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ASPIDIUM, IN concuusion.
HYPODERRIS.
MESOCHLENA.

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NEPHROLEPIS.
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HEMIONITIS.
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Corr. Mem. Lyceum Nat. Hist, New York, Corr. Mem. Manchester Lit. and Phil. Soc., ete.

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CONTENTS OF VOL.

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Plate.
Acrostichum alienum be
aureum xhi
auritum li & ln
brevipes. ‘ ly
conforme =, xii
crassinerve ly
crispatulum = xvi
cuspidatum : lvi
flagelliferum . upes a st
frigidum xlvi
Gardnerianum . lin
laurifolium lix a
longifolium . ys Soli
melanopus lix B
nicotianefolum . ]
quercifolium xlix
scolopendrifolium . xlv
squamosum xlviil
villosem : ee ling
Aspidium emulum : vil
— elandulosum . .. ix
hirtum E ; sal
hispidum vill
molle, var. corymbiferum
patens . 11 & iv
Kaulfussi se Ve
recedens . , Be
repandum Are!
spinescens . ; v1
strigosum ane 3
truncatum .- .. xu
Botrychium lunaria . Ixvia

Page.

147
109
131
135
115
139
119

i 137

113
121
141
143
129
145
127
125
117
123
133

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Plate. Page.
Botrychium Moorei . IxviB 170
Cystopteris bulbifera xxv. 87
Dickieana xxxii 81
fragilis _ EEG ext 77
montana meme Se
regia . ax 75
tenuis xxxy 85
Hemionitis cordata . xxxvill 93
palmata XxXxvll_ 91]
Hymenodium crinitum . xii 101
Hypoderris Brownu xiv 33
Mesochlena Javanica Ley Sr
Nephrolepis davallioides xxiii
S&S xy 57
ensifolia ~ et Se
exaltata xix 49
hirsutula Kal be
pectinata xvi 47
tuberosa xxv 59
undulata . ‘ xx 51
Oleandra neriiformis xv1 4]
nodosa xvii 43
Olfersia cervina xxxix & xl 97
Ophioglossum lusitanicum Ixy B 165
vulgatum Ixva 163
Platycerium alcicorne . = Ix 157
grande . Imv 159
stemmaria . Ixii 155
Polybotrya osmundacea Ixi 151
Woodsia hyperborea xxvii 65
ilvensis XxvVlil 67
mollis . xxvi 63
obtusa sax, 79

ERRATA. é

Page 3, for Bathium repandum, read Bathmium repandum.

Pages 24 and 30, for Gueinzius, read Guienzius.

Page 46, Nephrolepis obtusifolium is evidently a mistake in Presl’s
Work for J. obtusifolia.

Page 46, for WN. devallioides, read davallioides.

Page 106, for Anapausia nicotanefolia, read Anapausia nicotianefolia.

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FERNS;
PHiVish AND EXOTIC.

Portion of a pinna of mature Frond—under side.

ASPIDIUM RECEDENS.
LOWE.

PLATE I. VOL. VIT.

Lastrea recedens, J. SMITH.

Polypodium recedens, J. SMITH.

Lastrea elegans, Moore anp Hoviston.
Aspidium—The Shield Fern, Recedens—Receding.

VOL, VII. B

9 ASPIDIUM RECEDENS.

In THE SECTION LASTREA OF AUTHORS.

Tus handsome rare Fern is only to be found in the best
collections.

Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, by Dr. Gardner,
about the year 1845.

An evergreen stove species.

Native of Ceylon and the Philippine Islands.

The fronds are deltoid, glandulose, densely pubescent,
tripinnate, and somewhat erect in habit; the pinnules oblong-
linear and acute, the base decurrent, profoundly pinnatifid,
having brief dentate segments.

Stipes scaly at the base.

Fronds lateral, being adherent to a creeping rhizoma.

Sori sub-marginal. Indusium frequently peltate.

Length from eighteen to twenty-four inches; colour pale
green.

For fronds my obligations are due to Mr. Thomas Moore,
of Chelsea, and to Mr. Joseph Henderson, of Wentworth.

it does not appear to be in any of the Nurserymen’s
Catalogues.

The illustration is from a frond sent by Mr. Moore, of
Chelsea.

P ortion of mature Frond—under side.

ASPIDIUM REPANDUM.

WILLDENOW. J. SMITH. PRESL. SPRENGEL.

PLATE. PT. VOL. Vii.

Aspidium platyphyllum, J. SmitH. Merten.
(Not of Kunze.)
Bathium repandum, Frzr. PReEst.
Sagenia platyphylla, J. SMITH.
zs repandum, WILLDENOW.
te < Moort anv Hovtston.
Polypodium siifolium, VENT.

Tectaria crenata, CAVANILLES.

Aspidium—The Shield Fern. Repandum—W avy leaved.

A FINE species.

An evergreen stove Fern.

Native of the Malay Islands and Philippine Islands.

Sterile and fertile fronds different. ‘The sterile frond pinnate
and glabrous, the pinne drooping, large, petiolulate, coriaceous,
and oblong-acuminate in form, above twelve inches in length;

4 ASPIDIUM REPANDUM.

the inferior ones two-lobed, with rounded base and entire
margin.

.Fertile fronds contracted, semi-erect, and repand, the under
side of the lower pinne having one or two profound segments,
and being crenate at the margin.

Stipes scaly at the base.

Fronds terminal, and adherent to an erect rhizoma.

Sori reniform.

Length thirty-six inches; colour brilliant shining green.

For a frond my thanks are due to Mr. Joseph Henderson,
of Wentworth.

It may be procured of Mr. R. Sim, of Foot’s Cray.

The illustration is from Mr. Sim’s frond.

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ASPIDIUM PATENS.

Kunze. Link? Fee. WILLDENOW. SCHKUHR.
Swagtz. ScHott. SLOAN. SPRENGEL. SCHLECHTENDAL.

PLATES Til AND IV. VOL VITf.

Lastrea patens, Prest. LiErBMAny.
Aspidium molle, LINK.
Polypodium patens, AITON.
es expansum, PotrRet.
Aspidium—The Shield Fern. Patens—Spreading.

In THE SECTION LAsTREA OF AUTHORS.

A WELL-KNowNn Fern, easily cultivated, and very ornamental.

An evergreen stove species.

Native of Tropical America, Africa, and Asia—Mexico and
the West Indies.

Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in the year 1784.

The fronds, which are broadly lanceolate in form, are pin-
nate; the pinnez sessile, profoundly pinnatifid, lanceolate, and
having linear-oblong, sub-falcate segments, which have an acute
apex, and are largest near the rachis.

6 ASPIDIUM PATENS.

Sor1 medial. Indusium glandulose, and exceedingly hairy.

Fronds pubescent and glandulose beneath, terminal, and
adherent to a somewhat creeping rhizoma.

Stipes scaly near the base, the scales being large.

Length from thirty-five to sixty inches; colour pale green.

Mr. Henderson has a variety (figured on plate iv) which is
very distinct, and which I have figured under the name of
variety Hendersont. Cultivated in the Wentworth collection
for some years, and in all probability originated there. Although
very different from the normal state, still it would be diffi-
cult to draw up a description which might not apply to both
forms in different states of growth. Let it suffice therefore to
mention its chief differences. In the normal state the length
of the frond is from two to three feet, whilst in the variety
Hendersoni it attains the length of from four to five feet. In
the variety the pinne are much narrower and longer, and
terminating in a narrow attenuated apex. In both forms the
two lower segments are the longest, but more decidedly so
in the variety.

My thanks are due to Mr. Masters, of Canterbury, for
plants of this species; and to Mr. Moore, of Chelsea, and to
Mr. Henderson, of Wentworth, for fronds.

It is in the Catalogues of Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea;
Rollisson, of Tooting; Kennedy, of Covent Garden; A. Hen-
derson, of Pine-apple Place; HE. G. Henderson, of St. John’s
Wood; Sim, of Foot’s Cray; Masters, of Canterbury; Booth,
of Hamburg; and Cooling, of Derby.

The illustrations are from Mr. Joseph Henderson’s fronds.

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ASPIDIUM KAULFUSSII.

Link. Kunze. FEE.
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Lastrea Kaulfussit, PREsL.

Aspidium—The Shield Fern. Kaulfussti—Named after the
well-known cryptogamic botanist, Kaulfuss.

In THE SECTION LASTREA OF AUTHORS.

A PLEASING Fern, only found in the larger collections.

An evergreen stove species.

Native of Brazil.

Fronds pubescent, lanceolate in form, and pinnate. The
pinne lanceolate, sessile, profoundly pinnatifid, and having
oblong-obtuse segments. Pinne opposite below, alternate above.

Stipes slightly scaly.

Fronds terminal, and being adherent to an erect rhizoma.

Sori sub-marginal. Indusium exceedingly hirsute.

Length from twelve to eighteen inches; colour dull green.

For a frond I am indebted to Mr. Joseph Henderson, of
Wentworth.

It may be procured of Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting, and
Booth, of Hamburg.

The illustration is from Mr. Henderson’s frond.

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ASPIDIUM SPINESCENS.

LOWE.
PLATE, Vii VOLS Vis

Lastrea spinescens, Hovtston. Moors.

Aspidium—The Shield Fera. Spinescens—Terminating in a spine.
In THE Section Lasrrea oF AUTHORS.

Aw imperfectly known ornamental species.

An evergreen stove Fern.

Native of the East Indies.

Introduced nearly twenty years ago among orchids by Mr.
Rucker, of Wandsworth.

The fronds, which are deltoid, are pubescent and tripinnate;
the pinnules linear-lanceolate in form, and pinnatifid; base
decurrent; segments somewhat dentate and ovate, and termi-
nating in a lengthy spinous mucro.

VOL. VII. Cc

10 ASPIDIUM SPINESCENS.

The fronds, which are lateral, are adherent to a creeping
scaly rhizoma.

Sorl sub-marginal.

Stipes scaly. |

Length from eighteen to twenty-four inches; colour dall
green. :

For a frond my thanks are due to Mr. Thomas Moore, of
Chelsea. :

It is in the Catalogues of Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea; HE.
G. Henderson, of St. John’s Wood; and Sim, of Foot’s Cray.

