson, of Kingston; and Booth, of Hamburg. The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. Mature Frond— under side. DAVALLIA PEDATA. Swartz. Hooker. J. Smith. WALLicn. Presl. PLATE XXV. VOL. VIII. Davallia cordifolia, “ subimbricata, Humata pedata, Adiantum repens, “ repens, var. minor, Pacliypleuria pedata, Reinwabdt. Blume. J. Smith. LlNNAiUS. Nees and Blume. Peesl. Davallia — In honour of Edmund Davall, a Swiss Botanist. Pedata — Footed. A dwarf species, very distinct. An evergreen stove Fern. Native of the East Indies, Mauritius, Marianne Isles, Bourbon, Ceylon, Java, and Malay Archipelago. 78 DAVALLIA PEDATA. Fronds paleaceous, stipitate, very coriaceous, deltoideo-cordate ' in form, somewhat five-angled, and tripartito-pinnatifid; segments oblong-obtuse, the fertile segments being crenato-dentate. Sori submarginal. Stipes elongated, chaffy below. Caudex creeping. Length of frond from two to six inches. My thanks are due to Mr. J. Smith, Curator of the Roval Gardens, Kew, for fronds of this species. It is not in any of the Nurserymen’s Catalogues. The illustration is from Mr. Smith’s frond. A P B X O ;• P R O N n. DAVaLLIA a cu lb at a. — XXVI- VOL 8. Portion of fertile Pinna— under side. DAYALLIA ACULEATA. J. Smith. Hooker. Swartz. Willdenow. Presl. Sprengel. Sloane. (Not of Hedwig.J PLATE XXVI. VOL. VIII. Acliantum aculeatum, frutescens, Odontosoria aculeata, Davallia dumosa, Stenoloma aculeatum, dumosuui, Linnaeus. Plumieb. Spbengel. Plumieb. J. Smith. SwABTZ. WlLLDENOW. ( Ndt of Kunze, nqr Pceppig.) Fee. Fee. Davallia — In honour of Edmund Davall, a Swiss Botanist. Aculeata- — Prickly. lx the Section Stenoloma of Authors. A very distinct, scandent Davallia, somewhat in the character of Platyloma flcxiiosa in its habit, and of an Adiantum in its 80 DAVALLI A ACTJLKATA. pinnules, the stem bearing thorns. Rare in cultivation. An evergreen stove Fern. Native of the West Indies, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Dominica, where it has been found by Plunder, Menzies, Swartz, Dr. Bancroft, and Dr. Imray. Fronds very long, scandent and spinous, sub-triplicato-pinnate, subcoriaceous, lower pinnae tripinnate, ultimate pinnae lanceolate, pinnules somewhat cuneate. Rachis wiry, flexuous or zigzag, prickly, with spines curved downwards. Sori small and cup-shaped. Gaud ex thin, branched, woody, black and woolly. Rachis and stipes ebeneous. The habit of the plant closely resembles a bramble, covering whole fields, and investing the largest forest trees if growing near them. For fronds my thanks are due to Sir W. J . Hooker, Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew. It may be procured of Mr. Sim, of Foot’s Cray. The illustration is from Sir W. J. Hooker’s frond. r> A V ALLTA S 0 L I I) A, P I N X A. V V' ^,T 11 s Portion of pinna of fertile Frond— under side, DAVALLIA SOLID A. Swartz. Schkuhr. Hooker. J. Smith. Willdenow. Blume. Kunze. Moore. Sprengel. Hedwig. Fee. Moore and Houlston. (Not of Hooker and Arnott.) PLATE XXVII. VOL. VIII. Davallia procera, “ caudata, “ sordida, “ elegans, Trichomanes solidum, Stenolobus solidus, “ Tcunzeanus, Humata solida, Hedwig. Wallich. Of Gaedens. Kunze. Foestee. Peesl. Peesl. JDesvaux. Davallia — In honour of Edmund Davall, a Swiss Botanist. Solida — Solid. A pretty species, making a nice exhibition plant. An evergreen stove Fern. Native of the East Indies, Malay, and the Polynesian Islands, Otaheite, Pitcairn’s Island, Malden Island, Singapore, and Java. Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, by Mr. II. Lowe, in 1844. VOL. VIII. N 82 DAVALLIA SOLIDA. Fronds glabrous, deltoid, bi-tripinnate, pinnules oblong, acute ' 1 profoundly pinnatifid, largest next the raclris on the upper side, inferior pinnules cuneate at the base, superior ones confluent, with the margin inciso-serrate. Fronds lateral. Rhizoma scandent, frutescent, and thickly covered with lengthy narrow brown woolly scales. Length of frond twelve to eighteen inches ; colour dark green. My obligations are due to Mr. Thomas Moore, of the Chelsea Botanic Gardens, for a plant of this Fern, and to Mr. J. Smith, of the Royal Gardens, Kew, for fronds. It may be procured of Messrs. Sim, of Foot’s Cray; Rollisson, of Tooting; Veitch, of Chelsea; and E. G. Henderson, of St. John’s Wood. The illustration is from Mr. Smith’s frond. PAVALLIA £ U LLAT A. XXVI11-V0L. 8. DAVALLIA BULLATA. Wallich. Hooker. J. Smith. Fee. PLATE XXVIII. VOL. VIII. Davallia — la honour of Edmund Davall, a Swiss Botanist. Bullata — From the numerous swellings. Another interesting small species, but little known in our English collections, except the more extensive ones. A deciduous stove Fern. Native of the East Indies, Nepal, and Assam. For this species we are indebted to Dr. Wallich. Fronds deltoideo-ovate, sub-membranaceous, shining, tripinnate, the fertile ones copiously bullate on the upper side. The lower primary pinnae sub-opposite, ovate-acuminate, pinnules profoundly pinnatifid, and lanceolate. Caudex creeping, and clothed with copious sub-squamose ferruginous scales. Length of frond six inches, width from four to six inches. Habit erect; stem slender. For a plant my thanks are due to Messrs. Parker, of Hol- loway; and for fronds to Mr. Henderson, of Wentworth. The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. rAX.UA TH1CH0STICH.A. APEX OF FROND. XXIX- VOL. 8. Portion of fertile pinna— under side. DAVALLIA TRICHOSTICHA. Hooker. Kunze. Cuming. PLATE XXIX. VOL. VIII. Microlepia trichosticha, J. Smith. Fee. Selenidium divergens, Kunze. Davallia — In honour of Edmund Davall, a Swiss Botanist. Trichosticha — Hairy -spiked. In the Section Microlepia of Authors. An uncommon Fern, easily grown, and well worthy of ex- tended cultivation. An evergreen stove species. Native of Java, Philippines, and Isle of Samar. Fronds large, sub-membranaceous, bi-tripinnate, the primary 86 DAVALLIA TRICHOSTIC H A . pinnae being twelve inches in length, rachis winged above, ultimate pinna and pinnules sessile, base almost cuncate. Somewhat hairy above, and densely pubescent below, the pu- bescence being very conspicuous and colourless. Sori small, and somewhat distant from the margin. Length of frond three feet; colour pale green. My thanks are due to Sir W. J. Hooker, Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew, for a plant of this species; and to Mr. J. Smith, Curator of the Royal Gardens, Kew, for fronds. It does not appear in any of the Nurserymen’s Catalogues. The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. ' Fertile pinna— under side. DAVALLIA LONCHITIDEA. Wallich. Hooker. PLATE XXX. VOL. VIII. Davallia platyphylla, Microlepia “ “ lonchitidea, Don. J. Smith. J. Smith. Davallia — In honour of Edmund Davall, -a Swiss Botanist. Lonchitidea — Spear-shaped. In the Section Microlepia of Authors. A beautiful stove species, one of the noblest of the genus, making an exceedingly handsome specimen, having very spread- ing and nearly horizontal fronds, above a foot in width. Native of Nepal, Madras, and the Island of Ceylon. Ironds large, tall, and tripinnate, the primary and secondary pinnules much petiolated — the petioles long and glossy. Coriaceo- membranaceous, glabrous. The pinnae large and spreading, 88 davai.ua i.onchitidra. ovate lanceolate in form, deeply pinnatifid, and often pinnate at the base; apices much acuminated. Pinnules very broad. Veins pinnate. Sori solitary, mostly in the axils of the teeth near the mar- gin, very conspicuous. Rachis and costa flexuose. Caudex thick and creeping. Habit erect. Length of frond fifty inches; colour pale green. Por fronds my thanks are due to Mr. J. Smith, Curator of the Royal Gardens, Kew. It may be procured of Mr. R. Sim, Nurseryman, of Foot’s Cray, Kent. The illustration is from Mr. Smith’s frond. 1) A VALL1A P 0 L Y P 0 D I O I D E S, P I -N N X.. XXXI— VOL 8. Portion of pinna of fertile Frond— under side. DAVALLIA POLYPODIOIDES. i Don. Hooker. PLATE XXXI. VOL. VIII. Davallia rhomboidea, “ flaccida, “ divergens, “ nepalensis, Microlepia polypodioides, “ flaccida, rhomboidea, Polypodium nudum, speluncce, “ cristatum, Ccenopleris japonica, Dicksonia polypodioides, flaccida, virens, roxburghii, puberula, rhomboidea, pyramidata, pilosula, VOL. VIII. Wallich. B. Brown. Blume. Don. ( Not of Hooker & Aknott.) Schott. Sprengel? Presl. Hooker. J. Smith. (Not of Fee.) Presl. J. Smith. Fee. Forster. Linnaeus. Houttttyn. WlLLDENOW. Swartz. Willdenow. Hooker and Arnott. Brown. ( Not of Swartz & Schkuhr.) Wallich. Wallich. Wallich. Wallich. Wallich. Wallich. O 90 D A V A L L I A POLYPODIOIDES. Davallia— In honour of Edmund Davall, a Swiss Botanist. Pohjpodioid.es — Polypodium-like. In the Section Microlepta of Authors. An ornamental large Fern. An evergreen stove species. Native of Asia, Ceylon, East Indies, Madras, Assam, Nepal, Singapore, Java, China, Brazil, Oahu, New Holland, Tovay, Luzon, Khasiya, Polynesia, Fernando Po, Penang, and Am- boyna. We are indebted to Mr. G. Norman, of Hull, for introducing this species, he having received it from the continent. Fronds ample, triangularly-elongate, tripinnate, and flaccid; pinnules oblong-acuminate, segments membranous, roundish, and deeply pinnatifid; base decurrent, margin bluntly crenate; pri- mary pinnae distant. Fronds lateral, very hirsute, especially on the veins and costa, beneath. Rhizoma creeping. Length of frond thirty-five to fifty inches; colour a grass green. Sori large, mostly solitary on the entire lobes, and having several on the pinnatifid ones. Sir W. J. Hooker describes four varieties, namely, — Subglabra. — Fronds nearly glabrous. Pubescens. — Fronds pubescent, with close short down. Hispida. — Fronds hairy. Rhomboidea. — A much larger Fern. It is the Davallia rliom- boidea of Wallich, and Microlepia rhomboidea of Presl. Introduced into England in 1820. For plants of this species, and the variety rhomboidea, I am indebted to Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting, and Mr. R. Sim, of Foot’s Cray; and for fronds to Mr. R. Sim. It may he procured from Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting; Sim, of Foot’s Cray; and Veitch, of Chelsea. The illustrations are from Mr. Sim’s fronds. — An engraving of a pinna of a Variety is given at page 92. XXXII —vol. v. Pinna of sterile Frond— under side. DAVALLIA KHASIYANA. Hooker. PLATE XXXII. VOL. VIII. Microlepia cristata, “ khasiyana, “ khasyana, J. Smith. Fee. Moore. Davallia — In honour of Edmund Davall, a Swiss Botanist. Khasiyana — Named after the Khasiva hills, in Northern India, where it is found. In the Section Microlepia oe Authors. A pretty, rare species. An evergreen stove Fern. \ Native of India, Java, Ceylon, and Luzon. The fronds are very tall, and lanceolate in form, bip innate, with an elongated stipes thirty inches in length; the rachis and veins pubescent. Pinna; petiolate, and lanceolate-acuminate in shape. Pinnules subdimidiato-ovate, obtuse, pinnatifid, and an- gulato-dentate. Pinnae six to eight inches long. Length of frond thirty-six inches. Involucres small and membranaceous. 92 DAVALLIA KIIASIYANA. There is a variety more glabrous, the pinnules not so pro- foundly pinnatifid, and less petiolate; it is found in the Isle of lionin. For fronds my thanks are due to Mr. R. Sim, of Foot’s Cray. It is in the Catalogue of Messrs. Sim, of Foot’s Cray. The illustration is from a frond sent by Mr. Sim. Davallia polypodioides, —Variety . DAVALLilA MAJUSCULA. PINNA. xxxih-vol. 8. Pinna of fertile Frond— under side. DAVALLIA MAJUSCULA. Lowe. PLATE XXXIII. VOL. VIII. Microlepia majuscula? Moore. Davallia — In honour of Edmund Dava.ll, a Swiss Botanist. Maj uscu la — Somewhat larger. In the Section Microlepia of Authors. This handsome species has not hitherto been described. It was raised from spores received from India by Mr. R. Sim, of Foot’s Cray, and is at present extremely rare. Native country unknown. The fronds, which are spreading and tripinnate, are parti) erect in habit, and membranaceous. Pinnae and pinnules alter- nate. Pinnae (except near the apex) and also the basal pinnules, pctiolate, the superior basal segment large; segments decurrent and rounded, apices of pinnules pointed. Rachis and stipes minutely hirsute. Length of frond from five to six feet; colour pale green. frori situated at the base of each indent. 94 DAVALLIA MAJUSCULA. The habit is similar to that of Davallia polypodioides. Rhizoma stoutish and creeping, and covered with silky whitish hairs. The fertile fronds are erect, and curve only towards the apex. For fronds I am indebted to Mr. Sim, of Foot’s Cray. Mr. R. Sim, of Foot’s Cray, is the only Nurseryman who possesses this Fern. The illustration is from Mr. Sim’s frond. GENUS IY. THYRSOPTERIS. Kunze. Fronds decompound-multificl, with the fertile portion con- tracted and paniculate. Veins pinnate, with free venules, the apices forming soriferous pedicels. A special indusium. A solitary species, from Juan Fernandez. XXXJV-voi.. s. Fertile portion. THYRSOPTERIS ELEGANS. Kunze. Hooker. J. Smith. Fee. PLATE XXXIV. VOL. VIII. Panicularia berteri, A. Coila. Thyrsopteris — From the Greek, thyrsus — a spear entwined with ivy, and pteron — a wing. JElegcms — Elegant. A very beautiful, rare Fern, of large size, and having sterile and fertile pinnae on the same frond, the barren frond having a Davallia appearance. An evergreen stove speices. Native of Juan Fernandez, inhabiting moist woods, and shady and mountainous situations. Fronds supra-decompound, glabrous, and coriaceous, pinnae alternate, the pinnae and pinnules approximate, the basal pin- nules of the lower pinnae fertile, having contracted, rachiform, unisoriferous, ultimate segments. In the fertile fronds the foliaceous substance is wanting, and the rachis and veins are thickened, forming a much compound raceme or panicle. Rhizoma brief, stout, decumbent, and tufted. Stipes and rachis remarkably thick, the main rachis woolly, and having a profound furrow on one side. Stipes from fifty VOL. VIII. P 98 THYRSOPTEKIS ELEGANS. to sixty inches in length, the leafy portion being from fifty to sixty inches long. The lowest pinnae twenty -four inches in length; colour vivid dark green. Veins pinnate, venules free, their apices forming soriferous- pedicels. Involucres coriaceous, cup-shaped, entire, and petiolate, the indusium forming a calyciform cyst. My thanks are due to Mr. J. Smith, of the Royal Gardens,, Ivew, for fronds of this species. It may be procured of Messrs. Veitch, of the Exotic Nursery, , Chelsea. The illustrations are from Mr. Smith’s fronds. OJBOTIUM. 