The illustration is from Mr. Moore’s frond.

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ASPIDIUM AMULUM.

SWARTZ.

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Polypodium emulum,
Nephrodium Fenisecii,

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Lastrea emula,
Aspidium Fenisecit,
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Aspidium—The Shield Fern.

SPRENGEL.

VOL. VII.

AITON.

Lowe.

Watson. Linptry anp Moore.
Bapineton. Deraxtn. Sownrey.
NEWMAN.

NEWMAN.

Or Garvens. (Wot of J. E. Surru.)
J. SMITH.

Kunze. Fre.

Bree.

BREE.

Hooker AND ARNOTT.

NeEwmMan.

NEWMAN.

Aymulum—Rival.

In THE Section LASTREA OF AUTHORS.

Bree’s Fern is one of the handsomest of British Ferns,
a local species, and a hardy deciduous indigenous Fern.

Native of Great Britain, Cape de Verd Isles, Madeira, and
the Azores.

12 ASPIDIUM AMULUM.

It is found im the counties of Cornwall, Devon, and
Somerset, Sussex, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cumberland, and
Northumberland. It occurs in several places in Wales. In
Scotland around Loch Lomond, in Argyleshire, Isles of Arran
and Mull, Orkney, and the Hebrides. Also in Ireland.

In Yorkshire it is very abundant at Hackness, in a shady
wood.

The habit of the plant is exceedingly graceful and very
compact; the frond has a peculiar crispy appearance, and the
colour of a very lively green.

The fronds, which are deltoid, are tripinnate; the pinnules
oblong, profoundly pinnatifid, and having serrated spinous-
mucronate recurved lobes; all the pinnules are curved upwards;
pinne opposite or sub-opposite.

Fronds numerous, glandulose on the under side.

Sori medial and sub-terminal, circular in form, and covering
the whole under side of the frond.

Indusium jagged on the margin, and reniform.

Veins simple, forked or pinnate; venules direct.

Rachis and stipes covered with jagged scales. Stipes half
the length of the frond, rigid, and brownish purple in colour.
Rachis greenish.

Fronds terminal, and adherent to a tufted rhizoma.

Length of frond from twelve to twenty-four inches, and
from five to eight inches in width.

Easily cultivated in a porous soil of loam and peat, and
succeeds best when grown in a shady situation.

for plants of this species my obligations are due to Mr.
Joseph Sidebotham, of Manchester, and to Mr. R. T. Millet,
of Penzance; and for fronds to Mr. Thomas Moore, of the
Botanic Gardens, Chelsea.

There is a variety, Prolifera, which Mr. R. Sim possesses,
which bears little plants on its frond-stalks near the surface
of the soil.

It may be procured of Messrs. Jackson, of Kingston; Veitch,
of Chelsea; A. Henderson, of Pine-apple Place; E. G. Hen-
derson, of St. John’s Wood; Sim, of Foot’s Cray; Kennedy,
of Covent Garden; Stansfield, of ‘Todmorden; and Cooling, of

Derby.

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ASPIDIUM HISPIDUM.

SWARTZ. KUNZE. SPRENGEL.

PLATE, Viti.” VOL. Vid.

Polystichum hispidum, J. Smiry.
Polypodium setosum, ForstTER.
Aspidium “s Scuxkunr? Fer.
cy * LanGsDoRFF AND FIscHER.
Lastrea hispida, Hovtston.
Aspidiwm—The Shield Fern. Hispidum—Bristly.

In THE SEcTION PoLYsTICHUM OF AUTHORS.

AN interesting although not well-known species.

An evergreen greenhouse Fern.

Native of New Zealand and New Holland.

Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in the year 1845,
by Mr. Colenzo.

The fronds, which are exceedingly hairy and deltoid are
tripinnate, the pinnules being linear-lanceolate, pinnatifid,
narrow, and having narrow mucronate segments.

Sori medial.

14 ASPIDIUM HISPIDUM.

Fronds terminal, and adherent to a creeping rhizoma.

Length of frond twelve inches; colour deep green.

For fronds I am indebted to Mr. Joseph Henderson, of
Wentworth. |

It may be procured of Mr. R. Sim, of Foot’s Cray.

The illustration is from Mr. Sim’s frond.

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ASPIDIUM GLANDULOSUM.
Biume. Moors, (not of Hooker AND GREVILLE.)

PLATE ITXs ~VOL. VET.

Aspidium isogramma, Konzz.
Nephrodium glanduloswm, PRESL.
2 multilineatum, Moore anv Hovtston.
§§ s Or GarpEns, (not of WALLIcH
or BENTH.)
Abacopteris glandulosa, FEE.
Cyclodium glandulosum, PRESL.
Aspidium—The Shield Fern. Glandulosum—Glanded.

In THE Secrion NEPHRODIUM OF AUTHORS.

A pistincr handsome Fern.

An evergreen stove species.

Native of India.

Fronds glabrous, pinnate; pinne distant, ovate, lanceolate,

VOL. VII. D

16 ASPIDIUM GLANDULOSUM.

attenuate, shortly petiolate; base sub-cordate; margin crenate.
Lower pinne sub-opposite, upper ones alternate. Habit
somewhat erect. |

Sori small, reniform; indusium diminutive, being soon hidden
by the sori.

Venules anastomosing, and forming lines between the primary
velus, and dividing the entire surface into rectilinear parallelo-
grams.

Fronds lateral, and adherent to a creeping rhizoma.

Stipes smooth, except when young, then there are a few
scattered scales on the upper side. Rachis clothed with very
brief stiff hairs.

Length of frond from twenty-four to thirty-six inches, of
which the lower half is naked; colour bright green.

Known best in gardens as Nephrodium multilineatum, but
not Wallich’s plant.

My thanks are due to Mr. Joseph Henderson, of Wentworth,
for fronds of this species.

It is in the Catalogues of Messrs. Sim, of Foot’s Cray; and
A. Henderson, of Pine-apple Place.

The illustration is from Mr. Joseph Henderson’s frond.

Pinna of mature I‘rond—under side.

ASPIDIUM STRIGOSUM.

WILLDENOW.

= PLATE. Xx, VOL. Vit.

Lastrea crinita, Moore.
= strigosa, Prest. J. Smita.
Aspidium crinitum, S1EBER. Bosyer. WaAttica.
= “5 Hooker AND GREVILLE.
= sf Kunze, (not of MarTENS AND
GALLEOTTI.)
Polypodium crinitum, Or GARDENS.
Aspidium setosum, Bune, (M.S8.)
<4 pauciflorum, KavLrFuss.
ee nitidum, Bory.
Aspidium—Shield Fern. Strigosum—Slender.

In THE SEcTION LASTREA OF AUTHORS.

Aw exceedingly handsome rare species, very elegant in the
form of the fronds, and being singular from the long, black,
shining scales at the base of the frond.

18 ASPIDIUM STRIGOSUM.

This Fern should be in every collection.
_An evergreen stove species.

Native of Mauritius.

The fronds, which are pinnate, are glabrous on the upper
surface. ‘The pinne are pinnatifid, ovate-lanceolate in form,
attenuate, and sub-opposite. Segments rather obtuse, the lower
and upper ones the longest.

Sori medial; indusium minute.

Stipes somewhat angular, and being furnished for about two
inches at the base with long blackish incurved scales, and also
with thinly scattered shorter scales on the rest of the stipes
and rachis; these parts are also thickly covered throughout
with very short pellucid glandulose hairs.

Length of frond twenty-four inches; colour pale green.

For fronds my thanks are due to Mr. Joseph Henderson, of
Wentworth.

It is not in any of the Nurserymen’s Catalogues.

The illustration is from Mr. Joseph Henderson’s frond.

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ASPIDIUM HIRTUM.

SWARTZ. SCHKUHR. SPRENGEL.

PLATE. XE ~ VOL. Vit.

Lastrea hirta, Prest. J. Smita. Moore.
Polypodium barbatum, KunNnzE.
Aspidium—Shield-Fern. Hirtum—Hairy.

In THE Secrion LASTREA oF AUTHORS.

A PRETTY rare Fern, seldom to be met with in collections.

An evergreen stove species.

Native of Jamaica.

The fronds, which are bipinnate, are oblong and _ pinnatifid;
pinnules ovate-triangular, obtuse and scarcely entire, the lowest
decurrent.

Rachis and stipes very hairy. Upper surface of frond scattered
over with whitish hairs.

Sori large and extending over the whole under surface of
the frond.

20 ASPIDIUM HIRTUM.

Length of frond about nine inches, of which the lower two
inches are naked.

For fronds my thanks are due to Mr. J. Smith, Curatcr of
the Royal Gardens, Kew. |

It is not in any Nurserymen’s Catalogues.

The illustration is from Mr. Smith’s frond.

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ASPIDIUM TRUNCATUM.
GAUDICHAUD.

PLAGE) SE VOR. VIL.

Nephrodium truncatum, J. Smita. Prest. Moore.
Polystichum . GAUDICHAUD.
Aspidium—Shield-Fern. Truncatum—Abrupt-ended.

In tHe Section NEPHRODIUM OF AUTHORS.

AN evergreen greenhouse species.

Native of the Sandwich Islands.

‘The fronds, which are pinnate, become narrower towards the
apex; the terminal pinna being large and pinnatifid. Pinne
pinnatifid, lanceolate, having rounded segments, and petiolate
except the apex of the frond. Veins pinnate, the basal pair
angularly anastomosing, and conspicuous.

Sori medial and circular.

Length of frond twenty-four inches; colour deep green.

99 ASPIDIUM TRUNCATUM.

For fronds my thanks are due to Mr.J. Smith, of the Royal
Gardens, Kew; and to Mr. Thomas Moore, of the Chelsea
Botanic Gardens.

It is not in the Nurserymen’s Catalogues.

The illustration is from a frond sent by Mr. Smith.

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JLLE-—-VAR, CORYMBIFERUM.

Pinna of multiple Frond—upper side.

ASPIDIUM MOLLE.—Variety CoRYMBIFERUM.

SIM.
PLATE XIII. VOL. VII.