99 GENUS Y. CIBOTIUM. Kaulfuss. An interesting family of large Ferns, with fronds from five to fifteen feet in length. Decumbent, or erect and arborescent. Fronds usually glaucous beneath. Veins forked or pinnate. Venules free. Sori projecting from the margin, and always on the apex of a vein. Tropical or subtropical, from Mexico, Assam, the Sandwich and Philippine Islands. Fronds bipinnate. Sir W. J. Hooker, in his “Species Filicum,” enumerates: — C. glaucum, Hooker and Arnott. Sandwich Islands. C. glaucescens, Kunze. Philippine Islands. C. assamicum. Hooker. Assam. C. chamissoi, Kaulfuss. Oahu. C. menziesii, Hooker. Oahu. C. schiedei, Schlechtendal. Mexico. There are only two species in cultivation in England. Pinna of mature Frond. CIBOTIUM SCHIEDEL Chamisso and Schlechtendal. Hooker. J. Smith. Liebmann. Martens and Galleotti. Fee. Link. Kunze. Schott. PLATE XXXV. VOL. VIII. Cibotium — From Iciholion — a little chest, in reference to the form of the indusium. Schiedei — Named in honour of Schiede. This is the handsomest Fern of the genus, and very dis- tinct; indeed it is the most graceful large species known, xln arborescent species. Rising on a trunk from ten to fifteen feet high, according to Galleotti. A stove Fern. Native of Guatemala and Mexico. It was found at Hacienda 10:2 CY1SOTIU.M SC'II [KDEI. de la Laguna, by Schiede and Deppe, and at Jalapa by ' Galleotti. Liebmann says it is found in. the warm, temperate ■ regions of Mexico, at an elevation of from two thousand to four thousand feet above the sea. Introduced by Mr. Hartweg, in 1846. Fronds spreading, wide, triangular, smooth, and bipinnate, with small pinnules, lanceolate, acuminate, and thickly hirsute with long fulvous hairs; segments ovate, serrate, beneath some- what glaucous. Involucres from eight to ten on each segment, coriaceous, tawny, and transversely-oblong in form. Veins simple or forked. Pinnae small, only three or four inches long, and ending in a very narrow point. Stipes and rachis long, and very stout, brownish, and very hairy, rising from a crown densely covered with long, silky, shining brown hairs. Length of frond from six to ten feet; colour yellowish green above, somewhat glaucous beneath. For fronds I am indebted to M. Schott, Director of the Imperial Gardens of Schonbrunn, Vienna; Mr. J. Smith, Cui'ator of the Royal Gardens, Kew; and to Mr. Sim, of Foot’s Cray. It is in the Catalogues of Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea; Sim, of Foot’s Cray; Jackson, of Kingston; A. Henderson, of Pine- apple Place; Rollisson, of Tooting; and E. G. Henderson, of St. John’s Wood. The illustrations are from Mr. Smith’s fronds. CIBOTIUM GLAUCKSCFNf. XXXVI -VOL. 8. Pinna of fertile Frond— upper side. CIBOTIUM GLAUCESCENS. Ivunze. Hooker. Fee. Schott. PLATE XXX VI. VOL. VIII. Cihotmm barometz, “ glaucophyllum, “ glaucum, “ ’cumingii, Aspidium barometz, Balantium glaucescens, Ncphrodium barometz, J. Smith. Presl. Berlin Gardens. J. Smith. {Not of PIooker and Arnott.) Eunze. English Gardens. Link. Eunze. English Gardens. Ciboiium — Erom kibotion — a little cliest, in reference to the form of the inclusium. Glaucescens — Glaucous. Ax interesting greenhouse species. Native of the Philippine Islands and China. Fronds very large, spreading, triangular, and bipinnate ; pinna; linear-oblong, much acuminate, caudate, and profoundly pin- natifid; segments oblong-acute and serrate. Veins usually simple. Sori on the margin, solitary, (one on each side the base of the segments,) subcoriaccous, glaucous, and reniform. 104 CIBOTIUM GLATJCESCENS. Introduced into this country by Mr. Joseph Reeves, and received into the Royal Gardens, Kcw, in 1834, from the Messrs. Loddiges. Rhizoma creeping and massive. Rachis and stipes stout, lengthy, and hirsute, especially so ; at the base. Length of frond from six to eight feet; a bright shining green above, glaucous beneath. My thanks are due to Messrs. E. G. Henderson, of St. John’s Wood, and to Mr. Masters, of Canterbury, for plants of this Fern; and to Mr. Sim, of Foot’s Cray, for fronds. It may he procured from any of the principal Nurserymen. The illustrations are from Mr. Sim’s fronds. 4 TR1CHI0CARPA. 105 GENUS YI. TRICHIOCARPA. J. Smith. Fronds bi-tripinnatifid, deltoid, pinnae distant, pinnate below, pinnatifid and decurrent above. Veins uniform and reticulated; the areoles transverse oblong; marginal veinlets free, and ex- serted beyond the margin, each becoming a pedicel, bearing a globose sorus. Indusium spreading, entire, and cyathiform. This genus differs from Deparia, and more especially in tbe distinctly reticulated veins. A solitary example, from New Caledonia. •u Q VOL. VIII. I ' Portion of pinna of fertile Frond— under side, TRICHIOCARPA MOORII. J. Smith. plate XXXVII. VOL. VIII. Dcparia moorii, Cionidium moorii, Hooker. Moore. Trichiocarpa—Fv orn tlie Greek trichos — a hair, and Icarpos fruit, in allusion to tlie spores being on a hair-like stem. Moorii— In honour of Mr. Thomas Moore, of the Chelsea Botanic Gaidens. Ax interesting species, and rare in cultivation. An evergreen stove Fern. Native of New Caledonia. The fronds deltoid, bi-tripinnatifid, and membranaceo-herba- ceous. The pinnee distant, pinnate below and pinnatifid decur- rcnt above. Pinnules lanceolate, sinuose-lobed or pinnatifid. Veins pinnately forked from a central costa; venules reticulated. 108 T1UCHIOCAUPA MOOR1I. arcoles transverse oblong, marginal veinlets free, exserted beyond the margin, each forming a pedicel for the sori at their ex- tremity. Indusium spreading and entire. Rhizoma brief and decumbent. Length of frond from six to eighteen inches. For fronds my thanks are due to Mr. J. Smith, the Curator of the Royal Gardens, Kew. It does not appear in any Catalogue. The illustration is from Mr. Smith’s frond. GENUS VII. DEPARIA. Hooker and Grevili.e. Fronds bipinnatifid. Veins pinnate, with free venules. Soii terminal and exserted. Indusium conniving, forming a calyci- form, pedicellate, and vertical cyst. Sir W. J. Hooker, in his “Species Filicum,” gives two species, namely, D. prolifer a, Hooker, and I), matthewsii, Hooker, the latter not yet introduced in a living state. DE PA III A P R 0 LI : ERA. APEX OF FP.OMD. XXX VJ1 1— VOL. 8. Pinna of barren Frond— upper side. DEPARIA PROLIFERA. Hooker and Greville. Fee. Hooker and Bauer. PLATE XXXVIII. VOL. VIII. Dicksonict prolifer a, Ivaulfuss. Deparia macraei, Hooker and Greyille. Deparia- From the Greek-a little cup. Pro/j/fera— Proliferous. A pretty and. distinct species, worthy of general cultivation, but as yet very rare. An evergreen stove species. Native of the Sandwich Islands, Oahu, according to Charaisso, and Owhyhee, according to Macrae. Fronds' spreading, triangular-elongate, herbaceous, pinnato- pinnatifid, and glabrous, the divisions profoundly cut into rounded lobes. Pinnee sub-opposite below, alternate above, elongated, oblong-acuminate; segments distant, pinnules about twenty pairs on each pinna. Veins simple, from a central costa; venules fiee, extending to the margin, and in the fertile fronds forming stalks to the DEPART A PROLIFE H A . 112 Sori marginal, the indusia membranaceous, shallow cup-shaped, exserted, and stipitate. Stipes at the base covered with long red scales. Rbizoma stout, covered with dark coloured scales, and creeping. Length of frond from fifteen to thirty inches; colour very pale green. Each vigorous frond is viviparous near its point. The margin of the fertile frond being fringed with stalked sori, the plant has a very attractive appearance, looking as if surrounded by a row of small fungi. For fronds my thanks are due to Mr. J. Smith, of the Royal Gardens, Kew, and to Mr. Sim, of Foot’s Cray. The plant may be procured of Mr. Sim, of Foot’s Cray. The illustration is from Mr. Smith’s fronds. In tliis genus are the families of Sitolobium, Baluntium, and Dicksonia ; all large Ferns, having veins simple or pinnate, and terminal sori. Some of the species are arborescent, growing to a great height. Mr. Smith, in his “Catalogue of the Ferns grown at Ivew,” gives the following: — • Sitolobium punctilobum, J. Sm. adiantoides, J. Smith. davallioides, J. Smith. rubiginosum, J. Smith. moluccanum, J. Smith. VOL. VIII. Balantium culcita, Kaulfuss. Dicksonia lanata, Colenso. antarctica, Lahillardiere, arborescens, L’Hcritier. squarrosa, Swartz. R 114 DICKSONIA. Sir W. J. Hooker, in Iris “Species Filicum,” describes, — Dicksonia arborescens, L’lleritier, St. Helena. Grows ten feet high. D. antarctica, Lahillardiere, Tasmania. Grows thirty-five feet high. D. sellowiana, Hooker, Brazil. U. berteroana, Hooker, Juan Fernandez. Grows fifteen feet high. D. squarrosa, Swartz, New Zealand. Grows eight feet high. D. fibrosa, Colenso, New Zealand. Grows eighteen feet high. D. lanata, Colenso, New Zealand. Grows five feet high. Culcita, VHeritier, Madeira. Coniifolia, Hooker, Caraccas. Martiana, Klotzsch, Brazil. D Libia, Gaudichaud, Tasmania. Straminea, Lahillardiere, New Caledonia. Davallioides, Brown, Port Jackson. Kaulfussiana, Gaudichaud, Sandwich Islands. Abrupta, Bory, Bourbon. Sorbifolia, Smith, East Indies. Plumieri, Hooker, St. Domingo. Lindeni, Hoojcer, Caraccas. DOUBTFUL SPECIFS. Marginalis, Swartz, Japan. Linearis, Cavanilles, Philippine Islands. Japonica, Swartz, Japan. Strigosa, Swartz, Japan. Zeylanica, Swartz, Ceylon. Madagascariensis, Kunze, Mad- agascar. In the sub-genus j Catania, (the Sitolohium ol Desvaux,) Sir ~W. Hooker describes, — Pavoni, Hooker, Peru. Concinna, Hooker. Adiantoides, Hooker , Caraccas. Erosa, Kunze, Peru. Ordinata, Kaulfuss, Porto-Rico. Cicutaria, Swartz, Jamaica. Cornuta, Kaulfuss, Brazil. Dissecta, Swartz, Jamaica. Apiifolia, Swartz, Jamaica. Flaccida, Swartz, Pacific Isles. Moluccana, Bluine, Moluccas. Scan dens, Blame, Java. Javanica, Blume, Java. Distenta, Kunze, Mexico. Bubiginosa, Kaulfuss, Brazil. Punctiloba, Hooker, U. States. Anthriscifolia, Kaulfuss, Bour- bon. Appendiculata, T Vallich, Nepal. Deltoidea, Hooker, Ceylon. Scabra, T Vallich, Nepal. Cuncata, Hooker, Luzon. ! Smithii, Hooker, Luzon. DICKSONIA. 115 DOUBTFUL SPECIES. Obtusifolia, Willdenow, Carac- cas. Strigosa, Swartz, Japan. Domingcnsis, Desvaax, His- paniola. Multifida, Swartz, East Indies. Millefolium, Desvaax, E. Indies. t Thus Sir W. J. Hooker describes fifty-one species, eleven ol which are inserted doubtfully. In the countries where the arborescent Dicksonias grow they are quite a feature, and indeed very useful, for New Zealand travellers make them their hotels, sleeping under the shadow of their fronds, and spreading their blankets upon cut fronds. It is necessary to consider for a moment how gigantic these Ferns are, rising to the height of from thirty to forty feet, and then spreading their branches in every direction to the distance of forty or fifty feet from their arborescent trunks, capable of affording shelter to a regiment of soldiers, if necessary. The Dicksonias are not the only large Ferns; the Cyathca dealbata, for instance, to be hereafter described, rises on a trunk fifteen feet high, and is perhaps the most magnificent of all Ferns, — singularly delicate in appearance, and the fronds covered beneath with a white or glaucous farina; then again the genus Angiopteris, the “Prince of Ferns,” the somewhat similar -looking Marattias, See., some of which are cultivated in this country, and will pass under our notice. The Dicksonias are greenhouse or stove Ferns, with one solitary exception, from the United States and North America. We have, consequently, no British example. Perhaps the Dicksonia antarctica might live in the open air in the west of England, as in its native climate snow rests upon its fronds, and it has to withstand somewhat severe frosts, although they are only of short duration. ! ; CULCITA. APEX OF FROND. DICKSONIA XXX IX -VOL. 8. Portion of pinna of barren Frond, DICKSONIA CULCITA. L’Heritier. Hooker. Moore. PLATE XXXIX. VOL. VIII. Balantium culcita, (( << Culcita macrocarpa. Katjlftjss. Hooker. J. Smith. Moore and Hotjlston. Prese. Hooker. Fee. Dichsonia — Named after James Dickson, a British botanist. Culcita — A cushion. A very handsome, rare, large-growing Fern, having singular fructification; the form of the indusium somewhat resembling a purse; hence its name of balantium by Kaulfuss, from ba- hantion — a purse. A robust, large-growing species, worthy ol general cultivation. An evergreen warm greenhouse Fern. Native of Madeira and the mountains of the Azores, at an elevation of from two to three thousand feet, where it has been noticed by Masson, Guthnic, and Watson. Fronds glabrous, sub-coriaceous, decompound, anti tri-quad- ripinnate; ultimate segments oblong and dentate. 118 DICKSON I A CUI.C1TA. Veins pinnate; venules simple or forked, direct, and free, 1 ! Caudcx creeping, and densely covered with brown hairs. ] Stipes long, covered with dense, lengthy, fulvous, silkv hair near the base. Sori large, from one to three on each lobe or pinnule, nearly globose, exserted, the valves of the indusium concave and nearly equal. Fronds terminal, the fertile ones contracted. Length of frond from forty to one hundred inches. Colour a rich dark shining green. For fronds my thanks are tendered to Mr. J. Smith, lloyal Gardens, Kew; Mr. D. Moore, of the Glasnevin Gardens, Dublin; and to Mr. Veitch, of the Exotic Nursery, Chelsea. It may be procured of Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea; Sim, of Foot’s Cray; and E. G. Henderson, of the Wellington Nursery. The illustration is from Mr. Veitch’s fronds. DICKS0N1A CICUTAKIA. PORTION OP PINNA. XL-vol s. Portion of pinna of fertile Frond -under side. DICKSONIA CICUTARIA. Swartz. Hooker. Willdenow. Fee. Sloane. Liebmann. PLATE XL. VOL. VIII. DicJcsonia adiantoides, Siiolobium “ Polypodium gl.obuliferum, DicJcsonia JiooJceriana, “ tenera “ dissecta, Patania erosa, Dennstcedlia adiantoides, Humboldt. Link. Schott. ( Not of Hooker, Pre3l, or Liebmann.) J. Smith. Moore and Houlston. Plumier. Klotzsch. Sloane. Plumier. Martius. Hooker. Link. Sieber. Presl. Moore. DicJcsonia — Named after James Dickson, a Britisli botanist. Cicutaria — Cow-bane like. In the Section Sitolorium of Authors. A very handsome Fern of large size, spreading its fronds on >tout erect stalks, easily cultivated, and wherever grown, freely ’pringing up from spores. A very variable species. An evergreen stove species. 120 HTCK.SONIA Cl CI'TAKT A. Native of the West Indies, Tropical and South America, Brazil, ' Mexico — at an elevation of from two to four thousand feet— Jamaica, Cocos Island, Guayaquil, Guatemala, and Peru. Raised from spores in the Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1834. The fronds, which are glabrous, arc triangularly-elongate in form, spreading, and tripinnate. The pinnse and pinnules triangularly elongate-acuminate, with flat, oblong, somewhat pinnatifid lobes, rounded at the apex, crenate on the margin, and decurrent. Rachis, costa, and veins glabrous, or hairy. Sori globose, exserted, and produced as little cups on the apices of the venules, the special and accessory indusium about equal and forming a reflexed calyciform cyst, containing the spore-cases. Fertile segments contracted, and having a very elegant appearance. Rhizoma creeping. Veins pinnate; venules direct and free. Length of frond from four to eight feet. Colour a pale vivid shining green. 9 Amongst the different forms of this species may be mentioned.— The Fern known as Dicksonia tenera of Martius, found in Brazil, is more membranaceous. Another known as Dicksonia disscctm^ of Sieber, has the barren segments more cuneate, and serrate® above: it is a native of Peru and Guatemala. A third form, Patania erosa of Presl, has larger and more hairy pinnules • than in the normal form, and which are less profoundly lobed, and brighter green in colour. For plants my thanks are due to Sir Oswald Mosley, Bart., of Rolleston Hall; Mrs. Delves, of Tunbridge Wells; Mr. Sun, of Foot’s Cray; Mr. Downs, of Ilfracombe; Mr. Lamb, gardejj to Mr. F. Wright, of Osmaston Manor, near Ashbourne; an Cray. It is in the Catalogues of Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea; Sim, of Foot’s Cray; and E. G. Henderson, of St. John’s Wood. The illustration is from Mr. D. Moore’s fronds. GLKI0HEN1A F L A 3 E LLAT A. L-VOL. 8. Tortion of fertile branch— under side. GLEICHENIA FLABELLATA. Brown. Hooker. Labillardiere. Moore. J. Smith. PLATE L. VOL. VIII. 0 Mertensia flabellata, J. Smith. Gleichenia — Named in honour of Baron P. F. Von Gleichen, a German botanist. Flabellata — Fan-shaped In the Section Mertensia op Authors. An exceedingly beautiful species, making a magnificent speci- men. Habit erect, having an upright stipes, terminated by flabelliform fronds, consisting of several distinct series of two to four horizontal fan-shaped branches, and each again branching. A warm greenhouse species. Native of New Holland, Tasmania, New Caledonia, and New Zealand. Introduced by Mr. R. Gunn, into the Royal Gardens, New, in 1845. The fronds are two or three times dichotomous, proliferous, and flabelliform, the branches being lanceolate in form, ascending, VOL. VIII. X 144 GLEICHENIA FLABELLATA. and caudate at the point; pinnatifid; below pinnate, the seg- . ments linear, acute, and serrated, mostly alternate below and opposite above. Sori medial, consisting of from one to four spore- cases, punctiform, and naked. Veins forked from a conspicuous midrib. Stalks stout, dark, rising from stout, brown-scaled, fast-creeping stems. The branches tapering, pendent, slenderly and profoundly cut, from six to nine inches in length, and about an inch wide. Rhizoma creeping. Gleiclienia jlabellata grows to the height of from four to five feet. For a plant of this species my thanks are due to Mr. E. G. Henderson, of St. John’s Wood; and for fronds to Mr. J. Smith, Curator of the Royal Gardens, Kew; Mr. D. Moore, of the Glasnevin Gardens, near Dublin; Mr. Sim, of Foot’s Cray; Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting; and Mr. Veitch, of Chelsea. The illustration is from fronds sent by Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea. Pinna of barren branch— under side. GLEICHENIA DTCHOTOMA. Willdenow. Hooker. Schkuhr. Martius. Langsdorff and Fischer. Sieber. Moore. J. Smith. PLATE LI. VOL. VIII. Mertensia discolor, sieberi, hoolceri, “ Jlexuosa, pusilla, mucronata, dichotoma, tC Polypodium dichotomum, Oleichenia lanigeru , hermanni, rigida, Sticherus laniger, Schrader. Presl. J. Smith. Rumphius. Martius. Martius. Reinwardt. AYilldenow. Schkuhr. Langsdorff and Fischer. Thunberg. Don. Brown. ( Not of Hooker and Greville.) J. Smith. Presl. Oleichenia— Named in honour of Baron P. F. Yon Gleichen, a German botanist. Dichotoma — Divided into two. In the Section Mertensia of Authors. A handsome distinct species, varying considerably in different localities; strong-growing, with erect habit. An evergreen stove Fern. 146 GLEICHENIA DICHOTOMA. Native of tlie East Indies, Malay Islands, Nepal, Sylhet, , Tenesserim, Singapore, China, Ceylon, Malabar, Philippine Islands, Assam, Pulo Penang, Mauritius, Java, Madagascar, Fernando Po, Brazil, Bahia, Islands of Tobago, and Trinidad. The stipes, which is rounded and somewhat hirsute, bears ultimate branches, with a pair of pinnae two inches and a half wide, and from six to twelve inches long, and another pair also at the base of the di-trichotomy, not of the frond. The pinnae are lanceolate-acuminate and pinnatifid, the segments linear-obtuse or emarginate, the lower external ones usually the largest; apices rounded. Sori consisting of from ten to twelve capsules, punctiform, and naked. Fronds glabrous, glaucous beneath. Veins branched. Brownish stalks, rising from fast-creeping, stout, wiry stems. Bhizoma creeping. The variety known as Mertensia mucronata of Reinwardt, has very broad pinnae, and a caudate apex: it is the Gleichenia rigida of J. Smith. Gleichenia dichotoma attains a height of from five to six feet. For a plant my thanks are due to Mr. Moore, of the Glasnevin Gardens, Dublin; and for fronds to Mr. J. Smith, Curator of the Royal Gardens, Kew; Mr. Sim, of Foot’s Cray; and Mr. Veitch, Jun., of the Exotic Nursery, Chelsea. This species may be procured of Messrs. Veitcn, Jun., of Chelsea; Mr. R. Sim, of Foot’s Cray; and Mr. E. G. Henderson, of the Wellington Nursery. The illustration is from fronds forwarded by Mr. J. Smith, of Kew. Pinna of mature Frond— under side. GLEICHENIA HECISTOPHYLLA. A. Cunningham. Hooker. Moore. PLATE LII. VOL. VIII. % Gleichenia semives/ita, J. Smith. (Not of Labillaedieee, Hookee, or Mooee.) “ dicar pa. Of some Gabdens. ( Not of Beown or Hookee.) Gleichenia — Named in honour of Baron P. F. Von Gleichen, a German botanist. Hecistophylla — Smallest-leaved. This most graceful lovely Fern is of rapid growth, erect in habit, and slender. A warm greenhouse species. Native of New Zealand. The fronds, which are dichotomous divaricated, (that is, growing in duplicate, the one branch receding from the other, and each again producing a similar growth of twin branches, and each branch once divided,) have branches from ten to fourteen inches long, and pectinate; the pinnae a little distant, opposite or sub-opposite below, alternate above, about fifty pairs, very narrow, and from one to two inches and a half long, pinnatifid. Segments small, nearly circular in form, alternate, approximate, about thirty to forty-five pairs, and saccate; the outline of the pinnae resembling that of a string 148 GLEICIIENIA HECISTOPHYLLA. of small beads of equal size, and not larger than the size of a small pin’s head, closely strung together. Veins immersed and indistinct. The branches and rachis densely covered with a ferruginous pubescence. The sori, which are situated at the apex of a veinlet, (ter- minal,) consist of two capsules or spore-cases, sunk in the hollow of the segments, punctiform and naked. The stalks dark, rising abundantly from, the many wiry fast-creeping stems, and having at intervals weeping, curving- branched, smooth, shining, deep green fronds. ' Gleiclxenia hecistophylla grows to the height of from two to three feet. For fronds my thanks are due to Mr. R. Sim, of Foot’s Cray. It may be procured of Messrs. Sim, of Foot’s Cray, and Veitch, of Chelsea. The illustration is from Mr. Sim’s frond. * Pinna of mature Frond— under side. GLEICHENIA RUPESTRIS. Brown. Hooker. Moore. PLATE L1II. VOL. VIII. Gleichenia— Named in honour of Baron P. F. Von Gleichen, a German botanist. Hupestris — Bock. species, being An exceedingly rare and very handsome glaucous on the under side of the branches. A warm greenhouse Fern. Native of New South Wales and Port Jackson. 1 ronds glabious, forked or dichotomous, the branches pinnate the pinnae wide, being pinnatifid, and having rounded coriaceous segments, with thickened recurved margins. Colour pale green above, glaucous beneath. Wins branched, immersed, but plainly visible. Stems somewhat plum-coloured. Soii teiminal, situated at the apex of a veinlet, composed of thiee or four exserted capsules or spore-cases, punctiform, and naked. Gleichenia rupestris attains a height of from four to six feet. l’or fronds my thanks are due to Mr. R. Sim, of Foot’s Cray. It seems only to be in Mr. Sim’s Catalogue. Ihe illustration is from fronds sent by Mr. R. Sim. GLEICHENIA S EMIVBSTITA. LIV-VOL. 8. Pinna of mature Frond— under side. GLEICHENIA SEMIVESTITA. Labillardiere. Hooker. Moore. PLATE LIV. VOL. VIII. GleicJienia — Named in honour of Baron P. F. Yon Gleichen, a German botanist. Semivesiita — Half-clothed. A handsome rare species, with a close habit, and growing very erect; branches spreading. Not unlike Gleichenia micro- phylla. A warm greenhouse species. Native of New Caledonia and Malacca. The fronds are dichotomous divaricated, the branches being pectinate, the pinnae pinnatifid, and the segments small, orbicular-ovate, and slightly concave. The pinnae tapering regularly to their points; the lobes not pouched beneath. Veins pinnate. Rachis having a few stellated hairs. Branches ferruginous, with a dense pubescence. Veins indistinct. Sori terminal, of 'three or four exserted deciduous capsules or spore-cases, situated at the apex of. a veinlet, punctiform, and naked. This species grows to the height of from two to four feet; the branches being of a very shining deep green colour. For fronds my thanks are due to Mr. R. Sim, of Foot’s Cray. It may be procured of Mr. Sim. The illustration is from Mr. Sim’s fronds. * \ ■ CYATIIEA. 153 CYATHEaE. J. Smith. With circular intramarginal sori, the sporangia usually sessile, and situated on an elevated receptacle, and having a special indusium. Comprising in Mr. Smith’s “Catalogue of Ferns,” Cyathea, Hemitelia, Alsophila, and Lophosoria, the latter genus being included in Alsophila by Sir W. J. Hooker. GENUS I. CYATHEA. Habit erect and arborescent, the trunk or caudex reaching in some species a height of from forty to fifty feet, the fronds being from five to fifteen feet in length. Veins forked; venules free. Sori globose, axillary at the forking of a vein, or medial. Receptacle elevated and columnar. Indusium globose, membranaceous, complete cup-sliaped, and and first covering the whole soi Inhabiting warm countries. Sir W. J. Hooker, in his “Sp Sinuata, Hooker and Greville, Ceylon. Brunonis, T Vullich, Penang. Mexicana, Schlechtendal, Mexico Arhorea, Smith, Jamaica. Scrra, TVilldenoio, Caraccas. Imrayana, Hooker, Dominica. Muricata, TVilldenoio, Martinique Schanscliin, Martins, Brazil. Gardneri, Hooker, Brazil. VOL, VIII. 'US. ecies Filicum,” describes — • Beyrichiana, Presl, Brazil. Canaliculata, TVilldenoio , Isle of France. Excelsa, Swartz, Bourbon. Walk era?, Hooker, Ceylon. Aspera, Swartz, Jamaica. Aculeata, TVilldenoio , Hispaniola Cuspidata, Kunze, Peru. Divergens, Kunze, Peru. Equestris, Kunze, Peru. Y 154 CYATHEA. Vestita, Martins , Brazil. Hirtula, Martius, Brazil. Grevilleana, Martius , Jamaica. Dregei, Kunze, S. Africa. Burkei, Hooker, S. Africa. Spinulosa, Wallich, Nepal. Glauca, Bory, Bourbon. Crenulata, Blume, Java. Javanica, Blume, Java. ? Celebica, Blume, Celebes. Integra, J. Smith, Amboyna. Medullaris, Sivartz, N. Zealand. Dealbata, Swartz, N. Zealand. Mr. J. Smith, in his Catalogu Royal Gardens, Kevv, mentions Canaliculata, Willdenoio. Excelsa, Swartz. Arborea, Smith. Serra, Willdenoio. DOUETFUL SPECIES. ? Rumpliii, Besvaux. ? Laevigata, Willdertow, Mada- gascar. ? Marattioides, Willdenoio , Mad- agascar. Delgadii, Pohl, Brazil. Sternbergii, Pohl, Brazil. Tussacii, Dcsvaux, Jamaica. Polypodioides, Swartz, Brazil. W oodwardioides, Kaulfuss. Sellowiana, Presl, Brazil. of the Ferns cultivated in the Medullaris, Swartz. Aculeata, Willdenoio. Dealbata, Swartz. There is so much difference of opinion amongst Botanists regarding Alsophila, Cyathea, and Hemitelia, that different Authors place them in a different genus; thus the Plemitelia liostmanni of Hooker is Alsophila hostmanni of Smith, and the Hemitelia horrida of R. Brown is the Cyathea horrida of Smith. Mr. Moore places many of them in Alsophila and Arn- phicosmia; perhaps some day they will all be united in one genus. LV-yol s, Pinnule of mature Frond— under side. CYATHEA CANALICULATA. Willdenow. Hooker. J. Smith. Sprengel. PLATE LV. VOL. VIII. Cyathea borbonica, “ mascarena, “ melanocaula, PoiEET. SwAETZ. Desvaux. Cyathea — A little cup, (tlie form of the indusium.) Canaliculata — Channeled. This magnificent rare species is very distinct, and of large size, the pinnules being usually from eight to ten inches long, and two inches and a half wide, and in the variety Latifolia much larger. A warm greenhouse evergreen species. Native of Madagascar, Mauritius, and Isles of France and Bourbon. Fronds bipinnate, coriaceous, the pinnules glabrous, of large size, and broadly lanceolate in form; profoundly pinnatifid, the ultimate pinnules linear-oblong and serrated. Veins twice or three times forked. Sori situated at some distance from the costa, but occupying most of the segment. Indusium membranaceous, but durable. The caudex is shorter, and the frond broader and thicker than Cyathea excelsa. 156 CYATHEA CANALICULATA. There are several varieties; one having a very dark coloured ( rachis; and another, known as var. Latifolia, having its pinnules twelve inches in length, and three inches in breadth, and being pinnated almost to the apex. For fronds my thanks are due to Mr. James \ eitch, Jun., of the Exotic Nursery, Chelsea. It may be procured of Messrs. Yeitch, of Chelsea. The illustration is from Mr. Veitch’s frond. Variety latifolia. rinnulc of fertile Frond-under side. CYATHEA EXCELSA. Swartz. Hooker. J. Smith. i PLATE LVI. VOL. VIII. Cyathea arborea, Sort, ( Not of Smith, Swartz, nor Hooker.) Cyathea — A little cup, (the form of the indusium.) JSxcelsa— Tall. Another rare species, not in ordinary collections. An evergreen stove Fern. Native of Mauritius and Bourbon. The fronds, which are bipinnate, are glabrous, and somewhat membranaceous; pinnules lanceolate, and much drawn out to a point; pinnatifid, with segments oblong and serrated. Veins simply forked below the middle. Stipes and rachis pale. Sori situated near the costa. Indusium membranaceous, shining, and very fragile. I am under an obligation to Mr. Joseph Henderson, of Went- worth, for pinnae of this species. It does not appear to be included in any of the Nurserymen’s Catalogues. The illustration is from a pinna sent by Mr. Joseph Hen- derson. T \T f T T Pinnule of fertile Frond— under side. CYATHEA MEDULLARIS. Swartz. Schkdhr. J. Smith. Hooker. PLATE LVII. Polypodium medullare, “ affine, Sphceropteris medullaris, Cyaihea affinis, “ extensa, Alsophila “ Cyaihea meriensiana, VOL. VIII. Forster. Forster. Bernhardt. Swartz, (Not of Schkuhu.) Swartz. Schkuhr. Desvaux. Hooker & Arnott. Bongard. Cyaihea— A little cup, (the form of the indusium.) Medullaris — Pithy. l m A magnificent rare Fern, very distinct. In New Zealand it forms a common article of food for the natives. An evergreen warm greenhouse species. Native of New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Pacific Islands, New Guinea, and Otaheite. The fronds are bi-tripinnate, glabrous, and coriaceous. The pinnules broadly-lanceolate, acuminate, and attenuated, mostly sub-opposite or alternate ; profoundly pinnatifid, sessile, with few small scales beneath. Segments linear-oblong and serrated, those next the rachis pinnatifid. Sori very copious, occupying a lobe, and nearly as broad as the space between the costa and the margin; orange-yellow in colour. Indusium circular, shining, and membranceous. 1G0 C V AT H E A M K T) U.I , I, A RTS. Stipes and rachis muricated with glandular hard tubercles, . glossy, and resembling a dried resinous exudation. Length of frond from six to ten feet; colour vivid light green. There arc several varieties: — Variety tripinnata having entire pinnules, and again pinnated, except at the apex. It was found in the Coral Islands, by Captain Beechev, and at Bonin, by Dr. Mertens. Variety Integra having its segments nearly entire. Found by Colenso in New Zealand. For fronds I am indebted to Mr. James Veitch, Jun., of the Exotic Nursery, Chelsea. It maybe procured of Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea, and Sim, of Foot’s Cray. The illustration is from a frond sent by Mr. Janies "V eitch. OF PI N N A rinnule of fertile Prond--under side. CYATHEA DE ALB AT A. Swartz. Richard. J. Smith. Moore and Houlston. PLATE LVIII. VOL. VIII. Cyatlda — A little cup, (tlie form of the mdusimn.) Dealbat a— Whitened. Perhaps the present species is tire handsomest Fern as yet introduced into Great Britain. Rising on a trunk to the height of from ten to fifteen feet, it is crowned above with a splendid tuft of fronds, which are pure white beneath from the copious glaucous farina. We have recently mentioned the King of Feins, and Cijathea clcalbata may aptly be called ‘the Silver-King.’ Mr. Edgerly mentions that, like C. meclullaris , this Fern is an article of food with the natives of New Zealand. C. clcalbata is easily cultivated, and should be grown in every collection where room can be given it to expand its beautiful silvery-powdered fronds. The sori is another feature of beauty, being reddish brown, and dotted amongst the white powder of the under surface, it is a conspicuous object. It is only to he met with in a few of our best collections, and there it is universally admired, for it is a noble species, graceful in habit, and remarkable in foliage. An evergreen warm greenhouse Fern. VOL. VIII. r/- 162 C Y A T HE A 1) E A L B AT A . Native of the northern and middle Islands of New Zealand. The fronds, which are bipinnate, and sometimes again pinnate at the base, are glabrous, and somewhat lanceolate in form; pinnules narrow, lanceolate, acuminate, and profoundly pinnatifid; segments falcate and serrated. Stipes scaly and muricate, and more especially so at the base; rachis covered Avith ferruginous deciduous down. Fronds terminal, adherent to an erect caudex or trunk. Veins pinnate; venules direct and free. Sori copious, placed midway between the costa and the margin; involucres globose, membranaceous, and rising from a raised receptacle. Length of frond from five to seven feet; colour a bluish green above, and very glaucous beneath. Humboldt, in his “Views of Nature,” mentions that “Ernst Dieffenbach saw in the most northern of the three islands of New Zealand, trunks of Cijathea dealbata rising to the height of forty-two feet and a half.” For fronds my thanks are due to Mr. Joseph Henderson, of Wentworth; Mr. J. Veitch, Jun., of Chelsea; Mr. Smith, of the Royal Gardens, Kew; Mr. Moore, of the Glasnevin Gardens, Dublin; and Mr. Sim, of Foot’s Cray. It may be procured of Messrs. E. G. Henderson, of St. John’s W ood; Messrs. Veitch, of the Exotic Nursery, Chelsea; Sim, of Foot’s Cray; and Stansfield, of Todmorden. The illustration is from Mr. Joseph Flenderson’s fronds. IIEMITELIA. 