Tue normal form of the Aspidium molle, of Swartz, more
generally* known as the Nephrodium molle, of Brown, has been
figured on Plate XXX, vol. vi, and described on page 87
of that volume. Since an account of this species has been
published, Mr. R. Sim, of the Foot’s Cray Nursery, has
introduced to the public this most singular multiple variety.
It is perhaps the most extraordinary variety known, the stem
being branched, all the ends of the pinne multiple and crisped,
and the apex of the frond crowded with the many-crisped
multiple portions. ‘There is another peculiarity about it, namely,
that it varies so very much in the form and multiplicity of
its fronds. The habit of the plant is erect, and its height
only half that of the normal form.

I am indebted to Mr. R. Sim, for a plant and fronds of this
Fern, which enables me to figure it at the conclusion of the
genus Aspidium,; and while referring to this species, I take
the opportunity of adding to the synonymes the following :—

Aspidium molle, Jacquin, (not of Linx,
which is Aspidium patens.)
Nephrodium molle, LIEBMANN.

VOL. VII. E

24 ASPIDIUM MOLLE.

VARIETY CORYMBIFERUM.

1

Aspidium nymphale, ScHKUBR.

« adultum, Wicxstr. I

es appendiculatum, (in part,) | Wa.ticu. i

“ canescens, (in part,) WaALLICH.

bs diversum, KUNZE.

as hirsutulum, WALLICH.

= patens, WILLDENOW, (not of SWARTZ,

Kuntu, Biume, Kuwnzz,
or GUEINZIUS.)

ee propinquum, Or GarDENs.
me solutum, WaALLicnH.

ES subpubescens, BLUME.

‘s tectum, W ALLICH.

Schiede, Karwinski, and Liebmann, each found this species
in various parts of Mexico.

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ADDENDA TO THE GENUS ASPIDIUM.

Tut following additions have been made to the genus
Aspidium, from Mr. Moore’s valuable work, “Index Filicum,”
the part referring to this family having only recently been
published.

ASPIDIUM DECURRENS. Page 25, vol. 6.

Not the <Aspidium decurrens of either Smith or Presl; the
former is. the Sagenea pteropus of Moore, and the latter S.
decurrens of Moore.

ASPIDIUM FALCINELLUM. Page 29, vol. 6.

Not the Aspedium auriculatum of Swartz, Schkuhr, Wallich,
or Don; Swartz’s plant is Polystichum auriculatum of Moore;
Schkuhr’s is P. acrostichoides of Moore; Wallich’s is the Ne-
phrolepis tuberosa of Moore; Don’s is the P. lentum of
Moore. ‘The A. auriculatum of Holl is the A. falcinellum of
Swartz.

ASPIDIUM . AUGESCENS. Page 35, vol. 6.

Aspidium serra of Swartz is the Lastrea serra of Moore;
A. serra of Schkuhr is the Nephrodium unitum of Moore; <A.
serra of Raddi is the N. unitum, var., of Moore; A. ottonis of
Kunze is A. augescens vf Moore.

ASPIDIUM ACUMINATUM. Page 37, vol. 6.

Aspidium acuminatum of Willdenow is not this plant, but
the Nephrolepis ensifolia of Moore, the present plant being the
A. acuminatum of English Gardens, (not of the Berlin Gardens,)
that plant being the Athyrium oxyphyllum of Moore.

ASPIDIUM FILIX-MAS. Page 41, vol. 6.

Aspidium affine of Fischer and Meyer is a variety of A.
fitz-mas of Swartz, not the A. affine of Blume, which is
Nephrodium lineatum of Moore, nor the A. affine of Wallich,
which is Polystichum aculeatum of Moore, nor the <A. affine
of Roxburgh, which is a variety of A. rigidum.

26 ADDENDA.

A. paleaceum, Don, is a variety of A. filix-mas, but not of
Swartz, which is Lastrea paleacea of Moore.

_A. Wallichianum of Sprengel is a variety of A. filix-mas,
but not so the A. Wallichianum of Bory, which is Oleandra
neriiformis of Moore, nor of Kunze, which is Polystichum
setosum of Moore, nor of Wallich, which is O. Wallichit of
Moore.

Add to synonymes of A. filiz-mas:—

Aspidium adnatum, BLUME.
es caucasicum, A. Braun.
ef crinitum, Martens AND GALLEOTTI.
se expansum, DiETRECH.
ss Mildeanum, G@pp,
a nevadense, GERMAN GARDENS.
nidus, GRIFFITH.
“« — parallelogrammum, Kunze.
“< pinnatifidum, Watticu. M.S.
«pseudo filix-mas, FEE.
ef Smithii, ENGLISH GARDENS.
re uliginosum, BLUME. -

Not the A. filiz-mas of Holl, which is Lastrea elongata of
Moore, nor of Pursh, which is LZ. Goldiana of Moore.

ASPIDIUM ACULEATUM. Page 49, vol. 6.

Aspidium intermedium, not of Willdenow, which is Lastrea
spinulosa, var. of Moore, nor of Blume, which is LZ. Blume
of Moore, nor of Link, which is Athyrium filix-femina of
Moore, nor of J. Smith, which is Sagenia coadunata, var., of
Moore.

A.munitum, not of Kaulfuss, which is Polystichum falcinellum
var. of Moore. |

A. lentum, not of Don, which Moore gives as P. lentum.

A. ocellatum, not of Wailich, which is P. lentum of Moore.

Add as synonymes:—

Aspidium affine, Watticu.
e¢ scariosum, RoxBurGH.
ae sublobatum, BLUME.

ASPIDIUM ACROSTICHOIDES. Page 57, vol. 6.

Aspidium auriculatum, not of Swartz, Wallich, Holl, or
Don. Add as synonyme:—

Aspidium Schweinitsii, Brcx.

ASPIDIUM CRISTATUM. Page 59, vol. 6.

Aspidium cristatum, not of Ruprecht.
A. spinulosum, not of Swartz, Schrader, Schkuhr, Gray, or

Hooker and Arnott.

ADDENDA. QT

ASPIDIUM RIGIDUM. Page 63, vol. 6.

Not A. rigidum, var., of A. Braun, which is Lastrea remota
of Moore.

Not A. pallidum of Blume, which is Z. pallida of Moore,
nor of English Gardens, which is ZL. filiz-mas of Moore.

Not A. nevadense of German Gardens, which is a variety of

L. filiz-mas of Moore.
ASPIDIUM PUBESCENS. Page 73, vol. 6.

Mr. Moore, in his “Index Filicum,” does not think this is
the Lastrea pubescens of Swartz, but the L. guinquangularis,
(Aspidium quinguangularis of Kunze.)

ASPIDIUM ELONGATUM. Page 75, vol. 6.

Not A. elongatum of Willdenow, which is Lastrea Canariense
of Moore.

Not A. oligodonton of Desvaux, which is Asplentum Attonit,
var., of Moore.

ASPIDIUM DILATATUM. Page 77, vol. 6.

Not A. dilatatum of Wallich, which is Sagenta coadunata of
Moore.

Not A. dilatatum of Holl, which is Lastrea emula of Moore.

Not A. dilatatum of American authors, which is L. spinulosa,
var., of Moore.

Not A. dilatatum, var. recurvum of Bree, which is LZ. emula
of Moore.

Not A. spinulosum of Gray, which is ZL. spinulosa, var., of
Moore.

Not A. spinulosum, var., of Hooker and Arnott, which is Z.
emula of Moore.

Not A. spinulosum, var. cristatum, Lasch., which is LZ.
spinulosa of Moore.

Not A. spinulosum, var. Boottit, Gray, which is ZL. spinulosa,
var., of Moore.

Not A. spinulosum, var. uliginosum, A. Braun, which is L.
cristata, var., of Moore.

Add synonyme:—

Aspidium tanacetifolium, Opiz.

ASPIDIUM GOLDIANUM. Page 83, vol. 6.

Not A. Goldianum of Gardens, which is Lastrea cristata of
Moore.

28 ADDENDA.

ASPIDIUM TRIFOLIATUM. Page 85, vol. 6.

. Add as synonymes:—

Aspidium trifoliatum, WILLDENOW. SCHLECHTENDAL.
a ¢ Dersvaux. Prest, MEeEtTrEntus.
sg S TauscH. LikBMANN.

i heracleifolium, SPRENGEL. Desvaux. BLuMe.

ag fe Martens anp GatLeott. Kunze...
zs a MEeTTENTUS.

ie multisorum, Desvaux.

Polypodium trifoliatum, PorreEt.
es cordifolium, Martens and GALLEOTTI.
ee re LIEBMANN.
eR triphylluim, Desvaux. Poiret. SpPRENGEL.

Tectaria trifoliata, CAVANILLES.

Bathmium heraclerfolium, FEE.

Nephrodium trifoliatum, Bory.

Drynaria cordifolia, Fre.

Not the Aspidium trifoliatum of Sieber, which is Sagenia
pica of Moore, nor A. trifoliatum, var., Sieber, which is S.
macrophylla of Moore, nor var. of Swartz, which is S. pica of
Moore, nor the A. pica of Desvaux, which is S. pica of Moore.

Add to the localities:— Hispaniola, Cuba, Barbadoes, Mexico,
Guadaloupe, Guatemala, Panama, Columbia, Venezuela, Peru,
Amazon, Surinam, China, Java, and the Mauritius.

ASPIDIUM MUCRONATUM. Page 91, vol. 6.

Not A. mucronatum of Don, which is Lastrea Hamiltonii
of Moore.

Not A. mucronatum of Lowe, which is Polystichum triangulum
of Moore.

According to Mr. Moore this is not Swartz’s plant.

ASPIDIUM VILLOSUM. Page 101, vol. 6.

Not Aspidium villosum of Bory, which is Lastrea cruciata
of Moore.

Not A. villosum of Heward, which is Polypodium lachnopo-
dium of Moore.

ASPIDIUM CAPENSE. Page 107, vol. 6.

Not A. Capense of Swartz, which is Amphieosmia Capensis
of Moore.

ASPIDIUM SPINULOSUM. Page 109, vol. 6.

Not A. spinulosum of Schkuhr, which is Lastrea dilatata of
Moore.

ADDENDA. 99

ASPIDIUM CANARIENSE. Page 111, vol. 6.

A. canariense of A. Braun. Not A. Canariense of Willdenow,
which is Cystopteris fragilis of Moore.
A. Ludovicianum of Kunze is A. Canariense of Moore.