163 GENUS II. HEMITELIA. Brown. Habit erect and arborescent. Fronds large — four to eight feet long. Veins simply or pinnately forked; venules free, the lowest most angularly anastomosing, and forming a costal arch. Sori solitary, globose, and medial, or axillary. Receptacle ele- vated and globose. Indusium semicircular and concave. Cyathea is known by the complete cup-shaped involucres ; whilst Hemi- telia is recognised by its half cup-shaped involucres, and its arcuately-anastomosed basal venules. All natives of the Tropics. Sir W. J. Hooker, in his “Species Filicum,” describes — Speciosa, Kaulfuss, Caraccas. ? Alternans, Hooke?', Penang. Obtusa, Kaulfuss, West Indies. Grandifolia, Sjprengel, Mar- tinique. ? Parkeri, Hooker, Guiana. Imrayana, Hooker, Dominica. Horrida, Broion, St. Domingo. Petiolata, Hooker, Panama. Hostmanni, Hooker, Guiana. Multiflora, Brown, Jamaica. Guianenis, Hooker, Guiana. DOUBTFUL SPECIES. Munita, Presl. Serrata, J. Smith. Stigmosa, Desvaux, Tropical America. Cyathoides, Desvaux, Guiana. Monilifera, J. Smith. Cruciata, Desvaux, Tropical America. Cordata, Desvaux, Madagascar. . Laciniata, Sprengel, N . Hebrides Mr. J. Smith, in his “Catalogue of the Ferns of Ivew,” enu- merates— Speciosa, Kaulf uss. Grandifolia, Sprengel. Horrida, 11. Brown. Hostmanni, J. Smith, (under genus Alsophila. ) Portion of mature Frond— under side. HEMITELIA GRANDIFOLIA. Sprengel. Hooker. J. Smith. Moore and Houlston. PLATE LIX. VOL. VIII. Cyathea grandifolia, Willdenow. Plumieh. “ horrida, Siebee, ( not of Peesl & Smith.) Cnemidarict Icohautiana, Peesl. Eemitelia— Half-perfect, in reference to the indusium resembling a half-cup. Grandifolia — Large-leaved. This is a very beautiful Fern, but rare in collections. An evergreen stove species. Native of Trinidad, Jamaica, Martinique, and St. Vincent. Caudex erect, growing to tire beigbt of four or five feet. Fronds pinnate, glabrous, and ovate-lanceolate in form; pinnae large, (twelve inches in length,) lanceolate-acuminate, sessile, and pinnatifid for above two thirds of its length; segments obtuse and* sub -falcate, apex serrulated. Fronds terminal. Veins once or twice forked, the basal ones angularly-anasto- mosing. Stipes aculeated, having a scale on each prickle. Sori a little within the margin, uniserial, continued around every sinuosity of the pinnae, and having a solitary sorus on each venule. 166 II EM I TEL I A GK AN DIFOLIA. Fronds from seven to eight feet in length; colour blight, shining green. For fronds I am indebted to Mr. Joseph Henderson, of Wentworth House. It does not appear in any of the Nurserymen’s Catalogues. The illustration is from Mr. J. Henderson’s frond. li 1:. j . 1 '! E Li A 1101 !■ 11 A. 1 i N K A. LX-vol. . Pinnule of fertile Frond— under side. HEMITELIA HORRIDA. R. Brown. Hooker. J. Smith. Moore and EIoulston. PLATE LX. VOL. VIII. Polypodium horridum, Cy allied horrida, “ commutata, Linnjeus. Plumiee. J. Smith. Pbesl, ( not of Siebee.) Speengel, ( not of Plumiee.) Hcmitelia — Half-perfect, in reference to the indusium resembling a half-cup. Horrida — Horrid. A noble species, of large size, and only to be seen in good collections. An evergreen stove Fern. Native of Jamaica, Trinidad, St. Domingo, Martinique, and St. Vincent. Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Ivew, in 1843, having been received from Mr. Purdie. The fronds, which are glabrous, are bipinnate, broadly lan- ceolate in form, and are covered beneath at first, as well as the rachis, with cobwebby tomentum. Pinnm sessile, profoundly pmnatifid, almost to the base; segments approximate, lanceolate, acuminate, and somewhat falcate ; apex crenate-serrate. Pmchis and stipes aculeate, having a scale on each prickle. Fronds terminal, and adherent to an erect arborescent caudex. ^ cins pinnate, lower veinlcts anastomosing, and forming an 1G8 TIEMITKUA HORRID A. angular costal arch, with others between the base and midrib . of the segments. Sori continuous round every sinuosity of the pinnae, forming a double line. Pinnules of great size, from twelve to eighteen inches in length, and sessile. Length of frond from five to ten feet; colour bright shining green. For fronds I am indebted to Mr. Joseph Henderson, of Went- worth; Mr. Norman, of Hull; and Mr. Smith, of the Royal Gardens, Kew. It may be procured of Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting ; "V citch, of Chelsea; Sim, of Foot’s Cray; and A. Henderson, of Pine- I apple Place Nursery. The illustration is from Mr. Joseph Henderson’s frond. i Pinnule of fertile Frond— under side. IIEMITELIA HOSTMANNI. Hooker. Fee. Kunze. Presl. PLATE LXI. VOL. VITI. Alsophila hostmanni, “ ? leprieuriana, A mp hi cos mi a hostmanni, Hcmitelia surinamensis, Cyathca aspcra, J. Smith. Kunze. Mooee. Miquel. Klotzsch. Hemitelia — Half-perfect, in reference to tlie indusium resembling a balf-cup. Hostmanni — Named after Dr. Hostmann. An ornamental and very rare Fern, only found in our best collections. An evergreen stove species. Native of Dutch Guiana, where it was found by Dr. Hostmann. Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1845, by Mr. H. Cadogan Rothery. Fronds bipinnate, glabrous, and lanceolate, pinnae remote, the largest a foot in length; sessile, broad lanceolate, pinnules pin- natifid, oblong, sessile, and obtuse, the base being wedge-shaped; segments or lobes entire, obtuse, sub-falcate, with a rounded apex, the upper ones decurrent at the base, forming a winged rachis. Veins simple; venules free. Sori medial and distant, only the lowest pair of veinlcts bearing a solitary sorus. VOL. VIII. ‘ 2 A 170 HEMITELTA IIOSTMANNI. Stipes and main racliis scaly, the base of the stipes being very scaly, and aculeated; stipes rich mahogany brown in colour, and about eighteen to twenty inches in length, one side being thickly covered with long dark brown scales, and on the other muricated with short aculei. Length of frond from sixty to eighty-four inches; colour deep green. For fronds my obligations are due to Mr. Joseph Henderson, of Wentworth. It does not appear in any of the Nurserymen’s Catalogues. The illustration is from Mr. J. Henderson’s frond. ALSOTIIILA. 171 GENUS III. ALSOPHILA. 11. Brown. Ha hit erect and arborescent. Fronds bi-tripinnatifid, growing to the length of from five to fifteen feet. Veins simple or forked, and free. Sori globose, axillare, or medial. Receptacle elevated, often villous. Indusium frequently obsolete, or perhaps none. Sir W. J. Hooker, in his “Species Filicum,” enumerates the following : — Blechnoides, Hooker, Guiana. Taenitis, Hooker, Brazil. Elegans, Martins, Brazil. Capensis, J. Smith, Cape of Good Hope. Latebrosa, Wallich, Penang. Miersii, Hooker, Organ Moun- tains. Procera, Kaulfuss, Brazil. Iiookeriana, Klotzsch, Brazil. Armigera, Kunze, Ventanilla de Cassapi. Aspera, Brown, Martinique. Armata, Presl, Jamaica. Gardneri, Hooker, Brazil. Ferox, Presl, Brazil. Leucolepis, Martins, Brazil. Phalerata, Martins, Brazil. Infesta, Kunze, Peru. Compta, Martins, Brazil. Elongata, Hooker, Columbia. Pceppigii, Hooker, Peru. A illosa, Presl, Caraccas. Plagiopteris, Martins, Brazil. | Paleolata, Martins, Brazil. | Hirsuta, Kaulfuss, Brazil. Rigidula, Martius, Brazil. Nigra, Martius, Brazil. Monticola, Martius, Brazil. Sprengeliana, Martius, San Domingo. Atrovirens, Presl, Brazil. Radens, Kaulfuss, Brazil. Setosa, Kaulfuss, Brazil. Pycnocarpa, Kunze, Peru. Subaculeata, 119 colpotkrix, Kunze. 119 Not Polypodium argutum, I Vallich. 121 Polypodium sckkukrii, Raddi, J. Smith. PAOR. 125 Microsorum irioides, J. Smith. 125 irregulare, Fee. 125 sessile, Fee. 127 Pkymatodes nuda, J. Smith. 127 Pleopeltis nuda, Hooker. 127 Polypodium loriforme, Wallich. 127 Pleopeltis loriformis, Presl. 127 Drynaria fortunei, Moore. 127 Polypodium leiopteris, Kunze, Mettenius. 129 Drynaria diversifolia, J. Smith. 129 Polypodium diversifolium, R. Brown. 129 gaudickaudii, Bory. 129 glaucistipes, Wallich. 129 Drynaria pinnata, Fee. 131 Not Polypodium glaucum, Raddi. 133 Goniopklebium distans, J. Sm. 133 Poly podium polystickum, Link. 135 Goniopteris tetragona, J. Smith. 137 Pkymatodes billardieri, J. Sm. 137 Polypodium lepidopodum, Link. 137 diversifolium, Willdenow. 139 Lepicystis iucana, J. Smith. 141 Campyloneuron an gusti folium, J. Smith. 141 Marginaria angustifolia, Presl. 141 Polypodium dimorpkum, Link. 141 leucorkizon, Klotzsch. 141 ampkostemum, Kunze. 143 Pkegopteris kexagonoptera, J. Smith. 145 Anapeltis squamulosa, J. Smith. 145 Pleopeltis squamulosa, Presl, Moore. 145 Polypodium myrtifolium, Lodd. ADDENDA. 223 VOL. II. PAGE. 1 Polypodium paradises?., J. Smith. 3 Phegopteris trickodes, J. Smith. 3 Lastrea lenericaulis, Moore. 7 Campyloneurum decurrens, Moore. 7 Campyloneuron decurrens, J. Smith. 15 Pleopeltis membranacea, Moore. 15 Colysis membranacea, J. Smith. 15 Polypodium grandifolium, Wallich. 17 Pleopeltis pustulata, Moore. 21 Polypodium repens, Linnaeus. 21 Campyloneurum coespitosum, Link and Moore. 23 Pbymatodes quercifolia, Presl. 27 Pklebodium areolatum, J. Smith and Moore. 33 Polypodium pennigerum, Forster. 35 Pleopeltis lepidopoda, Moore. 39 Goniopteris fraxinifolia, Moore. 43 Pleopeltis percussa, Moore. 51 Campyloneurum nitidum, Moore. 53 Pleopeltis leiorkiza, Moore. 55 lycopodioides, Moore. | TAGE. 57 Pleopeltis irioides, var. acuta, Moore. 65 Goniopklebium loriceum, Moore. 69 Drynaria morbillosa, Moore. 71 Goniopklebium catkerinse, Moore. 73 Polypodium drepanum, Moore. 79 Campyloneurumlucidum, Moore. 79 nitidum, Hooker. 81 angustifolium, Moore. 83 Polypodium filipes, Moore. 89 Goniopteris scolopendrioides, Moore. 95 Polypodium spectabile, Moore. 97 Pleopeltis terminalis, Moore. 99 Meniscium palustre, Moore. 101 Polypodium concinnum, Moore. 103 Pleopeltis longissima, Moore. 109 Goniopteris lucida, Fee Sf Moore. 121 Pklebodium pulvinatum, Moore. 123 Drynaria willdenovii, Moore. 133 Goniopklebium owariense, Moore. 145 Hymenolepis spicata, Moore. 155 Ceratopteris tkalictroides, Moore. VOL. III. FAGE. 3 Adiantum concinnum, Sprcngcl, Desvanx, Kunze, Mettenius, Fee. 5 caudatum, J. Smith, Kunze, Brackenridge, (not of Bory.) 5 kirsutum, Sprengel, Presl, Desvaux, Wallieli, J. Smith, Kunze. PAGE. 5 Adiantum vestitum, Fee. 5 proliferum, Roxburgh. 5 caudatum, var. ciliatum, Plume and Moore, a form having a large geographical range, and being found in India, China, Java, Ceylon, Cape de Yerd Isles, etc. 2 II VOL. VIII. 22 L ADDENDA. PAGE. 7 Adiantum reni forme, Desvaux, Prenl, Bracken., Mettenius, Loddiges. 7 var. asarifolium, Moore. (A. asarifolium, Willdenow, Borg, Desvaux, Hooker, Fee. A. reniforme, Borg, Wallich. A. orientale, Borg, Willdenow .) 9 trapeziforme, Sprengel, Desvaux, Mettenius. 9 var. pentadactylon, Moore. (A. pentadactylon, Lavgsdorff and Fischer.) 9 var. plumieri, Hooker. (A. trapezoides. Fee.) 9 var. oblongatum, Hooker. (Not the A. trapeziforme of Borg, Forster, Schkuhr, or Hudson.) 11 lucidum, Sprengel, Desvaux, Presl, (not of Loddiges.) 11 asperum, Desvaux, Kunze. 11 Pteris lucida? Cavanilles. 11 aspera, Poiret, Willdenow, Swartz, Sprengel. 11 Adiantum lucidum, var. majus, Hooker. Cayenne. 11 var. anomalum, Hooker. Caripe. 13 macrophyllum, Sprengel, Desvaux, Martens Sf Galleotti, Schlechtendal, Mettenius. (Not the A. microphyllum of Kaulfuss.) 15 cuneatum, Desvaux, Gaudi- chaud, Arnott, Brackenridge, Mettenius, (not of Forster and Schlechtendal.) 15 raddianum, Presl. 15 penclulinum, Hooker and Greville. 15 peltatum, German Gardens. 15 tenerum, Of some Gardens. 17 curvatum, Sprengel, Metten. 19 affine, Mettenius, (not of Willdenow, Forster, Schkuhr, nor Cunningham.) PACK. 19 Adiantum sctulosum, Fee. 21 assimile, Schrader, Desvaux. Gaudichaud, Brackenridge, (not of Link.) 21 ajthiopicum, Swartz, Presl, Willdenow, Sprengel, Kunze, Desvaux, Kaulfuss, Hooker, Schlechtendal. 21 trigonum, Fee, Lahillardiere, Link. 21 pellucidum, Martens and Galleotti. 21 thalictroides, Schlechtendal, Willdenow, Kunze, Presl, Fee. 21 tenerum, Link, (not of Fee, Swartz, Willdenow, Sprengel, Desvaux, Kunze, Mettenius, Presl, Moore, Hooker, J. Smith, Roxburgh, Martens, or Galleotti.) 21 cycloides, Zenker. 21 rotundi folium, Colenso, (not of Kunze nor Desvaux.) 21 trisinuatum, Colenso. (Found also in South Africa, India, Abyssinia, Mauritius, Japan, Madagascar, South America, Chili, Quito, Peru, Columbia, Venezuela, Caraccas, Brazil, Mexico, Guatemala, and Galapagos.) 23 lunulatum, Desvaux, Blume, Kaulfuss, Don, Brackenridge, Kunze, J. Smith. 23 arcuatum, Willdenow, Desvaux. 23 dolabriforme, Hooker, Fee, Sprengel. 23 pteropus, R. Brown. 23 Pteris lunulata, Roxburgh. 25 Adiantum pubescens, Sprengel, Brackenridge, (not of Poiret nor Raddi.) 25 hispidulum, Willdenow, R. Brown, Desvaux, Fndlicher, Brackenridge, Moore and Houlston, Mettenius. ADDENDA. 225 PAGE. 25 Adiantum nervosum, Swartz, Desvaux, Willdenow. 25 scabrum, Wallich, (not of Willdenow, Kunze, Kaulfuss, or Moore.) 25 flabellulatum, Wallich, (not of Swartz, Willdenow, Presl, Sprengel, Desvaux, Kunze, or Fee ) 25 hispidum, var. glabrum, Hooker. 25 var. tenellum, Moore. 25 tenellum, Moore, Veiich. (Found also at Java, Ceylon, Amboyna, India, & Mauritius.) 27 tenerum, Sprengel, Desvaux, Kunze, Klotzsch, Meltenius, (not of Martens and Galleotti and Roxburgh.) 29 formosum, Wickstr, Des- vaux, Sprengel, Brackenridge, Mettenius, (not of Cunning- ham and Richard.) 29 busbyanum, Colenso. 31 affine, Sprengel, Fee, Kunze, Desvaux, BracJcenridge, J. Smith, (not of Martens and Galleotti .) 31 trapeziforme, SchJcuhr, For- ster, (not of Swartz, Presl, Willdenow, Sprengel, Kunze, Desvaux, Link, Martens and Galleotti, Hooker, Fee, or Mettenius.) 31 exile, Colenso. 31 longissimum, Colenso. 31 platyphyllum, Colenso, not of Sprengel, Presl, Kunze, Hooker, Moore, or Fee.) 33 bispidulum, Willdenow, Desvaux, Endliclier, Brack- enridge, Mettenius. Mr. Moore, considering that A. bispidulum and A. pubesccns are forms of the same Fern, enumerates as synonymes tbe following:— A. pubescens of PAGR. Schkuhr, Willdenow, Presl, Sprengel, Link, Brackenridge, Kunze, (not of Poiret or Raddi.) A. pedatum of Forster, (not of Willdenow, Swartz, SchJcuhr, Sprengel, Desvaux, KauJfuss, Link, Ledebour, Smith, Presl, Fee, Kunze, HooJcer, A. Gray, BracJcenridge, Mettenius, or Raddi.) 33 nervosum, Swartz, Desvaux, Willdenow. 33 plicatum, KauJfuss. 33 scabrum, WallicJi, (not of Sprengel, Presl, Kunze, Fee, Brackenridge, Willdenow, or Hooker.) 33 flabellulatum, Wallich, (not of Swartz, Willdenow, Sprengel, Desvaux, Presl, Kunze, Hooker, Moore, and Fee.) 33 var. glabrum, Hooker. 33 var. tenellum, of Moore, is tbe form bere figured. 35 obliquum, Desvaux, Presl, Kunze, Fee, (not of Kaulfuss, or Schlechtendal.) 84 juglandifolium, Willdenow. 35 Not Adiantum lucidum of Swartz, or Pteris lucida of Cavanilles. 37 pedatum, Desvaux, Link, Ledebour, A. Gray, Bracken- ridge, Mettenius, (not of Forster or Raddi.) *37 var. alenticum, Ruprecht. 37 americanum, Corn. 39 capillus-veneris, Desvaux, Koch, Ledebour, J. Smith, Brackenridge, Mettenius. 39 moritzianum, Fee. Mr. Moore describes three other forms, namely, — Var. disscctum, Galleotti, var. la- tissimum, Kunze, var. eruar- ginaturu, Desvaux, (the A. 226 ADDENDA. PAGE. emarginatum of Bory, Pre.il, Sprengel, Hooker, and Fee. 45 pulverulentum, Schkukr, Moore, Sprengel, Desvaux, Raddi, Kaulfass, Klotzsch, Presl, Kunze, Fee. 45 kunzeanum, (not of Klotz.) 45 berterianum, Balbis, Kaulf. 45 rigidura, (not of Presl nor Link.) 47 villosum, Sprengel, Moore, Desvaux, Presl, Martens and Galleotti, Hooker, Kunze, and Fee. 47 lanceolatum, Fee. 47 acuminatum, Desvaux, Spren. 