ASPIDIUM PTEROIDES. Page 115, vol. 6.

Not of Swartz or Blume, which is Nephrodium unitum of
Moore.

ASPIDIUM CICUTARIUM. Page 117, vol. 6.

Not A. cicutarium of Splitgerber and Klotzsch, which is
Lastrea funesta of Moore.

Not A. cicutariwm of English Gardens, which is Gondopteris
tetragona of Moore.

Not A. latifolium of Presl, which is Sagenia latifolia of
Moore.
~ Not A. apifolium of Schkuhr, which is Sagenta apiifolia of
Moore.

ASPIDIUM MACROPHYLLUM. Page 119, vol. 6.

Not of Blume, which is Sagenta pteropus of Moore, nor of
Sieber, which is S. angulata of Moore.

Not the A. bifidum of Carmichael, which is Lastrea tomentosa
of Moore.

ASPIDIUM UNITUM. Page 121, vol. 6.

Not of Mettenius, which is Nephrodium Hookeri of Moore.

Add as synonymes:—

Aspidium unitum,
oe

Brume. Hooxer & ARNotTT.

lucens, BoseEr.

.: aridum, Don.

te callosum, BLUME.

FE contiguum, KAuLFUuss.

5 continuum, Drsvavux.

23 ceucullatum, BLUME.

“ Eckloni, KUNZE.

e goggylodus, ScHKUHR.

Fe gongylodes, Meyer.

* lanuginosum, Bory.

E microcarpum, WILLDENOW.

se obtusatum, Swarrz.

2 paludosum, Mertrenivs.

= Pohlianum, PRESL.

r¥ propinquum, Swartz.

pteroides, Swartz. Biome.

3 resiniferum, KAvLruss.

S serra, Scukunr. Rapp.
serratum, SwARtTz.

venulosum,

BiumMe. WALLtICcH.

30 ADDENDA.

ASPIDIUM HOOKERI. Page 123, vol. 6.
' Not A. Hookert of Sweet, which is Fadyenia prolifera of

Moore, or of Klotzsch, which is Cyclodium meniscoidis of Moore.
Add synonymes:—

Aspidium puberum, WALLICH.
«s unitum, METTENIUS.

ASPIDIUM COADUNATUM. Page 127, vol. 6.

Not A. coadunatum of Kaulfuss, which is Nephrodium coad-
unatum of Moore.

ASPIDIUM RECEDENS. Page 1, vol. 7.

Aspidium recedens, Merrentus. (Not of Sturm.)
ASPIDIUM REPANDUM. Page 3, vol. 7.
Aspidium repandum, (Not of J. Smitu, Biums, or PREst.)
5 platyphyllum, Presi. (Not of WILLDENOW.)

es tectaria, DEsvaux?

ASPIDIUM PATENS. Page 5, vol. 7.

Not of Willdenow, which is Nephrodium molle of Moore, nor
of Kunth, which is Lastrea Kunthu of Moore, nor of Blume,
which is Mesochlena Javanica of Moore, nor of Gueinzius, which
is Goniopterts patens of Moore, nor of Kunze, which is Lastrea
Gueinziana of Moore.

A. molle, not of Swartz, which is Nephrodium molle of Moore.

ASPIDIUM KAULFUSSII. Page 7, vol. 7.

Aspidium arboreum, LoppicE&s.
4 riparium, Mortirz.

ASPIDIUM AIMULUM. Page 1k vol. 7.
Not of Kunze.

Aspidium dilatatum, Hott. (Not of Smirn or Watticu.)
- odoratum, Lowe, M.S. (Wot of SprenceEt, SIEBER,
or Bory.
- spinulosum, var. Hooxer AND ARNOTT.
ASPIDIUM HISPIDUM. Page 13, vol. 7.
Aspidium setosum, (Not of Swartz, WatticH, KtotzscH, or

BLUME.

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HYPODERRIS. 31

GENUS VI.

HYPODERRIS. R. Brown.

A SOLITARY species, native of the Island of Trinidad.

The name is from Hypo under, and Derris a skin, in allusion
to the attachment of the indusium, of which a portion is buried
under the sort.

Distinguished from the genus Woodsia, by having reticulated
venation; it does not differ in any other respect, except in habit.

Fronds stipitate, simple, entire, or trilobate.

Rhizoma creeping.

Sori circular, irregular, or uniserial on either side of the
primary veins, and being formed at the points of confluence
of numerous veinlets.

VOL. VII. 5

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Portion of mature Frond—under side.

HYPODERRIS BROWNII.

J. SMITH. FEE. HooKER AND BAUER.
PLATE XIV. VOL. VII.

Woodsia Brownit, METTENIUS.

Hypoderris—Under-the-skin. Brownti—Named in honour
of the late R. Brown, the eminent Botanist.

A SINGULAR, handsome, and rare Fern, but little known in
cultivation in this country.

An evergreen stove species.

Native of the Island of Trinidad and Guiana.

Introduced into England about the year 1800.

The fronds, which are simple or trilobate, are oblong-acuminate
in form, the lateral lobes being very small in comparison with
the central one. Fronds undulated, somewhat membranous; base
cordate, margin of the frond entire.

Stipes and rachis thickly scaly, -the scales being diminutive
and whitish.

9

304 HYPODERRIS BROWNII.

Fronds lateral and adherent to a creeping and scaly rhizoma.
Veins anastomosing and reticulated.
Sori usually scattered throughout the whole under side

of the frond.

Length from twelve to twenty-four inches; colour light green.

The lower four to nine inches of frond naked.

For fronds my thanks are due to Sir W. J. Hooker, Director
of the Royal Gardens, Kew; and to Mr. George Norman, of
Hull.

It may be procured of Messrs. Veitch, Jun., of the Exotic
Nursery, Chelsea.

The illustration is from Mr. Norman’s frond.

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MESOCH LANA.

GENUS VII.

MESOCHLAINA. R. Brown.

VEINS pinnate and costeform, the lower pair of venules
anastomosing. Sori oblong-linear, medial. Indusium linear,
and being attached longitudinally on the centre of the receptacle.
Fronds bipinnatifid.

Fée, in his “Genres de la Famille des Polypodiacées,” under
the name of Stegnogramme, enumerates the following:—

1.— Aspidioides, Blume.
2.— Mesochlena, Fee.
0.—Moluccana, Fee.
4,.— Javanica, Brown.

Only one species is cultivated in England, namely, Mesochlena
Javanica.

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MESOCHLANA JAVANICA.

R. Brown. J. SMITH. KUNZE.

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Spherostephanos asplenioides, J. Smita. Kunze. Hooxerr.
Lastrea microchlena, Dr VRIESE.
Stegnogramme Javanica, Fre.
Aspidium brachyotum, BLUME.
aa Javanicum, MET?ENIUS.
se patens, Biume, (not of Swartz, Kuntn.
WILLDENOW, GUEINZIUS, or
KUNZE.)
. polycarpon, Biome.
7 species, Java, No. ILI, ScHort, (M.S8.)

Mesochlena—Middle-cloaked. From the Greek, in reference to the
manner of attachment of the indusium. Juvanica—Java.

AN interesting species, not yet common in collections.
An evergreen stove Fern.
- Native of Java and Singapore.

38 MESOCHLANA JAVANICA.

The fronds are pinnate, the pinne being pinnatifid, narrow,
oblong-lanceolate, mostly opposite. Segments obtuse and slightly
falcate, strongly marked underneath with the simple, free,
parallel veins; the lower pair of venules anastomosing in the
manner of the section Nephrodium.

Stipes a foot or more long, furnished on each side with
short abortive pinne, nearly to the base. Primary and secondary
rachis, as well as the stipes and veins, covered thickly with
short, spreading, pellucid hairs.

Sori medial, oblong-linear, and decussate; the indusium linear,
and being attached longitudinally on the centre of the receptacle,
and having sporangia in its axis on either side. Margin free.

Length from twenty-four to forty-eight inches.

For fronds my thanks are due to Sir W. J. Hooker, Royal
Gardens, Kew; Mr. Moore, of the Chelsea Botanic Gardens;
M. Schott, of the Imperial Gardens of Schonbriinn; and Mr.
Joseph Henderson, of Wentworth.

It may be procured of Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting; and
Booth, of Hamburg.

The illustration is from Mr. Moore’s frond.

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OLEANDRA. 39

GENUS VIII.

OLEANDRA. CaAVvANILLEs.

Aw extremely interesting small family, none of the species of
which are found in any except the best collections.

The meaning of the name is not known.

Presl, in his “‘T'antamen Pteridographie,” gives the fol-
lowing :—

Oleandra articulata. Presi.
<3 Wallichii. Presi.

Oleandra neriifolia. Cavanilles. |

re nodosa. Presi. |

Fee in his “Genres de la Famille des Polypodiacées,”
enumerates.

Cumingi. J. Smith. Moritz. Fee.
Macrocarpa. Presi. | Lomatopus. Fee.
Mollis. Presi. | Wallichii. Fee.
Neriuformis. Cavanilles. Hirtella. Mrguel.
Phyllarthron. Fee. Nodosa. Cavanilles.
Musefolia. Fee. | Articulata. Presi.

Mr. Thomas Moore, in his “Index Filicum,’”? mentions
O. neriiformis. Cavanilles. | QO. nodosa. Prestl.
QO. articulata. Presi. : O. pilosa. Hooker.
O. Wallichu. Presi. | O. Cumingn. J. Smith.

Fronds simple, entire, lanceolate, and stipitate.
Rhizoma scandent or creeping.

Sori circular, transversely uniserial, costal, or irregular.
Indusium reniform.

Habit very distinct.

Veins simple or forked.

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Portion of mature Frond—under side.

OLEANDRA NERIIFORMIS.

CAVANILLES. Kunze. Situ. Bory.

PLATE XVI.

Aspidium neriiformis,

es subcostale,

< nerufolium,

salaccense,

ee neriiforme,

as lorifrons,

“< _ pistillare,

of Weallichianum,

Oleandra hirtella,

neriifolia,
Ophiopteris verticillata,

Oleandra—............ ?

VOLS Vit.

SwARtTz.

WatLLIcH.

PorrReEt.

BLUME.

Swartz. SPRENGEL.

KUNZE.

SWARTZ.

Bory, (not of Sprencen, Kunze, or
WALLICH.)

Miquet. ScnHotrr. KuNzE.

Moorst anp Hovtston.

CAVANILLES. PreEst.

REINWARDT.

Neriiformis—Oleander-like.

A RARE handsome species, worthy of a place in every collec-
tion, easily cultivated and distinct in habit and general appearance

from all other Ferns.
An evergreen stove species.

Native of the East Indies, Malayan

Tropical America.

Archipelago, Java, and

Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in the year 1848.

492 OLEANDRA NERIIFORMIS.

Fronds simple, lanceolate, exceedingly membranous, undulated ;
margin entire, round, or somewhat attenuated at the base.

- The fronds, which are twelve inches in length, recline, and
are verticillate or sub-verticillate, and being articulated with a
frutescent scandent rhizoma.

Rhizoma covered with brown scales.

Colour of the frond vivid pale green.

Sori uniserial; costal, crowded. Indusium reniform.

Commonly known as the Oleandra hirtella.

For a plant of this species my obligations are due to M.
Schott, Director of the Imperial Gardens of Schonbriinn; and
for fronds to Sir W. J. Hooker, Royal Gardens, Kew; Mr.
Sim, of Foot’s Cray; and to Mr. Joseph Henderson, of Wentworth.

It may be procured of Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea; Sim, of
Foot’s Cray; Rollisson, of Tooting; A. Henderson, of Pine-apple
Place; E. G. Henderson, of St. John’s Wood; and Booth, of
Hamburg.

The illustration is from Sir William Hooker’s frond.

Portion of mature Frond—under side.

OLEANDRA NODOSA.
Presi. J. Smitu. Kunze. Fer. Moore anp HoutstTon.
PLATE XVII. VOL. VII.

Aspidium nodosum, WILLDENOW. SPRENGEL.
ScuxunHr. PLuMIER.
(Not of Kunze or Biume.)

ee articulatum, ScuxunR. (Not of Swartz
or Lowe.)
Oleandra—..........4. P Nodosa—Knotty.

A HANDSOME free-growing Fern, only to be met with in
good collections.

An evergreen stove species.

Native of the East Indies, West Indian Islands, Jamaica,
and ‘Tropical America.

Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1848.

The fronds, which are lanceolate-acuminate, are simple,
entire on the margin, and attenuated at the base.

Veins forked; venules parallel, direct, free, and having their
apices slightly thickened and gently curved.

Stipes and rachis ebeneous; the rachis covered beneath with
brownish cordate scales.

Rhizoma scaly and creeping.

VOL. VII. H

44 OLEANDRA NODOSA.

Sori circular, uniserial, and irregularly scattered.

The fronds articulated with the stipes, and at some distance
from the rhizoma.

Length of frond twelve to fourteen’ inches; colour brilliant
green.

Mr. Sim, in his new Catalogue, enumerates four species:—

Nertiformis. Cavanilles. From | Hirtella. Miquel.
Natal. | Nodosa. Presi.
Articulata. Presi. |

As some doubt yet hangs over these species, it has been
thought the wiser plan to figure the two species according to
Smith, leaving the further discussion and enumeration to the
Appendix, in order that the Author may have an opportunity
of seeing the living plants.

For fronds of this Fern my thanks are due to Mr. J. Smith,
of the Royal Gardens, Kew, and to Mr. Joseph Henderson, of
Wentworth.

It is in the Catalogues of Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea; Sim,
of Foot’s Cray; A. Henderson, of Pine-apple Place; fand
Booth, of Hamburg.

The illustration is from Mr. Smith’s frond.

NEPHROLEPIS. 45

GENUS IX.
NEPHROLEPIS. Scuort.

AN interesting genus. ‘The name derived from the Greek,
nephros, a kidney, and Jepis, a scale, in reference to the coy-
ering of the spore-cases.

Fronds pinnate, linear, or narrow-elongate; pinne numerous,
upper side of the base auriculated, sessile, and articulated to
the rachis. The pinne very soon fall from the rachis,
frequently leaving a more or less leafless stem.

Veins forked. Venules free and clavate, the basal exterior
one being fertile.

Sori terminal, circular, sub-marginal, transverse, and uniserial.

Indusium reniform or sub-reniform.

The fronds vary in length from twelve to seventy inches.

Rhizoma brief, erect, forming lengthy slender stolones, which
bear fasciculate crowns at intervals, or elongately creeping;
sometimes bearing tubers.

There are no British examples.

Mr. Moore, in his “Index Filicum,” gives the following:—

Platyotis. Hunze. | Tuberosa. Presi.
Hirsutula. Presi. | Undulata. J. Smith.
Splendens. Presi. _ Obtusifolia. Presi.
Trichomanoides. J. Smith. | Cordifolia. Presi.
Biserrata. Schott. - Neglecta. Presi.
Punctulata. Presi. | Volubilis. Presi.
Biaurita. Presi. | Floccigera. Presi.
Repens. Brackenridge. | Gibbosa. Presi.
Sesquipedalis, Presi. | Mauritianum. Moore.
Exaltata. Schott. Pendula. Moore.
Pectinata. Schott. Ramosa. Moore.
Davallioides. Kunze.

Mr. J. Smith, in his ‘Catalogue of Ferns cultivated in
British Gardens,” gives the following:—

46 ; NEPHROLEPIS.

Pectinata. Schott. Ensifolia. Presi.
Undulata. J. Smith. Hirsutula. Presi.
- Tuberosa. Presi. Devallioides. J. Smith.

Exaltata. Schott.

Kunze, in his “Index Filicum,” enumerates—
Cordifola. Presi. _ Platyotis. Aunze.
Exaltata. Schott. | Sesquipedalis. Pres.
Hirsutula. Presl. Tuberosa. Pres.
Intramarginalis. Aunze. | Undulata. J. Smith.

Neglecta. Kunze. | Zollingeriana. De Vriese.
Pectinata. Schott.

Presl, in his ““Tentamen Pteridographie,” gives—

Gaimardiana. Presi. Paraensis. Presi.
Punctulata. Presi. Gibbosa. Presi.
Subcordata. Presi. | Sieberi. Presi.
Splendens. Presi. | Cultrifolia. Pres?.
Ensifolia. Presi. Sesquipedalis. Pres/.
Biserrata. Schott. | Wallchiana. Presi.
Bidentata. Presi. | Cordifolia. Presi.
Acuminata. Presi. | Tuberosa. Presi.
Acuta. Presi. | Exaltata. Schott.
Hirsutula. Presi. | Imbricata. Presi.
Pilosa. Presi. | Pectinata. Schott.
Acutangula. Presi. Obtusifolium. Presi.

The present genus appears very distinct from all others;
the long wiry rhizoma is a marked character, and from the
rapidity with which the rhizoma grows, and the great number
produced, this genus is perhaps more readily propagated than —
any other. It is easily cultivated, and when grown in wide
shallow pans, a fine specimen may be speedily procured.

The species Davallioides is the most magnificent in the
genus, and calls forth universal admiration; Undulata is a
pretty Fern when successfully grown, whilst the well-known
Ezxaltata and Pectinata are both worth careful cultivation as
exhibition plants.

To grow these Ferns successfully, drain well, give abundance
of pot-room, and a rich compost.

Portion of mature Frond—under side.

NEPHROLEPIS PECTINATA.

Scnott. J. SmitH. Kunze. PRESL.
Moore AND HOoULSTON.

PLATE XVIII. VOL. VII.

Nephrolepis Schkuhrii, FEE.
Aspidium pectinatum, WILLDENOW. SPRENGEL.
< trapezoides, Scoxunr. (Not of Swartz.)
= Schkuhrii, Link.
Nephrodium Schkuhri, Link.
ee pectinatum, Linx.
Nephrolepis—Kidney-scaled. Pectinata—Comb-leaved.

An elegant slender Fern, easily propagated, and when

successfully grown making a magnificent exhibition plant; very
easily cultivated.

An evergreen stove species.

Native of Brazil and the West Indies.

Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in the year 1841,
having been received from the Royal Gardens,’ Berlin. It
appears to have been known in some English Gardens,
however, as early as 1820.

Fronds glabrous; pinnate, shape narrow linear-lanceolate;
pinne alternate and crowded. ‘There are from one hundred
to one hundred and thirty pairs of pinne on each frond.

48 NEPHROLEPIS PECTINATA.

Oblong, imbricate; apex rounded; upper base auriculate, lower
base truncate; coarsely dentate on the margin.

Veins forked; venules direct and free.

Sori circular, transversely uniserial, and attached to the
apices of the venules; usually about six pairs on each pinna.

Fronds terminal and adherent, forming a fascicle on a thin
wiry creeping rhizoma.

The rachis is fluted above, below it is entirely hid, owing
to the basal portion of each pinna wrapping quite over it,
and this gives the frond a singular and interesting appearance
when viewed from beneath.

Length of frond from twelve to thirty-four inches, width of
frond about equal throughout its length, except near the apex;
average width from an inch to an inch and a quarter.
Colour a yellowish green.

The different species of Nephrolepis are very readily prop-
agated by divisions of the ‘wiry rhizoma; indeed a well-
established plant in a half-peck flower-pan will yield hundreds
of plants in a few months. By pegging down each rhizoma a
plant of almost any size may be obtained.

For a plant of this Fern my thanks are’ due “o.ghue
William Ingram, of Belvoir Castle, and for fronds to’ M.
Schott, of the Imperial Gardens of Schonbriinn, near Vienna.

It is in all the Nurserymen’s Catalogues.

The illustration is from a plant in my own collection.

Portion of mature Frond—under side,

NEPHROLEPIS EXALTATA.

Scoott. J. SmitH. Hooker. Moore anp Hovwutston.
KunzE. PRESL. LIEBMANN. FEE.

PLATE XIX. VOL. VII.