47 var. falcatum, (A. falcatum of Swartz, Willdenow, Spren., Desvaux, Hooker, and Fee. (Found also in West Indies, Jamaica, Trinidad, Cuba, St. Vincent, Guiana, Surinam, Mexico, and New Grenada.) 51 intermedium, Spren., Moore. 51 ternatum, Brackenridg'e. 53 cultratum, Moore. 55 cristatum, Sprengel, Desvaux, Kunze, in part. 55 striatum, Willdenow, Spren., Desvaux, Presl, (not of Hooker, Schkukr, Sieber, or Swai'tz.) 63 Onycliium japonicum of Kunze, Moore, and J. Smith.) 63 lucidum, (not of Sprengel nor Hooker.) 63 capense, Kaulfuss. 63 Trichomanes japonicum, Thun- berg. Native of Japan. 67 Pcllaca rotundifolia, Hooker. (See also pages 155 to 162, vol. iv., for other synonymes of the various species of Pla- tyloma and Pteris.) 69 Pteris ternifolia, Moore. 69 Pelhea ternifolia, Hooker. 71 Pellaia flexuosa, Hooker. PAOK. 73 Pelhea calomelanos, Hooker. 73 Pteris calomelanos, Hooker. 75 geraniifolia, Moore. 77 cordata, Cavanilles, Swartz. 85 Cheilanthes intramarginalis, Hooker, Moore. 85 prionopteris, A. Braun. 85 Pteris fallax. Martens and Galleotti. 87 hastata, Moore. 89 Pelhea hastata, var. macrophylla, Hooker. 87 Cheilanthes hastata, var. macro- phylla, Kunze. 87 macrophylla, Kunze. 89 Pteris hastata, var. macrophylla, Mettenius, Moore. 93 Allosorus crispus, Mettenius, J. Smith, Hooker, Ledebour, Koch. 93 minutus, Turcz. 93 Pteris minuta, Turcz. 93 Cryptogramme crispa, Hooker, J. Smith. 93 acrostichoides, Brotcn. 93 brunoniana, Wallich, Hooker and Greville, Mettenius. 93 Gymnogramme brunoniana, Presl. 93 Phorolobus brunonianus, Fee. 93 Blechnum crispum, Hartmann. 1 93 lliedlea crispa, Mirbel. 93 Stegania crispa, R. Brown. 93 Struthiopteris crispa, Wallroth. 99 Pteris pedata, Hooker. 99 palmata, Willdenow. 99 collina, Raddi. 99 varians, Raddi. 99 mysurensis, Wallich. 99 polytoma, Kunze. 99 Cassebeera pedata, J. Smith. 99 Litobrochia pedata, Moore. 101 Pteris sagittifolia, Hooker. 101 hasta, Raddi, Hooker. 101 Litobrochia sagittsefolia, Moore. 102 Litobrochia palmata, Moore. Sir W. J. llookcr makes this ADDENDA. 227 PAGE. Fern a form of Doryopteris pedata, under the name of Pteris pedata. 105 collina, Moore. Sir W. J. Hooker places this Fern also as a form of F. pedata. 113 Pteris serrulata, Hooker, Swartz, (not of Forskal.) 115 arguta of Alton, and Pteris flabellata of Thunberg, are evidently forms of the same Fern. 115 serrulata, Forskal. PAGE, 115 Pteris arguta, Swartz, Hooker, Agar dli, Webb, Schl., Seuber. 1 15 flabellata, Thunberg, Hooker, Swartz, Willdenow, Agardh, (not of Schkuhr.) 115 elegans, Jacquin. 115 lata, Link. 115 ascensionis, Swartz, Schkuhr, Willdenow. 115 Lonchitis ascensionis, Forster. The illustration is that of the form “flabellata.” 117 Pteris longi folia, Hooker. VOL. IV. PAGE. 15 Pteris aspericaulis, Moore. 17 semipinnata, Moore, Hooker. 19 scaberula, Moore. 25 Hypolepis tenuifolia, Bcrnhardi, Moore, J. Smith, Hooker, Presl. 25 repens, of Gardens (not of Hooker, Presl, Link, Moore, Fee, J. Smith, Bauer, Sieber, or Plumier.) 25 dicksonioides, of Gardens. 25 Lonchitis tenuifolia, Forster. 25 Cheilanthes arborescens, Swartz. 25 dissecta. Hooker Sf Arnott. 25 pellucida, Colenso. The above Fern, of which a coloured plate has been given, is distinct from the Hypolepis repens of J. Smith, Hooker, Moore, etc., (which is the Lonchitis repens of JJnnaius, and Cheilanthes repens of Kaulfuss.) 31 argentea, Moore. 37 chlorophylla, Moore. 43 fragrans, Moore. PAGE. 47 Cheilanthes tenuifolia, Moore. 49 elegans, Moore. 53 sieberi, Moore. 61 multifida, Moore. 63 cuneata, Moore. 67 preissiana, Moore. 71 Doodia aspera, A. Cunningham. 71 Woodwardia aspera, Mettenius. 73 Doodia caudata, Hooker. 73 Woodwardia caudata, Swartz, Cavanilles, Willd., Mettenius. 75 Doodia media, Hooker. 75 kunthiana, Gaudichaud. 75 W oodwardialunulata, Mettenius. 77 Doodia blechnoides, Hooker. 81 Elechnum trifoliatum, Kaulfuss. 83 hastatum, Kunze, Hooker Sf Arnott. 83 auriculatum, Cavanilles, Sivartz, Willdenow. 83 Lomaria hastata, Mettenius, Philippi. 83 blechnoides, Bory. 83 pubescens, Kunze, Hooker. 83 Mesothema remotum, Presl. 228 ADDENDA. PAGE, 83 Blechnum rcmotum, Prcsl. 85 polypodioides, Mettenius, Hooker, Moore. 85 scabrum, Liebmann. 85 Asplenium blechnoides, Swartz. 87 Blechnum triangulare, Hooker, Mettenius. S9 gracile, Hooker, Martens Sf Galleotti, Klotzsch, Bracken. (Found also in Peru and Mexico.) 91 intermedium, Moore, Hooker, Mettenius. 91 longifolium, (not of Hooker or Fee.) 93 brasiliense, Moore, Hooker, Mettenius. 93 var. corcovadense, Moore. 95 occidentale, Swartz, Willd., Mettenius. 95 cartilagineum, Schkuhr. 95 pectinatum, Hooker. 95 glandulosum, Link, Presl, Haul fuss, Wallich, Kunze. 95 pohlianum, Presl. g5 fasciculatum, (?) Presl. 95 cognatum, Presl. 95 distans, Presl. 95 meridionale, Presl. 95 Lomaria campylotis, Kunze, Klotzsch. 96 Mesothema campylotis, Presl. 97 Blechnum orientale, Hooker, Sivartz, Willdenow, Plume, Mettenius. 97 salicifolium, Kaulfuss. 97 imbricatum, Plume. 97 Blechnopsis cumingiana, Presl. 97 latifolia, Presl. 97 pyrophyllum, Plume. 97 orientalis, Presl. 97 elongata, Presl. 97 stenophylla, Presl. 97 pyrophylla, Presl. 97 agrostidifolium, Goldm. 101 Blechnum cartilagineum, Proton, Hooker, Willdenow, Sicber. T AGK. 101 Bleclinopsiscartilagineum, Presl. 103 Blechnum serrulatum, Hooker, Michaux, Swartz, Willdenow, Klotzsch, Mettenius. 103 angustatum, Schrader. 103 Blechnopsis serrulata, Presl. 107 Woodwardia auriculata, Plume. 107 chamissoi, Prackenridge. Also found in Spain, (I found it atLoscorrales, amongst damp rocks,) Portugal, Italy, Ischia, Java, and Guatemala. 109 Woodwardia virginica, Hooker. 109 thelypteroides, Ph. Ill areolata, Moore, Hooker. Ill angustifolia, Gray, Metten. 121 Brainea insignis, Moore. 125 Lomaria patersoni, Hooker, Sprengel, Schkuhr. 125 Blechnum patersoni, Mettenius. 129 Lomaria alpina, Prackenridge. 129 polypodioides, Gaudichaud. 129 australis, Kunze, Gay. 129 microphylla, Goldm. 129 linearis, Colenso. 129 Blechnum alpinum, Mettenius. 129 Lomaria gay ana, Fee. 129 sellowiana, Prcsl. 129 pceppigianum, Sturm. 129 trichomanoides, Desvaux. 129 Acrostichum polypodioides, Du Pctit-Thouars. 129 Polypodium pinna-marina, Poiret. 131 Lomaria spicant, Hooker, Pappe and Iiawson. 135 punctulata, Hooker, Pappe and Iiawson, Moore. 135 densa, Sieber. 135 auriculata, Plume. 135 Blechnum punctulatum, Willd., Mettenius. 135 tricuspe, Kaulfuss. 135 rigidum, Fcklon. 135 atherstoni, (?) Pappe and Iiawson. 135 Onychium krebsii, Kunze. ADDENDA. 229 PAGE. 135 Scolopendrium krebsii, Kunze, Fee, J. Smith, Mettenius, Pappe and Rawson. Sir W. J. Hooker considers that the S. krebsii of Kunze is an abnormal form of Lo- maria punctulata. I have therefore included the sy.no- nymes Scolopendrium krebsii of Kunze, etc., Onychium krebsii of Kunze, and Blech - num atherstoni (?) of Pappe and Rawson, which will really belong to the S. krebsii, vol. v. 137 Blechnum gilliesii, Moore. Sir W. J. Hooker, after pro- found research on the species Lomaria procera, has come to the conclusion that the L. gilliesii, L. procera, and L. capensis of this work are forms of the same species. I therefore include under the head Lomaria procera, these .additional synonym es for these Ferns. 137 Lomaria procera, Cunningham, Brackenridge. 137 hitifolia, Colenso. 137 capensis, Raiuson Sf Pappe. 137 chilensis, Kaulfuss, Hooker, Gay. 137 spectablis, Liehmann, Rich. 137 lineata, Willdenow. 137 striata, Willdenow. 137 Blechnum capense, Schleehten. 137 chilense, Mettenius, Sturm. 137 Onoclea procera, Sprengel. bor a detailed description of this Fern the reader is refer- red to page 24, vol. iii., of Sir W. J. Hooker’s “Species Filicum.” Let it suffice to mention that Sir William Hooker includes under Lo- maria procera, the following: 137 Stegania minor, Broivn. | PAGE. I 137 Stegania exigua, Colenso. 137 Lomaria imbricata, Colenso. Hew Zealand. 137 capensis, of Authors. Cape of Good Hope. 137 vcstita, Plume, Malay Islands. 137 lineata, of Authors. 137 striata, of Authors. West Indies. 137 longifolia, Schleehten dal. 137 daneeacea, Kunze. 137 ensiformis, (?) 137 falcifoi’mis, Liehmann. 137 spectabilis, Liehmann. 137 schiediana, Presl. 137 arborescens, Klotzsch and Karsten. 137 stenophylla, Klotzsch. 137 ornifolia, Presl. 137 brasiliensis, Raddi. 137 chilensis, Kaulfuss. 137 gilliesii, LLooker. Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, Columbia, Caraccas, Brazil, Venezuela, Chili, Juan Fer- nandez, etc. 141 Lomaria discolor, Hooker, Moore. 141 Stegania discolor, A. Richard. 141 falcata, Brown. 141 nuda. Brown. 141 Onoclea nuda, Lahillardiere. 141 Lomaria lanceolata, Hooker. Native of Hew Zealand. 143 Blechnum australe, Lfooker, Moore, Schkuhr, Willdenow, Kaulfuss, Mettenius. 143 Lomaria pumila, Pappe and Rawson. 143 Mesothema australe, Presl. 147 Lomaria lanceolata, A. Cunning. 147 obtusata, Lahillardiere. 149 magellanica, Hooker, Gay, Brackenridge, Bory. .149 Blechnum magellanicum, Sturm, Mettenius. 230 ADDENDA. i\uie. 149 Lomaria boryana, Pappe and Rawson. 149 coriacea, Schrader, (not of JCunze.) 149 cinnamomea, Kaulfuss. 149 ryani, Kaulfuss, Kunze. 149 rufa, Sprengel. 149 cycadifolia, Colla. TAOE. 149 Blcclinum cycadifolium, Slurm. 149 Pteris palmseformis, Thouars. 149 Lomaria lanuginosa, Kunze. 149 scbottii, Colla. 149 Ceteracli magellanica, Pernetly. 151 Lomara l’herminieri, Hooker. 151 Blecbnum l’licrminieri, Metten. YOL. V. PAGE. 3 Asplenium monantliemum, Hooker, Webb, Prackenridge, Mettenius, Sprengel, Desvaux, Presl, Klotzsch, Liebmann, Pappe and Rawson, Slurm. 3 insequilaterale, Martens and Galleotti. 3 leptopbyllum, Fee. 3 blandulum, Fee. 3 dentex, Buchanan. 3 galleotti, Fee. 3 menziesii, Mettenius , Hooker and Greville. 3 intermedium, Moritz. 3 macrocarpum, Desvaux, Mettenius. 3 obtusissimum, Fee. 3 unilaterale, var., Desvaux. 5 flabelli folium, Hooker, Willdenow, Mettenius. 7 ebeneum, Hooker, Swartz, Willdenow, A. Gray, Pappe and Raivson, Mettenius. 7 tricbomanoides, Michaux. 7 parvulum, Martens Sf Galle. 7 resilicns, Kunze. 7 Acrosticbum platyneuron, Linn. 9 Asplenium septentrionale, Koch, Deakin, Ledebour, Desvaux, Mettenius, Willdenow. 9 Acrosticbum laciniatum, Gilib. PAGE. 9 Pteris septentrionalis, Smith. 9 Blecbnum septentrionale, Wallrolh. 9 Asplenium bifurcatum, Opiz. 9 furcatum, Jacquemenot. 9 Belvisia septentrioualis, Mirbel. 11 Asplenium gernmnicum, Presl, Deakin, Lamarck, Sprengel, Desvaux, Rupr., Sturm. 11 alternifolium, Wahl, Fries, (not of Mettenius.) 11 breynii. Fries, Ledebour, Koch, Mettenius. 11 Scolopendrium alternifolium, Roth. 11 Phyllitis heterophylla, Munich. 11 Taracbia germanica, Presl. 11 Asplenium murale, var., Bernh. 11 ruta-muraria, var., Bernh. 15 Asplenium lucidum, Hooker, Swartz, Willdenow, Poiret, Sprengel, Desvaux, Metten. 15 subcaudatum, Cavanilles. 15 lyalli, Moore. 15 scleroprium, Brackenridge, Humboldt. 15 lucidum, var. paucifolium, Hooker. 15 var. lyallii, Hooker. 15 obliquum, Forster, Schkuhr, Willdenow, Poiret, Sprengel, ADDENDA. 231 PAOE. Desvaux, Richard, Presl,, Kunze, Fee, Wallich, in part. New Zealand, Norfolk Island, and the Pacific Islands. 17 veitchianum, Moore. 19 obtusatum, Moore, Hooker, , Willdenow, Broiun, Mettenius, lahillardiere, (not of Bory.) .19 decurrens, Willdenow. 19 sarmentosum, Willdenow, Poiret, Presl, Fee. 19 chondrophyllum, Berthelot, Flotzsch, Sturm. 19 consimile, Gay, Remy. 19 obtusatum, var. obliquum. Hooker. 19 obliquum, Forster, Schkuhr, Mettenius, Lahillardiere. 19 saxosum, Colenso. 19 sphenoides, Kunze. 19 apicidentatum, Homh. 19 lucidum, var. obliquum, Moore. 19 obtusatum, var. difforme, Hooker. 19 difforme, Brown, Endlicher, Mettenius. 21 hemionitis, Moore, J. Smith, Hooker, Linneeus, (not of Cavanilles, Lamarck, or Sioartz.) 21 palmatum, Webb, Desvaux, Cavanilles, Loddiges, Heujl., Brackenridge. 21 Tarachia palmata, Presl. 23 Asplenium prsemorsum, Moore, Sprengel, Flotzsch, Desvaux, Willdenow, (not of Blame or Pappe and Rawson.) 23 canariense, Poiret, Presl, Sprengel, J. Smith, Hooker, Fee, Webb and Berthelot, Brackenridge. 23 cicutarium, Roxburgh, Mett., (not of other authors.) 23 furcatum, Schlechtendal, Wallich. VOL. VIII. Asplenium geminaria, Bory, Desvaux. hirsutum, Heyne, Wallich. luridum, Brouss. maderene, Penny, Kunze. nigricans, Kunze, Presl, Fee. obtusilobum, Desvaux. Tarachia geminaria, Presl. nigricans, Presl. Asplenium prsemorsum, var. furcatum, Moore. furcatum, Swartz, Sprengel, Willdenow, Desvaux, Blume, Link, Kunze, Schlechtendal, Presl, Martens and Galleotti, Kau l fuss, LJ.ebmann, Fee, Brackenridge, Pappe and Rawson, Mettenius. cuspidatum, Solander. dentex, Solander. fragrans, Schkuhr. strictum, Bory. Acrostichum filare, Forskal, Swartz, Mettenius, Poiret. var. validum, Moore. var. latum, Moore. Tarachia browniana, Presl. furcata, Presl. Asplenium adiantoides, Lamarck. cuneatum, Wight. falsum, Retzius. furcatum, Schkuhr. mascareinense, Desvaux. mysurense, Roth, Wallich, Sprengel. tripartitum, Blume. Tarachia furcata, var., Presl. Asplenium serra, Willdenow, Hooker, Mettenius, Poiret, Sprengel, Desvaux, Flotzsch, Galleotti, Liebmann. var. woodwardioides, Gardner. poeppigii, Presl. insigne, Liebmann. woodwardioideum, Gardner. 2 I paor. 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 27 27 27 27 27 232 ADDENDA. TAGE. 29 29 31 31 31 31 33 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 37 37 37 37 Tropical America, J amaica, Cuba, Guadaloupo, Caraccas, Venezuela, Peru, Dominica, and Mexico, viviparum, Iloolcer, Hombr., Mettenius. foeniculaceum, (not of H. B. X.) fragrans, Willdenow, Poiret, Sprengel, Desvaux, Presl, Moore, Xunze, Fee, (not of Hooker or Schkuhr.) planicaule, Force, (not of Wallich, Moore Sf Houlston, or J. Smith.) truncatum, (cancelled,) mexicauum, (cancelled.) West Indies — Jamaica, Cuba, Brazil, Quito, etc. bulbiferum, Swartz, Poiret, Willdenow, Richard, Hooker, Mettenius, Brackenridge, (not of Bernhardi.) rhizopliorum, Linnceus, Hooker, Mettenius. cirrbatum, Richard. karstenianum, Xlotzseh. mastigopbyllum, Fee. cyrtopteron, Xunze, Metten. flabellulatum, Mettenius, Xunze, Xlotzseh. raebirbizon, Raddi. uniseriale, Raddi. amabile, Liebmann. (Not Diplazium radicans of Presl.) radicans, (not of Swartz or Moore and Houlston.) rbizopborum, Willdenow, Moore, Lamarck, Sprengel, Desvaux, Smith, Galleotti,Fee. allceopteron, Xunze, Fee. cyrtopteron, Xunze, Moore, - J. Smith, Mettenius. West Indies and South America. Not Aspienium bulbiferum of Bernhardi, or Diplazium rad- icans of Presl. PAGE. 39 Aspienium brasiliense, Reward, Link, Moore, Xunze, J. Smith, (not of Desvaux or Swartz.) 39 auricularium, Desvaux, Fee, Presl, Xlotzseh, Xunze. 39 dimidiatum, (not of authors.) 39 pulcbrum, Wallich. 39 raddianum, Gaudichaud. 39 regulare, Swartz, Sprengel, Presl, Fee, Xunze. 39 tenerum, Xunze. 39 triste, Xaulfuss. See also remarks for page 121, Appendix. 39 zamiaJolium, Willdenow, Xunze, Loddiges. 39 caryotoides, Presl. 41 tenellum, Roxburgh, Moore, (not of Banks and Fee.) 41 erectum, var., Hooker. 41 lunulatum, var., Mettenius. 41 pavonicum, Brackenridge, Mettenius. 41 radicans, Pritchard. Ascension Island and Sand- wich Isles. 45 serratum, Sivartz, Lamarck, Willdenoic, Schkuhr, Presl, Sprengel, Desvaux, J. Smith, Fee, Xunze, Moore, Splitzg., Descourt, Mettenius, Hooker. 45 var. crenulatum, (pl.xiv. B.) 45 crenulatum, Presl, Xunze, Link, Xlotzseh, Brackenridge, J. Smith, Moore. 45 integrum, Fee. 45 serratum, Link, Arrahida, J. Smith. 45 schomburgkianum, Xlotzseh, Fee. 49 brachypteron, Moore. 49 Darea coarctata, Bojer. 51 Aspienium compressum, Hooker, Willdenow, Mettenius. 51 Darea fcecunda, Fee. 53 Aspienium dimorphum, Moore. 55 appendiculatum, of this work ADDENDA. 233 PAGE. is named by Moore as A. bulbiferum, var. appendicula- tum, to wliick are added as synonymes: — 55 laxum, Gaudichaud, Hombr., J. Smith. 55 bulbiferum, var. laxum, Hoolcer. 55 scariosum, Colenso. 57 flaccidum, Bernhardi, Hooker, Brackenridge. 57 odontites, B. Broivn, Presl, J. Smith, Kunze. 57 appendiculatum, var. angus- tifolium, Muller. 57 collinum, Colenso. 57 beterophyllum, Richard, (not of Presl or Zip-pel.) 57 Coenopteris novse-zeelandise, Sprengel, Schkuhr. 