Polypodium exaltatum, Linnzvus. PrLumier.
44 rivulare, VaduHL.
Aspidium exaltatum, Swartz. ScukuHr? Rappr?
as es Kavutruss. SPRENGEL.
ce eminens, WIcKSTR.
FS ensifolium, Buiume. (Not Swartz.)
flagelliferum, Watticu.
rf sublanosum, WaALLICH, IN PART.
Nephrodium exaltatum, Linx. Brown.
ae ae HuMBOLDT AND BoNnPLAND.
Nephrolepis commutata, ScHort.
Nephrolepis—Kidney-scaled. Exaltata—Lofty.

A WELL-KNOWN, commonly-cultivated, ornamental Fern.

An evergreen stove species.

Native of Jamaica, New Holland, Sandwich Islands, West
Indies, South America, and Central America.

Introduced by Mr. Anderson into the Royal Gardens, Kew,
in the year 1793.

Fronds glabrous, pinnate, linear-lanceolate, elongate, and
slender. The pinne sub-cordate and oblong-acute; the base
on the upper side auriculate; margin serrate.

50 NEPHROLEPIS EXALTATA.

Rachis and stipes covered with narrow scales of a brown
colour.

Sori circular, transversely uniserial, about twenty pairs on
each pinna. Indusium reniform.

Veins forked; venules direct and free.

There are about a hundred and twenty pairs of pinne on
each frond.

Fronds terminal, and adherent in a fascicle to a creeping
wiry rhizoma.

Length of frond from thirty-five to sixty inches, width from
two to three inches; colour pale green.

For plants of this Fern my thanks are due to Mr. Pass,
gardener to Mr. Brocklehurst, of The Fence, Macclesfield;
to Mr. EK. Cooling, Nurseryman, Derby; to Mr. Clarke, of the
Royal Gardens, Glasgow; and to Mr. Lamb, gardener to Mr.
F. Wright, of Osmaston Manor, near Ashbourne; and for
fronds to M. Schott, of the Imperial Gardens of Schonbrinn,
near Vienna.

It is in all the Nurserymen’s Catalogues.

The illustration is from a plant in my own collection.

RAIA PR REO FSP ELIT RN GT

Portion of mature Frond--under side.

NEPHROLEPIS UNDULATA.
J. oMirHh. Konze: Irn.

PEALE OXs\= VOL." VIIa

Aspidium undulatum, Swartz. Arzetius. SPRENGEL.
Nephrolepis—Kidney-scaled. Undulata—W ave-leaved.

A more dwarf species than the two preceding ones, and
exceedingly handsome, especially when in fructification. It is
not common in ordinary collections.

Native of West Africa—Sierra Leone.

Introduced by the Right Honourable the Earl of Derby
into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in the year 1844.

Fronds glabrous and narrow-lanceolate in form; pinnate,
the pinne being cordato-oblong-acuminate and sub-imbricate;
margin crenate. ;

Sori circular and transversely uniserial.

Veins forked; venules direct and free.

Fronds terminal and adherent, forming a small fascicle on
a wiry creeping rhizoma.

Tuberous rooted. Tubers are formed beneath the soil from
which issue plants the following spring.

Length of frond twelve to twenty-two inches; colour pale
green.

WOE. Vil, . I

o2 NEPHROLEPIS UNDULATA.

Mr. Henderson, of Wentworth, faa forwarded a olanee and 3
fronds of this species, and Mr. Smith, of Kew, Mr. Norman,
of Hull, and M. Schott, of Vienna, other fronds. |

It is in the Catalogues of Messrs. Sim, of Foot’s Cray; A. —
Henderson, of Pine-apple Place; and Cooling, of Derby. 2

The illustration is from a plant in my own collection.

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NEPHROLEPIS HIRSUTULA.

Prest. J. SMITH. Kunze. Moore AND HOULSTON.

PLATE XE. VOL. Wit.

Nephrolepis hirsutulum, LizBManyn.
Lepidonevron hirsutulum, Fre.
Aspidium hirsutulum, Swartz. ScHKUHR.
(Wot of WatticH or Hamitton.}
5 diversifolium, WatticH ?
ze exaltatum, SPRENGEL. W&ALLICH, IN PART.
(Not of Swartz, ScHKUHR,
or Rappt.)
“« — ptlosum, LanasDorFF AnD FIscHER.
xe tomentosum, WILLDENOW ?
Polypodium hirsutulum, Forster.
Nephrodium hirsutulum, PRESL.

Nephrolepis—Kidney -scaled. Hirsutulum—Small-haired.

AN interesting somewhat uncommon species.

An evergreen stove Fern.

Native of the East Indies, Java, Malacca, Mexico, and the
Islands of the Pacific Ocean.

Introduced into England in 1823.

Fronds lanceolate in form, and pinnate; pinne oblong-
acuminate and truncate, base in some degree auriculate;
margin crenulate and serrate.

Veins forked; venules direct and free.

o4 NEPHROLEPIS HIRSUTULA.

Sori circular, transversely uniserial, and situated near the
margin of the frond.

Fronds in some degree erect in habit; terminal, and adhe-
rent in a fascicle to a slender creeping rhizoma.

Length of frond from twenty-five to thirty-five inches; length
of pinne from three to four inches. Colour dark green.

Fronds covered with small ferrugineous fimbriate hair-lke
scales.

Mr. Henderson, of Wentwerth, forwarded to me a plant and
fronds of this Fern.

It is in the Catalogues of Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea; Sim,
of Foot’s Cray; and A. Henderson, of Pine-apple Place.

The illustration is from a frond sent by Mr. Henderson, of
Wentworth.

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NEPHROLEPIS ENSIFOLIA.

PRESL. J. SMITH.

PLATE XXII. VOL. VII.

Aspidium ensifolium, Swartz. Scuxunr. (Not of Biume.)
acuminatuin, WitipEnow. (Wot of GarpeEns.)
. acutum, Swartz. SPRENGEL.
ee longifolium, PoutP (Not of Drsvavx.)
punctulatum, Swartz. (Not of S1rBer.)
a rufescens, - SCHRADER, a variety.
(Not of BuumE or Kavtruss.)
is multifidum, METrTENIUS, @ variety.
Nephrodium platyotis, Kunze. Moorr anp Hovtsron.
Lepidonevron rufescens, Fer.
se acuminatum, Fee.
oe punctulatum, FEE.
rm longifolium, Fre.

Nephrolepis—Kidney-scaled. Ensifolia—Sword-leaved.

A STRONG-GROWING and by no means common species; best
known as the Nephrolepis platyotis.
_ An evergreen stove Fern.

Native of the East Indies, Java, and Tropical America.

Fronds pinnate; lanceolate in shape; pinne acuminate and
truncate; base auriculate, margin crenately-serrate.

Veins forked; venules direct and free.

Sori uniserial and rounded-reniform.

06 NEPHROLEPIS ENSIFOLIA.

Fronds terminal, and adherent in a fascicle to an exceedingly
slender creeping rhizoma.
_ Rachis and stipes covered with woolly scales.

Fronds reclining.

Length of frond from thirty-six to forty-eight inches; length
of pinne from four to five inches. Colour bright green.

For a plant and fronds of N. platyotis my thanks are due
to Mr. Henderson, of Wentworth.

It is in the Catalogues of Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea; Sim,
of Foot’s Cray; Booth, of Hamburg; and Cooling, of Derby.

The illustration is from a frond sent by Mr. Henderson,
of Wentworth.

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NEPHROLEPIS DAVALLIOIDES.

J. SMITH. Moore.

PLATES, XXII AND. XXIV.. YOL. VII.

Aspidium davallioides, Swartz. Hooxer. SPRENGEL.
Ophioglossum acuminatum, Hovrtuyn.
Nephrolepis—Kidney-scaled. Davallioides—Davallia-like.

A most magnificent species, and worthy of being in every
collection. A good specimen is a very handsome exhibition
plant. An evergreen stove Fern.

Native of the Malayan Archipelago, East Indies, and Java.

Introduced into England in the year 1852, by Messrs.
Rollisson, Nurserymen, Tooting.

Fronds glabrous and pinnate; the lower portion of pinne
barren, lanceolate-acuminate in form, the edge obtusely serrate;
the upper portion fertile, considerably narrower, and much
elongated; profoundly crenato-lobate, the lobes being rounded
and having a single sorus at the apex.

The barren pinne are about five inches long and _three-
quarters of an inch wide, whilst the fertile ones are ten inches
long and not half an inch wide.

Rachis covered with small narrow scales, fluted above,
rounded beneath; green above, and brownish beneath, especially
near the base. Veins forked; venules direct and free.

58 NEPHROLEPIS DAVALLIOIDES.

Pinne, lower portion opposite or sub-opposite, upper portion
mostly alternate. There are about sixty pairs of pinne on
-each frond. |

Fronds pendant and very graceful. Pinne rather distant
and horizontal.

Sori circular; about forty pairs on each pinna.

Indusium reniform, and situated immediately within the
margin of the lobe.

Rhizoma wiry, creeping, and scaly, to which the fronds are
adherent in fascicles.

Length of frond from thirty-five to fifty-five inches; colour
bright green.

There is a very beautiful variety of this species, having its
divisions deeply cut into lobes, as Mr. Sim remarks, much
in the same way as the elegant varieties of Polypodium vulgare,
(that is, cambricum and semilacerum.)

There are very few monstrosities, as they are termed,
amongst the exotic Ferns, but as there is an increasing desire
to cultivate our foreign species, no doubt ere long many in-
teresting varieties will be added to our collections.

For a plant my thanks are due to Mr. Parker, of Holloway;
and for fronds to Mr. Henderson, of Wentworth, and to Mr.
Ingram, of the Royal Gardens, Windsor.

It is in the Catalogues of Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea;
Rollisson, of Tooting; Sim, of Foot’s' Cray; Jackson, of
Kingston; Booth, of Hamburg; KE. G. Henderson, of St.
John’s Wood; and Cooling, of Derby.

The variety is in Mr. Sim’s Catalogue.

The illustration is from my own plant.

Pinna of barren Frond--upper side.

Portion of mature Frond—under side.

NEPHROLEPIS TUBEROSA.

Pres,. J. Smita. Kunze. Fee. -Scuort.

PLATE XXV. VOL. VII.