57 odontites, Thunberg, Presl, Swartz, Schkuhr, Desvaux, Sprengel. 57 Darea odontites, Willdenow, Poiret, Fee, Schlechtendal. 59 Asplenium cicutarium, Sprengel, Schlechtendal, Martens and Galleotti, Liebmann, Fee, Klotzsch, Mettenius, Link, (not of Kunth or Roxburgh.) 59 confusum, Kunze. 59 cristatum, Lamarck, (not of Desvaux, Brackenridge, or Wallich.) 59 dissectum, Link, (not of Brackenridge, Gmelin, Poiret, J. Smith, or Nuitall.) 59 Atkyrium bsenkeanum, Presl. 59 Camopteris dissecta, Kunze. 59 Polypodium geraniifolium, Poirei. West Indies, Trinidad, Cuba, Antigua, Mexico, Columbia, Venezuela, New Grenada, Caraccas, Quito, Peru, Brazil. Cl Asplenium kctum, Hooker, Willdenow', Mettenius. Asplenium sekkukrianum, Mettenius, Klotzsch. abscissum, Willdenow, Klotzsch, Moore. bidentatum, Kunze. virens, Desvaux. drepanopkyllum, Kunze. fontanum, Mettenius. kalleri, Link, Ledebour, Koch, Kunze. Aspidium kalleri, Poiret. Atkyrium fontanum, Desvaux. kalleri, Mettenius. Polypodium fontanum, Poiret. Asplenium trickomanes, Swartz, Lamarck, Michaux, Sadler, Koch, Fries, Ledebour, Link, Wallich, Pappe and Rawson, Kunze, Mettenius, Nyman, Heufl. adiantum-nigrum, Lumn., (not of otker autkors.) dickroum, Kunze, Presl. elackopkyllum, Muell. melanocaulon, Poiret, Link, Kunze, Klotzsch, Martens Sf Galleotti, Liebmann. micropkyllum, Tineo. newmani, Bolle. Pkyllitis rotundifolia, Mcench. Asplenium karovii, Godr. angustifolium, Hooker, Swz., Willdenow, Gray. lanceolatum, Swartz, Poiret, Desvaux, Rupr., (not of Forskal.) Atkyrium lanceolatum, Heufl. Tarackia lanceolata, Presl. Asplenium lanceolatum, var. elegans, Hooker. var. obovatum, Moore. obovatum, Viviani, Sp>rengel, Link, Gussoni, Hooker and Greville, Kunze. forsteri, Sadler. novum, Sadler. Atkyrium obovatum, Fee. PAGE. 61 61 61 61 61 63 63 63 63 63 63 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 73 79 79 79 79 79 79 79 79 79 / 234 ADDENDA. PAGE. 79 Cystopteris obovata, Hooker, Prcsl. 79 Asplenium lanceolatum, var. microdon, Moore. 79 microdon, Moore. 79 marinum, var. microdon, Moore. 81 ruta-muraria, Swartz, Fries, Lamarck, Opiz, Sprengel, Desvaux, Link, Ledebour, Koch, Mettenius, Pappe and Iiawson, (not of Wallich ) 81 matthioli, Gaspar, Gussoni. 81 pygmeeum, Linnaeus. 81 Acrostichum ruta-muraria, Lamarck, Poiret. 81 Phyllitis ruta-muraria, Moench. 81 Asplenium leptopliyllum, Schultz. 81 ruta-muraria, var. elatum, Moore. 81 multicaule, Presl. 81 var. zoliense, Moore. 81 zoliense, Kitaib, Sadler. 83 viride, Schkuhr, Desvaux, Poiret, Fries, Koch, Sturm, Ledebour, Sadler, Nyman, Mettenius. 83 intermedium, Presl. 91 pulcliellum, Moore, Kunze, Gaudichaud, Brackenridge, Mettenius, Hooker, (not of Wallich.) 91 var. otites, Mettenius, (the form figured plate xxxi.) 91 otites, Link, Mettenius, Kunze.) 91 pulcliellum, Moore and Houlston.) 91 obtusifolium, Foreign Gard. 93 pumilum, Sprengel, Desvaux, Poiret, Hooker, Mettenius, Presl, Klotzsch, Fee. 93 betcropbyllum, Mettenius, Presl. 93 humile, Sprengel, Desvaux. 93 fiymenophylloides, Fee. PAGE. 93 Asplenium minimum, Martens and Galleotti. 93 sebimperianum, Hochst. 93 tenerrimum, Hochst. 93 Tarachia pumila, Presl. 99 Asplenium falcatum, Eetzius , Swartz, Willdenow, Brown, Sprengel, Desvaux, Moore, Presl, Wallich, Richard, Kunze, Fndlicher, Fee, J. Smith, (not of Richard, Mar- tens and Galleotti, Don, or Thunberg.) 99 cultratum, Gaudichaud, (not of Sieber.) 99 - cultrifolium, Roxburgh, (not of Linnaeus, Willdenoio, Sieber, or Klotzsch.) 99 discolor, Colenso, (not of Kunze, or Pappe Sf Raioson.) 99 distans, Colenso, (not of Fee, Don, or Brackenridge.) 99 erosum, of Gardens, (not of Linnaeus, Lamarck, Sprengel, Willdenow, Desvaux, Presl, or Wallich.) 99 forsterianum, Colenso. 99 -intermedium, Kaulfuss, Fee, Sprengel, (not of Presl or Btume.) 99 polyodon, Swartz, Poiret, Willdenow, Sprengel, Kunze, Desvaux, Hooker, (not of Wallich.) 99 tavoyanum, Wallich. 99 zamiffifolium, Presl, (not of Hooker, Willdenow, Poiret, Moore, Desvaux, Fee.) 99 Taracbia falcata, Presl. 99 hsenkeana, Presl. 99 polyodon, Presl. 99 Trichomanes adiantoides, Linn. 99 Asplenium firmum, Fee, (not of Kunze, Mettenius, or Moore.) 99 falcatum. Roxburgh. Ceylon, India, Malacca, Java, Philippines, Amboy na, Lliiua, ADDENDA. 235 PACE. Feejee Islands, Oaliu, Norfolk Island, New South Wales, etc. 101 rachirhizon. Fee, J. Smith, Brackenridge. 101 amabile, Liebmann. 101 unisoriale, Raddi, Desvaux. 105 attenuatuni, Mettenius. 105 Tarachia attenuata, Presl. 107 Athyrium tenuifrons, Moore. Ill Asplenium petrarchse, Poiret, Sprenqel, Link, Mettenius, Ilevjl. Ill pilosum, Gussoni. Ill petrarchse, var. lata, Moore, (plate xxxviii b.) Ill Polypodium petrarchse, Guerin. 113 Asplenium aitoni, var. axillare, Moore. 115 australe, Presl, Hooker, Fee, Moore. 115 Allantodea tenera, Proton, Sprengel, Desvaux, Kunze. 117 Asplenium umbrosum, Metten. 117 aitoni, Moore. 117 Allantodia oligantha, Desvaux. 117 Aspidium oliganthum, Desvaux. 117 Asplenium umbrosum, var. axillare, Moore, (pi. xxxix.) 117 axillare, Webb 4' Perthelot. 117 Aspidium caudatum, Swartz. Willdenow, Desvaux. 117 obligodontum, Desvaux. 117 Athyrium azoricum, Fee. 117 Nephrodium oligodontum, Desv. 117 Tectaria caudata, Cavanilles. 119 Asplenium nitens, Swartz, Hooker, Bojer, Moore, Poiret, Mettenius. 119 macrophyllum, Moore, (not of Swartz.) 119 macrocarpum, Telfair. 121 Asplenium formosum, Moore. Sir W. J. Hooker has grouped together a large num- ber of Ferns under the head of Asplenium crcctum of PAGE. Borg, of which the A. dentex of this work is one; his sy- nonymes are, therefore, — 121 erectum, Bory, Mettenius, Schlechiendal, Moore, Pappe and Ramson, Hooker. 121 mntilatum, Kaulfuss. 121 insequilaterale, Willdenow. 121 falcatum, Thunberg, (not of Lamarck.) 121 lunulatum, Kunze, Pappe Sf Rawson, Mettenius. 121 dolabella, Kunze, Fee. 121 sphenolobium, Kunze. 121 insulare. Carmichael. 121 dentex, Lowe. 121 marinum, Thouars. 121 brachyotus, Kunze, Pappe 4" Rawson, Mettenius, Moore. 121 auricularium, Desvaux. 121 consanguineum, Gaudichaud. 121 brasiliense, Raddi, Kunze, Moore. 121 pulchrum, WaUich. 121 tenerum, Raddi. 121 regulare, Swartz, Presl. 121 triste, Kaulfuss, Kunze, Mettenius. 121 erectum, var. proliferum, Hooker. ] 21 radicans, Pritchard. 121 pavonicum, Brackenridge, Mettenius. 121 reclinatum, Houlston and Moore, J. Smith, Lotve. 121 stoloniferum, Bory, Sivartz, Willdenow. 121 alatum, Richard. 121 fernandesianum, Kunze, Mettenius, Gray, Moore, Colla, Hooker. 121 erectum, var. harpeodes. Hooker. 121 harpeodes, Kunze, Liebmann, Moore, Fee. 121 falcatum, Martens and Galleotti. 233 ADDENDA. FAOTC. 121 A. eroctum, var. subbipinnatum, Hooker. 121 var. pinnatipartitum, Mettenius. 121 pulckrum, Thouars, Kunze. 121 cuneatum, Kunze. 121 reclinatum, var. lobatum, Moore. 121 lobatum, Pappe Sf Banos on. 121 gracile, Pappe Sf Baivson. 121 pappei, (?) Moore. 123 formosum, Poiret, Sprengel, Desvaux, Moore, Klotzseh. 123 incisum, It. Brown, (not of Thunberg, Swartz, Desvaux, Willdenow, Poiret, Kunze , Opiz, or J. Smith. rAOR. 123 Asplenium odontopkyllum, Wall. 123 subalatum, Hooker Sf Arnolt. 125 caudatum. Hoolcer, Swartz, Willdenow, Blume, Moore, Mettenius, Poiret, (not of Cavanilles.) 125 truncatilobum, Fee. 125 cyatkeaefolium, Bory. 125 Diplazium cyatkeasfolium, Presl, Cuming. 125 Asplenium multisectum, Blume. 125 horridum, (not of Kaulfuss.) 125 aureum, Blume, (not of Cavanilles.) 125 Tarackia caudata, Presl. 125 truncatiloba, Presl. 127 Atkyrium decurtatum, Moore. VOL. YI. (See also pages PAGE. 31 Polystickum vestitum, var., Moore. 39 vestitum, var., Moore. 73 Aspidium pubescens, (not of Swartz.) 73 Lastrea quinquangularis, Moore. 85 Aspidium trifoliatum, Sprengel, Klotzseh. (See p. 28, vol. vii.) 85 Polypodium cordifolium, Lieb. 87 Nepkrodium molle, (not of Link.) 89 Lastrea noveboracensis, Moore. 91 Polystickum triangulum, Moore. 25 to 00, vol. vii.) PAGE. 99 Polystickum flexum, Moore. 105 Lastrea aristata, Moore. 105 Aspidium coniifolium, (not of Presl.) 107 Polystickum coriaceum, Moore. Ill Aspidium canariense, Kunze. Ill Lastrea canariensis, Moore. 113 frondosa, Moore. 115 Nepkrodium terminans, Moore. 117 Sagenia cicutaria, Moore. 119 macropkylla, Moore. 121 Nepkrodium unitum, Moore. 123 koolteri, Moore. YOL. VII. (See also page 30, vol. vii.) PAGE. 7 Lastrea kaulfussii, Moore. 11 Ecmula, Moore. 13 kispida, Moore. 15 Nepkrodium glandulosum, Moore. 17 Lastrea crinita, Moore. 37 Mesocklama javanica, Moore. PAGE, 41 Oleandra neriiformis, Moore. 59 Nepkrolepis tuberosa, Moore. 55 platyotis, Moore. 87 Cystopteris tenuis, Desvaux. 91 Hemionitis palmata, Moore. 93 cordifolia, Moore. ADDENDA. 237 The derivations of the following not having appeared at the proper places are inserted here. Yol. L, page 83 Dryopteris — Oak Fern. Yol. II., f f 67 Mussefolium — Musa (Banana) leaved. if it 69 Morbillosum — Somewhat sickly-looking. Vol. III., if 13 Macrophyllum — Large-leaved. f f ft 53 Cultratum — For sharp, read shaped like a if if 129 Crenata — Notched. [plough coulter. Yol. IY., ff 3 Felosma — For Heavy-swelling, read Strong- f C ft 19 Scaberula — Somewhat rough. [smelling. it a 39 Micromera — Small divisions. fi a 115 Meyeriana — Named after Meyer. if tc 135 Punctulata — Dotted. Yol. V., i i 69 Marinum — Sea. if a 101 Rachirliizon — Raehis-rooted. if tc 107 Strigillosum — From a strigil, or curry-comb. if f f 159 Krebsii — Named after Krebs. Yol. VI., if 19 Truncatula — Slightly truncate. if if 35 Augescens — Increasing. it if 57 Acrostichoides — Acrostichum-like. a Cf 89 Thelypteroides — Thelypteris-hke. Vol. YII., 41-43 Oleandra — Oleander-like. it a 145 Melanopus — Black-footed. a fi 151 Osmundacea — Osmunda-like. •238 CONCLUSION. It is necessary to say a few words to the subscribers in concluding a work extending over a number of volumes, as, in course of progress, plans become somewhat changed, and alterations take place that were not thought of at the com- mencement of the work. It was intended to publish a large Glossary at the conclusion, but the Addenda to the different volumes has extended the work beyond the prescribed limits, and it was thought desirable that the Glossary should give place to the Addenda. In conclusion, I must offer my most hearty thanks to those gentlemen who have so kindly afforded me assistance m the present undertaking, both by supplying me with plants and fronds, and also with works and information on the subject, and in doing so I must more especially mention the great obligations I am under to Sir "YV. J. Hooker; Mi. .Thomas Moore, of the Botanic Gardens, Chelsea; Mr. Joseph Henderson, of Wentworth; Mr. J. Smith, the Curator of the Loyal Gaidens, Kew; Mr. Moore, of the Glasnevin Gardens; Professor Balfour, of Edinburgh; Mr. Norman, of Hull; Mr. Clarke, of the Glasgow Gardens; Mr. Veitch, Jun., of Chelsea; Mr. Sim, of Foot’s Cray; Mr. Rollisson, of Tooting; and Mr. E. Cooling, of Derby. There are many more to whom my thanks ought to be given, and although not mentioning them personally, to each3 and all who have rendered me assistance I beg to return my grateful thanks. The difficulty in determining imperfectly-known species, (es- pecially where the author has not the advantage of reference to the specimens of the different anthorities,) is lei} gicat, botanists must therefore welcome as a great boon the valuable works now publishing on the subject, namely, “The Species Eilicum” of Sir YV. J. Hooker, and the “Index Filicum” of Mr. Thomas Moore. These works, as far as they have already CONCLUSION. 239 progressed, have been almost universally adopted, and for this reason the Addenda has become larger than it otherwise would have been. Since the commencement of the work a variety of New Ferns have been introduced into cultivation in this country, and these have now been described and figured in an addenda to the present work, entitled “A Natural History of New and Rare Ferns.” The author’s endeavour, in publishing a work on Ferns, has been to describe as faithfully as he was able, the different Ferns cultivated in the gardens, greenhouses, and stoves, of Great Britain, and to give this information with coloured illustrations in a very cheap form (considering the expense of the plates) to the public, leaving the deep study of the subject to the valuable works, already quoted, of Sir W . J. Hooker and Mr. Moore. VOL. VIII. 2 K AUTHORITIES QUOTED IN VOL. VIII. Agardh. Andrews, W. Arnott. Arrabida. Babington. Balbis. Banks. Bancroft, Dr. Bauer. Bernhardi. Bellbank. Beechey, Captain. Berthelot. Bojer. Bolle. Braun. Blurae. Bolton. Bongard. Bonpland. Bory. Brown, B. Brackenridge. Buchanan. Cavanilles. Carmichael. Calwell. Caley. Cameron, D. Cordus. Colenso. Colla. Chamisso, Cunningham, A. Cuming. Deakin. Dalechamps. Davall. Decaisne. Descourt. Desvaux. De Yriese. Dickson, J. Dieffenbach. Douglas. I Don. Dodonscus. Drege. Du Petit-Thouars. Duperrey. Ekrkart. Ecklon. Edgerley, J. Endlicher. Eee. Finlay. Fischer. Forster. Forskal. Fries. Forbes. Galleotti. Gardner. Gaspar. Gaudichaud. Gay.. Gal pine. Gleichen, Baron P. F. Gilibert. Gillies. Gcepp. Gmelin. Greville. Gutlinic. Goldm. Gray, Dr. A. Griffith. Guerin. Gueinzius. Guillemin. Gunn, B. Gussoni. Hamilton. Hall, Col. Hartmann. Henderson, Joseph. He ward. Hedwig. Henfrey, A. Heyne. Hoffmann. Hombron. Hooker, Sir W. J. Hooker, Di\ J. D. Houlston. Houttuyn. Hochstetter, Dr. Hostmann, Dr. Hudson. Hull. Humboldt. Imray, Dr. Jacquin. Jacquemont. Kaulfuss. Klotzsch. Koch. Karsten. Kitaibel. ■ Kunze. Kunth. La Billardiere. Lamarck. Langsdorff. Lapeyrouse. Lasch. L’Heritier. Liebmann. Lindley. Link. Linnaeus. Lemann. Ledebour. I Linden. Lumnitz. Loddiges. Lowe, E. J. Lowe, H. Lobb. Macreight. Alar tens. Martius. Mackay. Macrae. Masson. AUTHORITIES QUOTED. 241 Mettenius. Purdie. Mertens, Dr. Eaddi. Michaux. Ealfs. Miquel. Eawson. Mirbel. Eemy. Mrench. Eeiuwardt. Mohr. Eetzius. Moore, T. Eeeves, J. Moore, D. Eoehling. Morison. Eoth. Moritz. Eoxburgh. Muller. Eichard. Muelle. Eoemer. Newman. Eothery, H. C. Nees. Eollisson. Nut tall. Eudge. Nyman. llumphius. Oeder. Euprecht. Opiz. Sadler. Palisot. Salisbury. Pappe. Saltzmann. Parker. Schiede. Paxton, Sir J. Schkuhr. Pernetty. Schlechtendal. Philippi, Schott. Pritchard. Schrader. Perony. Scouler. Petiver. Schnizl. Plukenet. Schultz. Plunder. Seuber. Pceppig. Sim. Pohl. Sinclair. Poiret. Sloane. Presl. Smith, J. E. Pursh. Smith, J. Pratt, Miss. Solander. Sowerby. Splitgerber. Sprengel. Sturm. Sueber. Swartz. Sweet. Tausch. Taschuer. Telfair. Tines. Turcz. ' Thunberg. Tode, H. J. Vahl. V autier. y entenat. yeitcb, J., Jun. yelloz. Villars. W ahlenberg. Wallicb. Wallroth. Watson, H. C. Webb. Wight. Willdenow. Wilson. Withering. Wulfen. Young, Dr. Forbes. Zeyher. Zenker. Zippel. Zollinger. 242 CONTRIBUTORS TO VOL. VIII. Mr. W. Andrews, Dublin. Professor Balfour, Edinburgh. Messrs. Booth and Sons, Hamburg. Miss Carr, Qualt Rectory, Bridge- north. Mr. Clarke, Royal Botanic Gardens, Glasgow. Mr. Clarke, Flass House, Crosby- Ravensworth. Mr. Edwin Cooling, Mile-ash Nur- sery, Derby. Mrs. Delves, Tunbridge Wells. Mr. R. J. Gray, St. Thomas’, Exeter. Mr. Downes, Ilfracombe. Mr. Joseph Henderson, Wentworth House. Dr. J. D. Hooker, R.N., F.R.S., Royal Gardens, Kew. Sir W. J. Hooker, F.R.S., Royal Gardens, Hew. Mr. E. G. Henderson, Wellington Nursery, London. Mr. Ingram, Royal Gardens, Windsor, Mr. Ingram, Belvoir Castle. Messrs. Jackson, Nursery, Kingston- on-Thames. Mr. James, Yauvert. Mr. Kennedy, Bedford Conserva- tory, Covent Garden. Mr. Large, New York. Mr. Lamb, Osmaston Manor, near Ashbourne. Mr. Masters, Exotic Nursery, Can- terbury. Mr. Thomas Moore, F.L.S., Exotic Gardens, Chelsea. Mr. D. Moore, Glasnevin Gardens, Dublin. Sir Oswald Mosley, Bart., Rolleston Hall, near Burton-on-Trent. Mr. R. T. Millett, Penzance. Mr. G. Norman, Hull. Air. Parker, Nursery, Holloway. Messrs. Rollisson, Exotic Nursery, Tooting, London. M. Schott, Imperial Gardens, Schonbriinn, Vienna. Mr. J. Sidebotham, Manchester. Mr. R. Sim, Foot’s Cray, Kent. Mr. Smith, Royal Gardens, Kew. Air. Stewart, late gardener, Sudbury. Mr. Stratton, Botanic Gardens, Cambridge. Messrs. Stansfield, Yale Nursery, Todmorden. Mr. Veitcli, Jun., Exotic Nursery, Chelsea. Air. R. Wilkinson, Totteridge Park, Hertfordshire. INDEX TO VOL. VIII [Those Ferns having an authority attached, are the respective names adopted in this Work, of which a description, together with a coloured illustration, and one or more woodcuts are given, a 1 a 2, a 3, a 4, a 5, a 6, and a 7, refer to the appendix of each volume, placed at the end of the present volume.] PAOE. PAGE. Acbrophorus cbseropbyllus . 