Nephrodium edule, Don.
<a tuberosum, Linx.
Aspidium tuberosum, Bory. Witiprnow. SPRENGEL.
es BE MartENSs AND GALLEOTTI.
ae auriculatum, Watticn. (Not of Swartz,
Scuxuur, Hott, or Don.)
= bulbosum, Or Garvens. (Not of Linx.)
e imbricatum, KAvULFUss.
= obtusifolium, Wittpenow. (Not of Moritz.)
“< pardense, WILLDENOW.
2 sublanosum, WaLLICH, IN PART.
«< — tavoyanum, WatuicH, «@ variety.
Nephrolepis occidentalis, Kunze. LriepMann.
Nephvolepis—Kidney-scaled. Tuberosa—Tuberous-rooted.

Anotuer handsome Fern bearing tubers on the roots, similar
to Nephrolepis undulata, but the fronds do not die down in
winter as with that species. |

An evergreen stove Fern.

Native of the East Indies, Jamaica, and China.

VOL, VII. K

60 NEPHROLEPIS TUBEROSA.

Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in the year 1841,

having been received from the Berlin Royal Gardens.

The fronds, which are pinnate, are slender, and of a nar-
row linear-lanceolate form. Pinne cordate-auriculate, oblong,
and sub-imbricate; apex rounded; margin in some degree serrate.

Veins forked; venules direct and free.

Sori transversely uniserial, and circular. Indusium reniform.

Rachis and stipes covered with narrow hair-like scales.

Fronds terminal, forming a fascicle on a slender creeping
rhizoma.

Length of frond from eighteen to twenty-four inches; colour
deep green.

Mr. Henderson, of Wentworth, has sent a plant and fronds
of this species, and M. Schott, of Vienna, other fronds.

It is in the Catalogues of Messrs. Sim, of Foot’s Cray;
Veitch, of Chelsea; Booth, of Hamburg; Kennedy, of Covent
Garden; Masters, of Canterbury; Young, of Taunton; Stansfield,
of Todmorden; and Cooling, of Derby.

The illustration is from Mr. Henderson’s frond.

WOODSIA. 61

GENUS X.

WOODSIA. Rosertr Brown.

A SMALL interesting family, chiefly confined to cold climates,
growing in crevices of rocks. Dwarf Ferns.

England boasts of two species, the Woodsia hyperborea and
W. tlvensis, and they rank among her rarest indigenous plants.

The name is in honour of J. Woods, an eminent British
Botanist.

Kunze, in his ‘‘Index Filicum,’’? enumerates—

Woodsia glabella, Brown.

“« —hyperborea, Brown.
ilvensis, Brown.
Physematium incisum, Kunze.

= molle, Haulfuss.

= obtusum, Aunze.

ce

oives—

Pres], in his ‘‘Tentamen Pteridographie,” g

Physematium molle, Hauwlfuss.
= Perrinianum, Presi.
incisum, Presi.
Polypodium hyperboreum, Swartz.
ilvense, Swartz.

ce

Fee, in his “Genres de la Famille des Polypodiacées,” enu-

merates—

Woodsia ilvensis, Brown.

i hyperborea, Brown.

glabella, Brown.
fe mollis, J. Smith.
elongata, Hooker.
Guatemalensis, Hooker.
Peruviana, Hooker.
Cumingiana, Fee.

ee

—

WOODSIA.

Woodsia Perriniana, Hooker.
cs incisa, Gilles.

Sir W. J. Hooker, in his “Species Filicum,’ enumerates—

Woodsia mollis, J. Smith. Mexico.

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3?

33

Guatemalensis, Hooker. Guatemala.
Peruviana, Hooker. Peru.
Cumingiana, Aunze. Chili.
Caucasica, J. Smith. Caucasus.
elongata, Hooker. Northern India.
obtusa, Hooker. North America.
incisa, Gillies. Argentine Republic.
ilvensis, Brown. England.
hyperborea, Brown. England.

glabella, Brown. Subarctic America.

Sori globose, and covered with a soft membranaceous indu-
slum, more or less globose, covering the entire sorus, and
eventually opening at the top.

Fronds membranaceous, small, pinnate, bipinnate, or sub-

tripinnate.

Rhizoma tufted.

Veins simple, forked, or pinnate, from a central costa; venules

free.

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Portion of mature Frond—under side.

WOODSIA MOLLIS.

J. SMITH. Hooker. LIEBMANN. FEE.

PLATE XXVI. VOL. VII.

Physematium molle, Kunze. Kav.rvss.
ee es Prest. ScHorr.
Aspidium bulbosum, Link. (Not of Garvens.)
Woodsia Mexicana, Brown. WaALt.tLIcH.
Woodsia—After Woods, a well-known Botanist. Mollis—Soft.

A species that flourishes well in English Gardens.

A deciduous hardy Fern.

Native of Mexico—in the temperate regions.

Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1841, having
been received from the Royal Gardens of Berlin.

The fronds, which are lanceolate, are bipinnate and _ hairy;
pinne oblong-lanceolate and somewhat blunt; pinnules oblong
and sessile; apex rounded, margin crenate.

Sori sub-terminal.

Indusium cup-shaped, hairy, and Site on the margin.

Fronds terminal, and adherent to a somewhat tufted rhizoma.

64 WOODSIA MOLLIS.

Length of frond from twelve to eighteen inches; colour light.
green. 3 — oy

Mr. Joseph Henderson, of Wentworth, was good enough to ~
send a plant of this species, and Mr. G. Norman, of Hull,
fronds. ae
The illustration is from a plant in my own collection.

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A Plant, natural size, procured by Mr. Sidebotham.

WOODSIA HYPERBOREA.

R. Brown. Hooker. ARNotTT. J. E. SMITH.

J. SmitH. Raurs. Kunze. FEL. SPRENGEL.
MACREIGHT. SOWERBY.
PaSAG Ey oval. WO Gs Vrs

Woodsia alpina,

sé 66

es ilvensis, var.,

Polypodium ilvense,
= Arvonicum,
: marante,
Sontanum,

hyperboreum,

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Acrostichum hyperboreum,
ce ilvense,
alpinum,

Ceterach alpinum,

ce

Gray. Botton. Newman.
Deakin. Moore.
BaBINGTON.

WitTHERING. HULL.

J. Smitu. Hott.
HoFFMANN.

LINNZUS.

Swartz. PreEst.
WILLDENOW. ScHKUBR.
LinsEBrap.

Hupson. Dickson.
Boron.

Lamarck. Dr Canpo.ute.

66 WOODSIA HYPERBORBA.

Woodsta—After Woods, a well-known Botanist. Hyperborea—
Northern.

THE Round-leaved Woodsia is a very rare indigenous species,
growing in crevices of rocks.

A deciduous half-hardy Fern in cultivation.

Found only on Snowdon, Crieff, Ben Lawers, Clova Moun-
tains, Mountains of Perthshire, Ben Chonzie, Craig Challiach,
Maeldun Crosk, Glen Fiadh, and on Moffat Hills.

It is a native of Wales, Scotland, Norway, Sweden, Russia,
Lapland, Switzerland, Hungary, Germany, France, Spain,
Siberia, Kalu, (Gn the Punjab,) Himalaya, Mountains of
Massachusetts at Saskatchawan, Rocky Mountains, Great Bear
Lake, and Davis’ Straits.

Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in the year 1793.

Fronds membranaceous, narrow-lanceolate, pinnate, and slightly
scaly beneath; pinne triangular and pinnatifid; base in a slight
degree cordate, with rounded-obtuse segments; pinne usually
alternate. Sori circular, medial, and eventually confluent.

Indusium deeply laciniated, and ending in capillary-articulated
segments.

Stipes articulated near the centre.

Fronds adherent to a somewhat tufted rhizoma.

Length of frond from two to six inches; colour dull green.

Stipes and rachis slightly hairy. Stipes pale reddish brown
in colour.

Pinne below distant, above crowded.

Veins branched, terminating within the margin in a slightly
thickened apex.

To cultivate Woodsia ilvensis and W. hyperborea, it is
requisite to give them a damp cool atmosphere, such as a
cold frame with a north aspect; drain the pots well and do
not over-pot. Small pieces of freestone round the plants is an
advantage. Although the plants delight in a damp atmosphere
improper drainage and sunshine are alike destructive to them.

For plants my thanks are due to Mr. G. Norman, of Hull,
and Mr. Sim, of Foot’s Cray; and for fronds to Professor
Balfour, of Edinburgh, and to Mr. Joseph Sidebotham, of
Manchester. ;

The illustration is from Professor Balfour’s fronds.

A Welsh plant, natural size, found by Mr. Sidebotham.

WOODSIA ILVENSIS.

R. Brown. J. E. Smita. J. Smita. Moore.
Kunze. Hooxer. Arnott. MacreicHT. KAvLrFuss.
PursH. Nouttatyt. Free. SpRENGEL. BABINGTON.

RaFs. DEAKIN. NEWMAN.

PLATE XXVIII. VOL. VIT.

Woodsia vestita, Sprencet. Micnavx. Swarrz.
oo Raiana, NEwMAN.
“« —_ rufidula, Becx.
Acrostichum ilvense, Linnzvus. Enruart. Botton.
= marante, HENKE.
Polypodium marante, HoFrrMann.
st arvonicum, WITHERING.
¢3 ilvense, Vittars. Swartz. ScHKvunr.
“ 4 Press. WItLtpENow. SADLER.
. 49 WaHLENBERG. LAPEYROUSE.
Aspidium distans, VIvIANI.
e rufidulum, Swartz. Sprencet. Nvrtratt.
sé

“cc

WILLDENOW. Pursu.
VOL. VII. L

68 WOODSIA ILVENSIS.

Nephrodium rufidulum, MicHavx.
te lamosum, Micwuavx.
Lastrea rufidula, PRESL.
Lonchitis aspera ilvensis, DaLEcHAMPS.
Woodsia—After Woods, a well-known Botanist. TIlvensis—Ilva.

Tue Oblong Woodsia is a beautiful dwarf indigenous species,
growing in crevices of rocks, and very rare in Great Britain.

A deciduous half-hardy species under cultivation.

Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in the year 1791.

Found only on Glyder Fawr, North Wales, Falconclints, in
Teesdale, Moffat, and on the Clova Mountains, Stirling, Ben
Lawers, Forres, Dumfries, Pebbles, and Selkirk; Westmorland,
Bowness, in Cumberland, and on Snowdon.