53 Adiantum caudatum a 3 liispidus . 59 var. ciliatum a 3 immersus . • 57 ciliatum a 3 pulcher . . 53 curvatum a 3 Acrosticbum barbarum . 187 cycloides a 3 filare a 5 cultratum a 3 var. latum a 5 cristatum . a 3 var. valid um a 5 capillus-veneris a 3 laciniatum a 5 var. dissectum a 3 lingua a 1 var. emarginatum a 3 platyneuron a 5 var. latissimum a 3 polypodioides a 4 var. moritzianum a 3 ruta-muraria a 5 dissectum a 3 Adectum pilosiusculum • 123 denticulatum . 71 Adiantum affine . a 3, a 3 dolabriforme a 3 assimile a 3 exile a 3 setbiopicum a 3 emarginatum a 3 arcuatum . a 3 flabellulatum a 3 aculeatum . 79 formosum a 3 asarifolium a 3 falcatum a 3 asperum a 3 frutescens 79 anomalum a 3 glabrum a 3 aleuticum a 3 bispidulum a 3 arnericanum a 3 var. glabrum a 3 acuminatum a 3 var. tenellum a 3 busbyanum a 3 birsutum a 3 berterianum . a 3 intermedium a 3 cuneatum . a 3, 55 juglandifolium a 3 concinnum a 3 kunzeanum a 3 244 INDEX. PAGE, Adiantum lanceolatum a 3 Adiantum tenellum a 3, a 3 latissimum a 3 terpatum , a 3 lucidum . a 3, a 3 villosum . a 3 var. anomalum a 3 vestitum . a 3 var. majus a 3 Allantodea oligantha . a 5 longissimum a 3 tenera . . a 5 lunulatum . a 3 Alsopbila armigera . 171, 172 maeropbyllum a 3 aspera • 171, 172 microphyllnm a 3 armata 171, 172, 181 minor 77 atrovirens . 171, 172 moritzianum a 3 australis. Brown 171, 172 nervosum . a 3, orientale a 3 a 3 aculeata 173, 172, 177 181 oblongatum . a 3 arbuscula . 172 obliquum . a 3 adspersa . • • 172 pulverulentum a 3 aurea • 172 pedatum a 3 axillaris . 172 var. aleuticum a 3 alternans . 173 plicatum a 3 affinis • • 183 platyphyllum a 3 blancbetiana • 172 pubescens a 3, a 3, a 3 brevis • • 172 pentadactylon a 3 brunoniana . • 172 plumieri a 3 beyricliiana • • 173 proliferum pendulinum a 3 a 3 blecbnoides . eapensis. J. Smith 171, 174 171, peltatura pellucidum pteropes rigidum raddianum rotundifolium repens . var. minor reniforme var. asarifolium striatum scabrum . a 3, setulosum . tenerum a 3, a 3, trigonum , thalictroides trisinuatum . trapeziforme a 3, var. oblongatum var. pentadactylon var. plumicri . trapezoides a 3 a 3 a 3 a 3 a 3 a 3 a 3 a 3 a 3 a 3 a 3 a 3 a 3 a 3 a 3 a 3 a 3 a 3 a 3 a 3 77 77 var. polyantba compta contaminans caudata eomosa crinita colensoi cordata crenata cumingii cinerca deckeriana decurrens dombeyi elegans elongata excelsa ecbinata erubescens extensa fcrox. Pres 173, 175 171 176 172 172 172 172 172 172 172 173 183 183 171, 172 172 171, 173 171, 173 "171, 173 172 173 x 159 171, 131 INDEX'. 245 PAGE. PAGE. Alsopliila finlaysoniana . 173 Alsopbila nigra . • 171, 173 gardneri . 171, 173 oblonga • . 173 glabra . . 171, 173 obtusa • 173 gigautea 172 oligocarpa . . 173 glaucescens . . 172, 173 oligosora . 173 grevilleana 172 polyantlia . . 176 glauca . . 173 pruinata. Kaufuss 171, 173, hostmanni 153, 169, 172, 173 183 baonkei 172, 173 paleolata . 171, 173 birta . 173 paciflora . . 173 liookeriana 171, 173 peruviana 173 liumboldtii . . 173 pbalerata . 171, 173 birsuta 171 plagiopteris 171, 173 infesta . . 171, 173 platyphylla . . . 173 javanica 174 podopbylla 173 junghubniana . 173 poeppigii . 171, 173 kegelii 174 polycampta 173 laevis . 172, 174 procera . 171, 173 lingulata . 174 pungens 173 leprieuriana . . 169 pycnocarpa . . 171, 173 laeta 173 parkeri 174 lanuginosa . 173 pilosa . . . 171 latebrosa 171, 173 rigidula 171 lepifera . 172, 173 radens. Kau lfuss 171, 172, lexbenaultiana . 173 173, 179 leucolepis . 171, 173 raddiana . 181 loddigesii . 173 sellowiana 181 lunulata . 171, 173 samoensis . 173 lurida 172, 173 scbaflneriana 173 miersii . 171, 173 schiedeana . 172, 173 monticola 171 senilis 173 mexicana . 171, 173 setosa . 171, 173 millefolium 172, 173 speciosa 172, 173 martinicensis . 172 sprengeliana 171, 173 manilleusis 172 squamulata 172, 173 marginalis . 173 subaculeata . 171, 173 melanopus 173 strigosa 172, 174 mertensiana . 173 serrata . 172 microdonta 173 tsenitis 171, 173 micropbylla . 173 tomentosa 172, 173 miquelii 173 tumaceneis • 172 mollissima . 173 ten era . . 172 myosuroides 173 tenuisecta 173 macrocarpa . . 174 tristis . 173 manilensis 174 truncata . . 173 multiflora . 174 tabitensis . 174 nigricans 174 urolepis 174 INDEX. 240 Alsopbila vestita villosa . . 171, weigeltii . . 172, •walker© . Arapliidesmium bleclinoides . Araplilcosmia alternans australis beyricliiana capensis . 173, cumingii liostmanni . . 169, javanica kegelii lfflvis lingulata macrocarpa manilensis multiflora nigricans parkeri riparia strigosa tabitensis nrolepis walker© Anemia cordifolia fraxinifolia b©nkei hirta laciniata lanceolata longifolia . pliyllitidis repanda sor'oi folia Ancmidictyon fraxinifolium 201, cordifolium laciniatum . • 201, longifolium birtum pbyllitidis. J. Smith 201, var. cordifolium var. laciniatum . var. longifolium var. fraxinifolium tweedicanum PACK. 173 173 173 174 174 173 173 173 175 173 173 174 174 174 174 174 174 174 174 174 175 174 174 174 174 201 201 201 201 201 201 201 201 201 201 202 202 202 202 199 199, 202 202 202 202 202 199 iopteris acrocarpa PAGE. . 211 amboinensis 211 angustifolia . . 211 angustata 211 anlrolana . 211 aplianosorus 211 approximata . 211 arnottiana 211 assamica . 211 attenuata 211 aurata . . 211 beecbeyana 211 brongniartiana . 211 camptopblebia . 211 • caudata . 211 cocbincbinensis 211 commutata . . 211 crassifolia 211 crassipes 211, 212 cupreata . 211 cuspidata . 211 distans 211 dregeana . 212 d’urvilleana 212 evecta. Hoffmann 212, 213 gaudicliaudiana . 212 griffitbiana 212 bartingeana . . 212 helferiana 212 bookeriana . . 212 bugeliana 212 bypoleuca . 212 indica 212 laciniata . 212 lasegueana 212 latifoba . 212 lescbenaultiana 212 longifolia . 212 macrocepbala . 212 macropbylla . 212 madagascariensis 212 magnifica . 212 marginata . 212 microsporangia . 212 miqueliana . 212 murieata . 212 pallescens 212 INDEX. 247 PAOE. Angiopteris plagiocarpa . . 212 polysporangia . . 212 presliana . . • 212 pruiuosa . 212 punctata . . • 212 rapandula . . . 212 salici folia . . . 212 similis . . . 212 suboppositifolia . . 212 syllietensis . 212 tevsmanniana. De Vriese 212, 215 uncinata . . . 212 wallicliiana . . 212 wightiana . . . 212 willinkii . . . 212 Aphyllocalpa regalis . . 7 Aspidium barometz . . 103 canariense . . a 6 capense . . . 175 caudatum . . a 5 coniifolium . a 6 halleri . . . a 5 hymenopbylloides 53 oligantbum . . a 5 oligodontum . a 5 pubescens . . a 6 punctiloburn . . 123 trifoliatum . . a 6 Anapeltis squamulosa . a 1 vaccinifolia . . a 1 Asplenium adiantum-nigrum a 5 aitoni . . . a 5 aureum . . a 5 axillare . . . a 5 appendiculatum, var. a 5 angustilobum . a 5 adiantoides . a 5 amabile . . a 5, a 5 alloeopteron . a 5 angustifolium . a 5 australe . . a 5 auricularium a 5, a 5 appendiculatum . a 5 abscissum . . a 5 alatum , . a 5 aitoni, var. axillare a 5 VOL. VIII. PAGE. Asplenium attenuatum • a 5 alternifolium . a 5 apicidentatum a 5 blecbnoides . a 4 blandulum . a 5 bifurcatum . a 5 breynii . . a 5 brachypteron • a 5 brachyotus a 5 brasiliense . a 5, a 5 bidentatum . a 5 bulbiferum . a 5 var. laxum . a 5 var. appendiculatum a 5 collinum . a 5 canariense . a 5 cicutarium a 5, a 5 cuspidatum • a 5 cuneatum . . a 5 cyrtopteron . a 5, a 5 crenulatum a 5 confusum • a 5 cristatum . . a 5 cultratum . a 5 cultrifolium a 5 caudatum a 5, a 5 eyatbea-folium . a 5 caryotoides • a 5 consanguineum • a 5 compressum . . a 5 cirrbatum . . a 5 chondropbyllum . a 5 consimile . a 5 dentex a 5, a 5, a 5, a 5 decurrens . a 5 difforme a 5 dimorpbum . a 5 dolabella a 5 drepanophyllum a 5 dimidiatum a 5, a 5 dissectum . a 5 discolor . . a 5 distans a 5 dichroum a 5 erectum, var. a 5 elacbnopliyllum • a 5 elegans a 5 2 L 248 INDEX. TAGE. Asplenium elatum . a 5 erostim . . . a 5 erectum . . a 5 var. proliferum . a 5 var. barpeodes a 5 var. subbipinnatum a 5 var. pinnatipartitum a 5 ebeneum . . a 5 flabellifolium . a 5 furcatum a 5, a 5, a 5, a 5 fseniculaceum . a 5 formosum . a 5, a 5 flabellulatum . a 5 filix-fcemina . ' . . 123 falcatum a 5, a 5, a 5 fernandesianum . a 5 forsterianum . a 5 firmum . . . a 5 flaccidum . . a 5 fontanum . . a 5 fragrans . a 5, a 5 forsteri . . . a 5 falsum . . a 5 geminaria . . a 5 gracile . . a 5 germanicum . . a 5 galleotti . . a 5 kemionitis . a 5, a 5 harpeodes . . a 5 horridum . . a 5 heterophyllum . a 5 humile . . . a 5 hymenophylloides a 5 halleri . . . a 5 hirsutum . . a 5 harovii . • . a 5 intermedium a 5, a 5, a 5 incisum . . a 5 integrum . . a 5 insulare . . a 5 incequilaterale a 5, a 5 insigne . . . a 5 karstenianum . a 5 leptopkyllum a 5, a 5 lucidum . • a 5 lyalli . • . a 5 lunulatum, var. . a 5 PAGE Asplenium lobatum . a 5 lucidum, var. lyalli a 5 var. paucifolium a 5 var. obliquum . a 5 lajtum . . a 5 lunulatum . . a 5 laxum . . a 5 lanceolatum . . a 5 var. elegans . a 5 var. microdon . a 5 var. obovatum a 5 luridum . . a 5 monantkemum . a 5 menziesii . . a 5 macrocarpum a 5, a 5 melanocaulon . a 5 mexicanum . a 5 microdon . . a 5 marinum, var. microdon maderene . . a 5 mascareinense . a 5 mysurense . . a 5 mattkioli . . a 5 multicaule . . a 5 marinum . . a 5 macrophyllum . a 5 multisectum . a 5 murale, var. . . a 5 micropkyllum . a 5 mastigophyllum . a 5 mutilatum . . a 5 minimum . , a 5 novum . . a 5 nigricans . . a 5 nitens . • a 5 newmani . . a 5 obliquum . . a 5 obtusatum . . a 5 var. obliquum . a 5 var. difforme . a 5 otitos . . . a 5 obtusifolium . . a 5 odontites . . a odontopkyllum . a obovatum . . a obtusilobum . . a 5 obtusissimuin . a 5 oi o< C/< INDEX. 249 PAGE. Asplenium palmatum . a 5 parvulum . . a 5 polyodon a 5 pulebellum a 5, a 5 var. otites . a 5 pygmasum . . a 5 pulcbrum . a 5, a 5, a 5 planicaule . . a 5 pavonicum a 5, a 5 pappei . . . a 5 petrarcbin . . a 5 var. lata . . a 5 praemorsum a 5 var. furcatum a 5 pilosum a 5 p°eppigii . . a 5 pumilum . a 5 resibens . . a 5 rbizopborum • a 5, a 5 racbirbizon a 5, a 5 ruta-muraria . a 5 var. zobense . a 5 regulare • . . a 5, a 5 radicans a 5, a 5, a 5 reclinatum . a 5 var. lobatum . a 5 raddianum . . a 5 subulatum . . a 5 strictum . . a 5 scbimperianum . a 5 serratum . a 5, a 5 var. crenulatum a 5 scbomburgkianum. . a 5 scariosum . . a 5 scbkubrianum . a 5 spbenolobium . a 5 stoloniferum . . a 5 septentrionale . a 5 scleroprium . . a 5 sarmentosum . a 5 saxosum . . a 5 spbenoides . . a 5 serra . . . a 5 var. woodwardioides subcaudatum . a 5 tenellum . . a 5 tencrum . a 5, a 5 Asplenium triste truncatilobum tenerrimum ta/voyanum truncatum . tripartitum . tricbomanoides tricbomanes . unilaterale . viride unisoriale . umbrosum var. axillare virens veitcbianum viviparum uniseriale . woodwardioides woodwardioideum zamisefolium zobense Atbyrium azoricum decurtatum fontanum balleri bsenkeanum lanceolatum obovatum tenuifrons . Blecbnum australe atherstoni (P) auriculatum angustatum alpinum brasibense . var. corcovadense cycadifobum crispum . capense cbilense . cartilagmeum a 5, a 5 . a 5 . a 5 . a 5 . a 5 . a 5 a 5 . a 5 a 5 . a 5 a 5 . a 5 a 5 . a 5 a 5 . a 5 a 5 . a 5 a 5 cognatum distans fasciculatum gilbesii gracile . glandulosum a 5, a 5 a 5 . a 5 a 5 . a 5 a 5 . a 5 a 5 . a 5 a 5 . a 4 a 4, a 4 . a 4 a 4 . a 4 a 4 a 4 a 4 . a 3 a 4 . a 4 a 4, a 4 . a 4 a 4 . a 4 a 4 . a 4 a 4 PAGE. 230 INDEX. rAGE. Blechnum hastatum . a 4 intermedium . a 4 imbricatum . . a 4 l’lierminieri . a 4 longi folium . . a 4 meridionale . a 4 magellanicum . a 4 occidentale . a 4 orientate . . a 4 patersoni . . a 4 polypodioides . . a 4 pectinatum . . a 4 pohliauum . . a 4 punctulatum . a 4 rigidum . . . a 4 remotum . . a 4 septentrionale . a 4 scabrum . . a 4 salicifolium . . a 4 serrulatum .• a 4 tricuspe . . . a 4 trifoliatum . . a 4 triangulare . . a 4 Blechnopsis agrostidifolium a 4 cumingiana . . a 4 cartilagineum . a 4 elongata . . a 4 latifolia . . a 4 orientalis . . a 4 pyropbylla . a 4 pyrophyllum . . a 4 serrulata . . a 4 stenopbylla . . a 4 Balantium antarcticum . . 123 culcita . . • glaucescens . . • 103 squarrosum . • 129 Belvisia septentrionalis a 5 Brainea insignis . . a 4 Campyloneurum csespitosum a 2 decurrens . . a 2 lucidum . . . a 2 nitidum . a 2, a 4 angustifolium . . a 2 Campyloneuron angustifolium a 1, a 2 decurrens . a 1, a 2 Campyloneuron pbyllitidis PAGE. a 1 Cassebeera pedata a 3 Ceratoptcris thalictroides . a 2 Ceteracb magellanica . a 4 Cbeilanthes argentea a 4 arborescens a 4 s bracbypus a 1 chlorophyll a a 4 cuneata . a 4 dissecta a 4 ' elegans . a 4 fragrans a 4 hastata, var. macrophylla a 4 intramarginalis a 3 macrophylla a 3 multifida a 4 preissiana . a 4 pellucida a 4 prionopteris a 3 repens a 4 sieberi a 4 tenuifolia a 4 Chnoophora aculeata . 181 Cibotium assamicum 99 barometz . 103 billardieri 123 chamissoi . 99 cumingii . 103 glaucum 99, 103 glaucescens. j Kuk :e 99, 103 glaucophyllum 103 menziesii 99 schiedei. Chamisso 99, 101 Cincinalis argentea . a 1 nivea . a 1 tenera . a 1 Cionidium moorii . . 107 Camopteris dissecta . . a 5 japonica 89 novae zeelandia . a 5 odontites a 5 Cnemidaria kohautiana . 165 Colysis membranacea . a 2 Cormophyllum capensis 175 Cryptogramme acrostichoides a 3 INDEX. 251 Cryptogramme brunoniana PAGE. a 3 crispa . a 3 Culcita macroearpa 117 Cyathea arborea . 153, 154, 157 aspera 153, 169 aculeata 153, 154 affinis 159 borbonica . 155 brunonis . 153 beyrichiana . . 153 burkei 154 canaliculata. Willdenow 153, var. latifolia 154, 155 155, 156 commutata 169 capensis . 175 euspiclata . 153 crenulata . 154 celebica 154 dealbata. Swartz 153, 154, discolor 184 . 183 divergens . 153 dregei . . 154 delgadii 154 excelsa. Swartz 153, 154, extensa . 155, 157 . 159 equestris . 153 ferox . 181 grandifolia 165 gardneri . 153 grevilleana 154 glauca . . 154 borrida . 154, 165, 167 birtula . 154 integra . 154, 160 imrayana . 153 javanica 154 latifolia 155, 156 laevigata 154 mascarena . 155 melanocaula 155 medullaris. Swartz 154, 159, var. integra 161 . 160 var. tripinnata 160 PAGE. Cyathea mertensiana . 159 monosorata 175 mexicana . 153 muricata . 153 marattioides . 154 polypodioides . 154, 175 riparia . . 175 rumphii 154 spinulosa . 154 sellowiana 154 sternbergii . 154 serra . 153, 154 sinuata . . 153 schanschin 153 tussacii . 154 vestita 154 walkerfe . 153 woodwardioides 154 Cylopkorus lingua . a 1 Cystopteris dimidiata . 57 obovata a 5 squamata . 53 tenuis . a 7 Dansea evecta 213 Darea coarctata a 5 foecunda a 5 odontites a 5 Davallia attenuata 61 arborea 69, 70 aculeata. J. Smith . 48, 79 angustata . 48 alata . 48 adiantifolia . . 48 alpina 49 affinis . . 49 amboynensis 49 bidentata . 71 bullata. Wallich 47, 49, 83 bipinnatifida . 48 boryana 48 brasiliensis . . 48 belangeri . 48 bipinnata . 48 blumeana . 48 bifida . 49 biflora 49 canariensis. Swartz 47, 48, 51 252 INDEX. PAG K. Davallia caudata . 48, 81 cbcerophylla. Wallich 48, 53 coniifolia . 71 cordifolia . 77 calvescens . 48 ciliata . . 48 coucinna . 48 cliinensis . 48 clavata 48 cordifolia . 49 cumingii . 49 contigua . 49 cuneiformis 49 cappilacea . 49 cuneifolia . . i 49 dissecta. J. Smith 47, 67 divaricata . . 47, 48, 73 dumosa . 79 divergens . 89 decurrens . , . 48 distans 49 elegans. Swartz 47, 48, 71, 81 emersoni . 49 elata . . . • 49 ferruginea . 55 flaceida 89 falcinella . 48 fumarioides 48 feejeensis . 49 flexuosa 49 gibberosa . 48 goudotiana 49 gracilis . . 48 glauca 49 grilfithiana . . 49 hispida 59, 90 heteropkylla. Smith 48, 65 humilis 48 bemiptera . 48 birsuta 48 bookeriana . . 48 birta . . • 48 immersa. Wallich 48, 57 intramarginalis . 48 imrayana . 48 insequalis . 49 PACK. Davallia jamaicensis . . 49 kunzeana ... 48 khasiyana. Hooker 48, 91 lonchitidea. Wallich 48, 87 lindleyi. Hooker 47, 48, G1 luzonica ... 48 lindeni ... 48 lobulosa ... 65 majuscula. Lotoe . 93 membranulosa . . 48 moluccana . . 48 manilensis . • . • '18 mauritiana . . 48 meifolia ... 49 magellanica . . 49 magelhaen8 . . .49 mucronata . . 49 novse zelandite. Colenso 48, 59 nepalensis ... 89 nodosa ... 48 nitidula ... 48 ornata. Wallich 47, 75 pulclira . • 48, 53 pentapbylla. Illume 47 , 49, 63 pinnatifida ... 65 pyxidata. H. Brown 47, 48, 69 polyantka. Hooker 48, 73 polypodioides. Hon 49, 89, 94 var. hispida var. pubescens var. rbomboidea var. subglabra var. . pubescens pedata. Swartz . procera platypbylla . parallela . pectinata patens pinnata parvula pulchella parkeri . pellucida 90 90 . 90 90 . 90 90 48, 77 81 . 87 48 . 48 48 . 48 48 . 48 48 . 49 INDEX. 253 PAGE, Davalla preslii 49 proxima . 49 pilosa 49 retusa . . 49 remota 55 rhomboidea . 89, 90 solida. Swartz 47, 48, 69, 81 var. latifolia . 75 sordida 81 subimbricata . 77 subglabra 90 serrata . 48, 49 splendens 48 schimperi . 48 sessilifolia 48 ‘ saccoloma . 48 schlechtendalii . 49 tenuifolia. Swartz 48, 55 trickosticha. Hooker 48, 85 trichomanoides . 48 trifoliata . 49 tripkylla . 49 thecigera . 49 triloba . . 49 tkalictroides 49 trapeziformis . 49 vogelii 48 urophylla . 49 vestita 49 villosa . . 49 Dennstadtia adiantoides 119 davallioides . . 121 punctilobula 123 Deparia macraei . Ill mathewsii 109 moorii . . 107 prolifera. Hooker Sf Greville 109, 111 Dicksonia adiantoides 114, 119 antarctica. Labillardiere 113, 114, 115, 125 arborescen3 113, 114 abrupta . 114 apiifolia 114 anthrisiifolia . 114 appendiculata . 114 berteroana . . 114 PAGE. Dicksonia coniifolia . . 114 culcita. L’ Heritier 114, 117 eicutaria. Swartz 114, 119 concinna . . .114 cornu ta . . . 114 cuneata . . .114 distenta . . . 114 domingensis . . . 115 dissecta . 114, 119, 120 deltoidea . . . 114 dubia . . 114, 122 davallioides. It. Brown 114,121 114 . 89, 114 erosa flaccida fibrosa hookeriana japonica javanica kaulfussiana lanata . lindeni linearis moluccana. martiana marginalis madagascariensis multifida . millefolium . obtusifolia ordinata polypodioides puberula pyramidata pilosula prolifera . punctiloba. pubescens pilosiuscula punctilobula plumieri pavoni 114 . 119 114 . 114 114 . 113, 114 114 . 114 Blume 114, 133 . 114 114 . 114 115 . 115 115 . 114 89 . 89 89 . 89 111 Hooker 114, 123 123 . 123 123 . 114 114 rubiginosa. Kaulfass 114, 131 rhomboidea . . 89 roxburghii ... 89 squarrosa. Swartz 113,114,129 sellowiana . . .114 straminea . . . 114, 254 INDEX. Pieksonia sorbifolia strigosa scandens . scabra . smitbii tenera . virens zeylanica Pictyoxipbium panaraense. Hooker 191, 193 Pidymoglossum alatum 114 114, 115 114 . 114 114 119, 120 89 . 114 42 Piplazium cyatbesefolium a 5 radicans a 5 Poodia aspera a 4 caudata a 4 blecbnoides a 4 kuntbiana . a 4 media . a 4 Doryopteris pedata a 3 Drynaria diversifolia a 1 fortunei a 1 morbillosa a 2 pinnata a 1 •willdenovii a 2 Filix aquatica floreseens bumilia repens . latifolia . palustris Gleicbenia alpina acutifolia bifurcata bancroftii . circinalis circinata cunningbami . cryptocarpa cumingiana dicarpa. Brown dicbotoma. exeelsa elata . flabellata. flagcllaris 7 . 7 42 . 7 7 . 135 . 135 . 136 . 135 . 137 . 137 . 135 . 135 . 136 135, 136, 139, 147 Willdenow 136, 145, 146 135 . 136 Brown 135, 136 143, 144 136 Gleichenia farinosa ferruginea fulva glaucescens glauca . gigantea 136 136 136 136 135 135 becistopbylla. Cunningham 135, 136, 139, 147, 148 hermannii . . . 145 birta . . • 136 » klotzscbii . . .136 lanigera . . . 145 longissima . . • 135 longipinnata . • 136 la:vigata . . • 136 micropbylla. Brown 135, 136, 137, 139, 151 matbewsii . . 136 nitida . . • . • 136 nervosa . . • 136 owbybensis . . • 136 polypodioides . . 135 pedabs . • • 135 pubescens . . • 136 rupestris. Brown 135, 136, 149 rigida . • 145, 146 revoluta . • • 136 ruflnervis . . • 136 remota • • • 136 speluncse. Brown 135, 136, 137, 141 semivestita. Lahillardiere 135, 136, 137, 147, 151 simplex • • • 136 tenuis tomentosa . • • 136 truncata tenera . 135 vulcanica . . • 135 vestita . 136 Goniopblebium cuepi datum a 1 distans . • a 1 Catherine ■ . a 2 loriceum . • a ^ owariense . . a 2 pleopeltis . subauriculatum a 1 a 1 INPTCX. 255 PAOE. Goniopteris fraxinifolia a 2 lucida . . . a 2 scolopendroides . a 2 tetragona . . a 1 vivipara . . a 1 Grammitis totta . . a 1 Gymnotkeca laxa . . 219 Gymnogramme brunoniana a 3 cbrysopbylla . a 1 calomelanos . . a 1 cbseropbylla . a 1 rkermimeri . . a 1 leptopbylla . a 1 martensii . . a 1 ocbracea . . a 1 rufa . . . a 1 sulpburea . . a 1 tartarea . . a 1 tomentosa . . a 1 Hemionitis cor difolia . a 7 palmata . . a 7 Hemitelia alternans . 163 brasiliensis . . .175 capensis . . 175 cordata . . .163 cruciata . . . 163 cyathoides . . . 163 gardneriaoa . . 175 grandifolia. Sprengel 163, 165 guianensis . . 163 bostmanni. Hooker 154, 163, 169 borrida. Brown 154, 163, 167 imrayana . . _ 163 laciniata . . . 163 rnunita . . . 163 multiflora . . . 163 monilifera . . 163 obtusa . . . 163 parkeri . . ■ 163 petiolata . . . 163 riparia . . . 175 surinamensis . . 169 speciosa . . . 163 serrata . . . 163 stigmosa . . 163 Humata chcerophylla . . 53 elegans ... 71 beteropbylla . . 65 immersa ... 57 ophioglossa . . 65 pedata ... 77 pinnatifida . . 65 pyxidata ... 69 Hymenolepis spicata . a 2 Hymenopbyllum asperulum 17 abietinum ... 23 alatum ... 42 VOL. VIII. PACK. enophyllum asplenioides 13 abruptum . . 13 feruginosum 13 arbuscula . 13 attenuatum 14 australe # 14 axillare . 14 badium 14, 23 boryanum 13 beyricbianum 13 berteroi . 13 bridgesii 14 bivalve . 14 cruentum. Cavanilles 13, 15 cupressiforme . 17 clavatum 23 ciliatum , 13 cbiloense 13 capillare . 13 cristatum 14 caudiculatum . 14 crispatum . 14 crispum . . 14 capillaceum 14 demissum. Swartz ' 14, 22 dentatum 14 dichotomum . 14 denticulatum 14 dilatatum 14 dEEdaleum . 14 decurrens . 14 emarginatum 14 endivisefolium 14 exsertum 14 erosum 14 elegans . . 13 elasticum 13 fucoides 14 fimbriatum 14 fuci forme 14 flexuosum . 14 flabellatum 14 floribundum 14 gracile . 14 birtellum. Swartz 13, 21 birsutum 13 bygrometricum . 14 imbricatum 14 interruptum 14 jalapense . 23 jamesoni 14 javanicum 14 ianccolatum 13 lindcni . 13 minimum u 17 menziesii 19 meyeri # 19 marginatum . 2 M • 13 25G INDEX. Swartz 14, Hymenopliyllum microcarpum multifidum myriocarpum nudum neesii obtusum organense peltatum polyauthos. plumosum . plumieri pulchellum pulcberrimum pyramidatum peruvianum pectinatum proutrusum revolutum . ramosum rupestre riccisefolium . recurvum reniforme ramosissimum rarum sanguinolentum . sericeum. Swart. smithii secundum spinulosum scabrum tomentosum tunbridgense 13 14 14 14 14 13 13 19 23 25 . 13 13 . 14 13 . 14 14 . 14 17 . 20 42 14, 23 14 . 14 14 . 14 23 25 14 14 14 14 25 13, J. JE. Smith 14, 17, 19, 20 . 42 var. trichopbyllum tortuosum thunbergii tenellum telfairianum unilaterale.' Willdenow var. ramosum villosum valvatum undulatum wilsoni Hypolepis dicksonioides repens tenuifolia Hydroglossum flexuosum palmatum Lastrea aristata crinita . canariensis frondosa hispida _ . kaulfussii noveboracensis . 14, a 4 a 4 a 4 a 6 a 7 a G a G a 7 a 7 a 6 Lastrea semulum . . a quinquangularis a tenencaulis . . a Lepicystis incana . a sepulta . . a Leptogramme totta . a villosa . . .a Leptopteris hymenophylloides Leucostegia chserophylla . immersa ligulata . pulcbra Litobrocbia collina . pedata • . palmata sagittffifolia Lomaria arborescens auriculata . alpina australis boryana blecbnoides brasiliensis capensis a 4, a 4, PACK. 7 6 2 1 1 1 1 13 14 17 14 14 19 20 23 13 14 19 207 209 189 53 57 53 53 cbilensis campylotis coriacea cycadifolia . cinnamomea danseacea . discolor densa ensiformis falciformis . gay an a . gilliesii bastata . imbricata . latifolia lineata linearis . lanuginosa l’kerminieri longi folia lanceolata magellanica micropkylla or ni folia ■ . obtusata patersoni . punctulata procera pubescens polypodioides poeppigianum pumila ryani rufa . a 4, a 3 a 3 a 3 a 3 a 4 a 4 a 4 a 4 a 4 a 4 a 4 a 4 a 4 a 4 a 4 a 4 a 4 a 4 a 4 a 4 a 4 a 4 a 4 a 4 . a 4 a 4 . a 4 a 4, a 4 . a 4 . a 4 . a 4 a 4 a 4 a 4 a 4 a 4 a 4 a 4 a 4 a 4 a 4 a 4 a 4 a 4 a 4 a 4 a 4, a 4, a 4, a 4, INDEX. 257 PAGE. Lomaria spectabilis a 4, a 4 striata . . a 4, a 4 spicant . . a 4 sellowiana . a 4 sckottii . . a 4 scliiediana . a 4 stenopliylla . . a 4 trichomanoides . a 4 vestita . . . a 4 Lonckitis ascensionis . a 3 repens . . . a 4 tenuifolium . a 4 Lopkosoria affinis . . . 183 discolor . . . 183 polypodioides . .183 pruinata . . . 183 Lygodium articulatum . . 203 dickotomum . . 207 flexuosum. Swartz 203, 207 japonicum. Swartz 203, 205 palmatum. Sioartz 203, 209 scandens . . 203, 205 Marattia alata . . . 217 ascensionis . . . 217 cicutsefolia . . 217 elegans . . . .217 laxa. Kunze . ; 219 Marginaria angustifolia a 1 Meniscium palustre . a 2 Mertensia dickotoma . . 145 discolor . . . 145 flabellata . . . 143 flexuosa . . . 145 hookeri . . . 145 mucronata . . 145, 146 pusilla . . . 145 sieberi .... 145 Mesockkena javanica a 7 Mesotkema australe . a 4 remota . . a 4 Microlepia cristata ... 91 flaccida ... 89 kkasiyana . . .91 kkasyana . . . 91 lonckitidea ... 87 majuscula ... 93 novse-zelandue . . 59 polyantka . . . 73 platypkylla ... 87 polypodioides . . 89 rkomboidea . . 89, 90 trickosticka . . 85 Microsorum irioides . a 1 irregulare . . a 1 sessile . . . a 1 Mokria ackilleiefolium . 198 tkurifraga. Swartz 195, 197 var. achiflesefolium . 198 PAGE. Myriopteris tomentosa a 1 vestita . . . a 1 Nephrodium barometz . 103 glandulosum . . a 7 kookeri . . a 6 molle . . . a 6 oligodontum . a 5 punctilobum . . .123 terminans . . a 6 unitum . . a 6 Nephrolepis platyotis . a 7 tuberosa . . a 7 Uipkobolus adnascens . a 1 sinensis . . a 1 Notkoclilaena laevis . a 1 INotkolsena eckloniana . a 1 lanuginosa . a 1 laevis . . a 1 marantas . . a 1 nivea . . . a 1 trichomanoides . a 1 Odontosoria aculeata . . 79 tenuifolia . . . 55 Oleandra neriiformis . a 7 procera . . a 4 Opkioglossum flexuosum . 207 Onyckium capense . a 3 japonicum . a 3 krebsii . . a 3 lucidum . . a 3 Osmunda brasiliensis . . 201 cinnamomea. Linnceus 2, 3 claytoniana. Linnceus 2, 5, 6 filix-florida . . a 7 gracilis. Link . 2, 9, 10 glaucescens ... 2 kumilis . . . .9 imbricata ... 2 interrupta . . . 2, 5, 6 japonica ... 2 javanica ... 2 lancea .... 2 obtusifolia ... 2 pkyllitidis . . . 201 palustris . . 2, 9 regalis. Linnceus 2, 7, 8, 9, 10 spectabilis tkurifraga . Panicularia berteri Patania erosa Pellsea calomelanos flexuosa kastata, var. macropkylla rotundifolia ternifolia • • • U 197 97 . ' 119, 120 . a 3 . a 3 macropkylla a 3 . . a 3 . a 3 a 3 258 INDEX. Pkegopteris alpestris . calcarea kexagonoptera . lacknopoda . trickodes . vulgaris Pkorolobus brunonianus Pklebodium areolatum . pulvinatum Pkymatodes billardieri longipes nuda quercifolia vulgaris Pkyllitis keteropkylla . rotundifolia . ruta-muraria Platyloma flexuosa . Pleopeltis acuta . irioides, var. acuta leiorkiza . lepidopoda longissima . loriformis lycopodioides membranacea nuda . percussa pustulata . squamulosa . stigmaticum terminalis Polycampium lingua . Polypodium affine . aculeatum . armatum argutum . ampkostemum buxifolium cristatum cinerium . caesium cuspidatum colpotkrix concinnum cordifolium . dickotomum diversifolium dimorpkum depranum . evectum fraxinifolium filipes fontanum globuliferum glaucum dryopteris effusa . a 1 a 1 a 1 a 1 a 1 a 1 a 2 a 1 a 3 a 2 a 2 a 1 a 1 a 1 a 2 a 1 a 5 a 5 a 2 a 2 a 2 a 2 a 2 a 1 a 2 a 2 a 1 a 2 a 2 a 1 a 1 a 2 a 1 79 159 181 181 a 1 a 1 a 1 89 183 183 a 1 a 1 a 2 a 6 145 a 1. a 1 a 1 a 2 a 1 a 2 a 5 213 119 183 Polypodium griseum grandidens . gaudickaudii glaucistipes . grandifolium geranii folium korridum . irioides . lucitanicum loriforme leiopteris . lepidopodum leucorkizon medullare metamorphum myrtifolium . nudum polystickum . petrarckse pinna-marina pennigerum paradisem pruinatum reimvardtii . repens speluncaj sckkukrii . spectabile totta . Polystickum coriaceum fiexum triangulum . vestitum, [var. var. . Pteris aspericaulis aspera . arguta ascensionis costata calomelanos cordata collma . elegans flabellata fallax geraniifolia kasta kastata var. macropkyHa longifolia lucida lunulata lata . macropkylla . minuta mjTsurensis . nivea . palmmformis . l'AOK. 183 a 1 a 1 a 1 a 2 a 5 107 191 51 a 1 a 1 a 1 a 1 a 1 a 1 a 1 a 5 a 4 a 2 a 2 a 1 a 2 159 89 183 89 a 1 a 2 a 1 a G a 6 a 6 a 6 a 6 a 4 a 3 a 3 a 3 a 3 a 3 a 3 a 3 a 3 3, a 3 a 3 a 3 a 3 a 3 a 3 a 3 a 3 a 3 a 3 a 3 a 3 a 3 a 1 a 4 INDEX. 2'9 Polypodium pedata . a 3, a 3 PAGE. palmata a 3 polytoma a 3 semipinuata a 4 scaberula a 4 serrulata . . a 3, a 3 sagittifolia a 3 ternifolia a 3 varians . a 3 Itiedlea crispa a 3 Sagenia cicutaria a 6 macropkylla a 6 Scolopendrium alternifolium a 5 krebsii . . a 4, a 4 Scypkularia pentapkylla 63 Selenidium divergens . 85 Sitolobium adiantoides . 193 davallioides 121 moluccanum . 133 pilosiusculum 123 punctilobum . 123 rubiginosum 131 Spkacropteris medullaris . 159 Stenolobus kunzeanus 81 ornatus 75 solidus 81 Stenoloma aculeatum 79 dumosum . 79 tenuifolium . 55 Stegania crispa . a 3 discolor a 4 exigua a 4 falcata . a 4 minor a 4 nuda a 4 Sticherus laniger 145 Strutkiopteris crispa a 3 regalis 7 Tarackia attenuata . a 5 browniana a 5 caudata a 5 falcata . . . a 5 furcata . a 5 germanica . a 5 geminaria a 5 kamkeana . a 5 lanceolata a 5 nigricans . a 5 palmata a 5 polyodon . a 5 pumila . a 5 truncatiloba a 5 Tectaria caudata a 5 Todea africana. Willdenow 185, 187 australasica . . 187 kymenopkylloides. Richard, 185, 189 pellucida . . .189 Todea rivularis : Trickiocarpa moorii. Trickomanes alatum andrewsii ambiguum . anceps adiantoides apodum . ankersii attenuatum auriculatum arbuscula album angustatum . alckemillsefolium adiantinum baucroftii. Hooker brevisetum var. andrewsii bojeri bifolium brackypus bifidum coriaceum crispum. Linnaeus cristatum canariensis cormopkyllum cuspidatum cupressoides crinitum casspitosum compressum capillatum . demissum diapkanum . digitatum dissectum . diffusum depauperatum davallioides europeum . elegans . erosum elongatum exsectum fastigiatum flabellatum floribundum foeniculaoeum fuscum . filicula giganteum glauco-fuscum guineense kymenodes . kibernieum 187 J. Smith 107 28, 41 41, 42, 43, 45 41 . 28, 41 . a 5 . 27 28 . 28 28 . 28 28 28 29 . 29 Sf Greville 28, 34 41 42 . 27 27 . 28 28 . 34 28, 35 . 35 51 29, 175, 176 . 27 28 . 28 28 . 29 29 . 22 41 . 27 28 . 28 28 . 29 41 . 27 27 . 28 2S . 35 27, 28 . 28 28 . 28 28 . 2S 28 . 28 37 . 41 260 INDEX. Triclioraanes keterophyllum liumile . intramarginale incismn . ■javauicum . japonicum krausii kaulfussii kunzeanum . longifolium longisetum lambertiauum lucens lanceolatum . loreum lanceum . muscoides. Swartz membranaceum minutum millefolium maximum . melanorkizon . myriophyllum meifolium nanum pulcbellum peltatum pilosum . pellucens pyxidiferum . punctatum . pusillum parvulum . proliferum pennatum . pallidum polyantlios . parviflorum quercifolium PAGE. 28 . 28 27 . 28 28 i 3 27 . 28 28 . 35 28 . 28 28 . 29 29 . 29 27, 37 . 27 27 . 28 28 . 28 28 . 28 27 . 17 19 . 35 28, 35 28, 41 27 . 27 27 . 27 28 . 28 28 . 28 28, 39 PAGE. Tricbomanes reniforme. For sterol , 31 radicans. Swartz 28, 41, 43 var. andrewsii 42, 43, 45 reptans ... 27 rigidum . . . .28 sanguinolentum . . 23 sinuosum. liichard 28, 39 speciosum . . .41 var. andrewsii . 42 scandens . . 28, 41 solidum ... 81 squarrosum . . . 129 spicatum ... 27 striatum . . . .27 strictum ... 28 smithii . . . .28 stylosum ... 29 tunbridgense . . 17, 19 trigonum ... 28 tamarisciforme . . 28 tenuifolium . . 28 thujoides . . .28 trickoideum . . 28 venustum . . .29 undulatum ... 29 venosum. li. Brown 28, 33 umbrosum ... 41 Tbyrsopteris elegans. Kunze 97 Tricliosorus frigidus . . 183 glaueescens . . 183 ~W oodwardia angustifolia a 4 areolata . . a 4 aspera . . a 4 auriculata . . a 4 eaudata . . a 4 ckamissoi . . a 4 lunulata . . a 4 tbelypteroides . a 4 virginica . . a 4 END OF VOL. VIII. B. FAWCETT, ENGRAVER AND PRINTER, DRIFFIELD. 1 N4\^0 jJ’ wmm