Abroad it is found in Iceland, Greenland, Lapland, Sweden,
Norway, Russia, Spain, Italy, Siberia, Altai Mountains and
Lake Baikal, Germany, Kamtschatka, Saskatchawan, Rocky
Mountains, Canada, and the United States.

The fronds, which are lanceolate, are pinnate and hairy,
more especially beneath; pinne oblong and profoundly pinna-
tifid, with oblong-obtuse, sometimes crenated lobes.

Sori circular and sub-terminal.

Indusium deeply laciniated and ending in jointed hairs.

Stipes articulated considerably above the rhizoma; stipes and
rachis chaffy. Rhizoma in some degree tufted.

Length of frond from three to six inches; colour pale
whitish green.

Stipes pale reddish brown, from one to two inches long.

Pinne sometimes opposite, and sometimes alternate.

Lobes more numerous than in Woodsia hyperborea.

Veins branched.

W. ilvensis is broader than W. hyperborea, and the pinne
more oblong; it can also be recognised by its under surface
being very scaly.

For plants my thanks are due to Mr. Backhouse, of York,
and to Mr. Pearson, of Chilwell; and for fronds to Mr.
Joseph Sidebotham, of Manchester, and to Professor Balfour,
of Edinburgh.

The illustration is from Professor Balfour’s fronds.

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Portion of mature Frond—under side.

WOODSIA OBTUSA.

Hooker. J. SmMitH. Moore Aanp HOovuLstTon.

PLATE XTX.” VOL. Vil.

Polypodium obtusum, Swartz. ScHKUGR.

< Perriniana, ScHKURR.
Woodsia Perriniana, Hooker AND GREVILLE. FEE.
Aspidium obtusum, WILLDENOW. ScHKUBR.

- | Wess and Monr. (Not of Kunze.)
Physematium obtusum, Kunze? Hooxer.

ee Perrinianum, Kunze. PREst.

Cystopteris obtusa, PReEst.

cig albescens, Linx.
Alsophila Perriniana, SPRENGEL.

Woodsia—After Woods, a well-known Botanist. Obtusa—Blunt.

A pretty hardy species, distinct and well-defined in its
characters.

A deciduous Fern.

Native of the United States, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky,
and the Rocky Mountains.

Cultivated in the Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1836.

70 WOODSIA OBTUSA.

The fronds, which are lanceolate, are sub-tripinnate, clothed
beneath with glandulous hairs; the pinne are triangularly
elongate; the pinnules oblong, rounded at the apex, and
crenate on the margin.

Sori terminal.

Indusium profoundly laciniated.

Fronds terminal, and adherent to a somewhat tufted rhizoma.

Length of frond twelve inches; colour yellowish green.

Mr. Henderson, of Wentworth, has been kind enough to
send me a plant, and Mr. G. Norman, of Hull, fronds.

The illustration is from a plant in my own collection.

CYSTOPTERIS. ThE

GENUS XI.
CYSTOPTERIS. Bernuarpi.

An interesting, dwarf, elegant, small tribe, with membranaceo-
herbaceous fronds.

The sori medial and covered by an indusium, which is
attached by its broad base.

The veins are simple, forked, or pinnate, from a central
costa; the venules being free.

Fronds much divided.

Rhizoma tufted, decumbent, or creeping.

This small genus is a native of the temperate or cold
climates, the fronds dying down in winter. .

England boasts of possessing nearly the whole of the species,
namely :—Cystopteris fragilis, angustifolia, (var. of fragilis, )
regia, montana, Dickieana, and dentata, (var. of fragilis.)

The name is derived from the Greek, and signifies a
Bladder Fern, in allusion to the inflated indusia.

The fronds vary from three to eighteen inches in length.

Mr. Moore, in “The Genera and Species of Cultivated Ferns,”
enumerates—-

Fragilis. Bernhardt. Alpina. Desvauz.
Dentata. Hooker. Tenuis. Schott.
Dickieana. Sim. Montana. Link.

Bulbifera. Bernhard:.

Also, in his “Index Filicum,”—

Fragilis. Bernhardt. Douglasii. Hooker.
Regia. Desvauz. Tenuis. Desvaux.
Bulbifera. Bernhardt. Montana. Bernhard.

Mr. Moore considers alpina and regia as forms of the same
Fern, and fragilis, angustata, dentata, and Dickieana, as all
forms of fragilis.

12 CYSTOPTERIS.

In the present work angustata and dentata are included as
varieties of fragilis, whilst Dickieana is kept distinct. |

Mr. Smith, in his “Catalogue of the Ferns Cultivated at
Kew,” gives the following:—

Lenuis. Schott. Regia. Presi.
Bulbifera. Bernhardt. Montana. Link.
Fragilis. Bernhardt.

Kunze, in his “Index Filicum,” enumerates—
Bulbifera. Bernhardt. Regia. Presi.
Fragilis. Bernhard. Tenuis. Schott.
Montana. Link.

Presl, in his “Tentamen Pteridographie,”’ describes—

Obtusa. Presi. ? Alpina. Link.
Obovata. Presi. ? Dentata. Hooker..
Atomaria. Presl. Regia. Presi.
Emarginulata. Presi. Leptophylla. Presi. ?
Atrovirescens. Presi. Tenuis. Schott.
Fumarioides. Schott. Fragilis. Bernhardt.

Bulbifera. Bernhardt.
Odorata. Presi. ?
Brasiliana. Presi.
Gigantea. Presl. ?

Aspidioides.

Presl.

Vestita. Presi. ?
Montana. Link.
Canariensis. Pres.
Comosa. Presi. ?

? Not species of Woodsia.

Hooker in his “Species Filicum,” describes—

Fragilis, Bernhardt. England.

Alpina, Desvauz. England.

Tasmanica, Hooker. Van Dieman’s Land.
Bulbifera, Bernhardi. North America.
Montana, Zink. England.

Crenata, Fries. Sweden.

Douglasii, Hooker. Sandwich Islands.
Albescens, Lenk. Iceland.

Squamata, Decarsne. Cashmere.

CYSTOPTERIS. 73

Of the species enumerated by Sir W. Hooker, crenata,
Douglas, albescens, squamata, and Tasmania, are not yet
cultivated in England.

Sir W. Hooker remarks on the doubtful species—

Cystopteris obtusa, Pres/, is Woodsia obtusa, Hooker.

6 obovata, Presi, is Asplenium obovatum, Viviant.
Es atomaria, Pres/, is Cystopteris fragilis, Muhlenberg.
as emarginata, Pres/, name only known.

e leptophylla, Presl, Cystopteris fragilis.

e atrovirescens, Presi, name only known.

e yestita, Presi, is Woodsia incisa, Gullies.

i odorata, Presi, is a Lastrea.

- Brasiliana, Presi, name only known.

- gigantea, Presl, is Diacalpe aspidioides, Blume.
comosa, Presi, is Alsophila comosa, Hooker.

a. aspidioides, Presl, name only known.

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CYSTOPTERIS REGIA.
PresLt. J. Smita. Moore. Kunze. Koca.
PLATE XXX. VOLS Vii.
Polypodium regium, Linn xvs.
polymorphum, VILLARS.
a alpinum, JACQUIN. WULFEN.
= album, LAMARCK.
% crispum, Govan.
Cystea regia, J. KE. Smirx.
“* ineisa, J. E. Sirs.
“«< alpina, J. E. Suira.
Aspidium regium, Swartz. WILLDENOW.
. trifidum, SwaRTz.
"g alpinum, Swartz. ScHkvuHR. WILLDENoW.
= taygetense, Bory anD CHAMB.

Cystopteris alpina,

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var. regia,
Cyathea incisa,
regia,
- alpina,
Athyrium alpinum,
a regium,

Cyclopteris regia,

Cystopteris—Bladder Fern.

Desvaux. LinpLEy anp Moores.

Linx. Hooxrr anp ARNOTT.
BaBINGTON. SOWERBY.
Linx.

J. E. Smiru.

Forster. SMIrH.

J. E. Smrru.

SPRENGEL.

GRAY.

GRAY.

Regia—Royal.

76 CYSTOPTERIS REGIA.

THE Royal or Alpine Bladder Fern is a very handsome
dwarf indigenous species.

‘A deciduous hardy Fern, growing on walls.

Only found at Low Leyton, in Essex.

Native of Switzerland—on the Alps, in the Pyrenees—on
Mount Taygetos and Mount Taurus.

Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1793.

The fronds, which are herbaceous, are lanceolate, sub-tribi-
pinnate, smooth, and erect; pinne ovate and unequal; pinnules
ovate and profoundly pinnatifid, with linear-oblong lobes.

Veins branching.

Stipes one-third the length of the frond. Rachis winged
above.

Fructification covering the back of the frond.

Sori numerous, small, circular, medial, and indusiate.

Rhizoma brief, spreading, tufted, and perennial.

Length of frond from three to eight inches; colour pale
green.

For plants and fronds my thanks are due to Mr. Joseph
Sidebotham, of Manchester.

The illustration is from Mr. Sidebotham’s fronds.

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CYSTOPTERIS FRAGILIS.
BERNHARDI. J. SMITH. HOOKER AND ARNOTT.
BABINGTON. DEAKIN. NEWMAN. SOWERBY. PRESL.
Moore. Paprig. LigBMANN. Kunze. LInk.
SCHRADER. SCHOTT.
PLATES XXXI AND XXXII. VOL. VII.
Polypodium fragilis, LinNne&vs.
e Fragile, Botton. WiILnaRrs.
“* anthriscifolium, Ho¥rFMann.
ig cynapifolium, HoFrrMann.
pedicularifolium, HOFFMANN.
- polymorphum, VILLARS.
oe laciniatum, ‘VILLARS.
ie trifidum, WITHERING.
es album, LAMARCK.
a Sumarioides, WEIs.
“ lobatum, WEIS.
% viridulum, DEsvavx.
, Sragile angustatum, HorrmMann.
eS tenue, HoFrrMaNNn.
= rheticum, Dickson. Botton.
fs dentatum, Dickson.
SF Pontedere, ALLIONI.
VOL. VII. M

78

CYSTOPTERIS FRAGILIS.

Aspidium fragile,

66

trifidum,
Fragile, var.,
rheticum,
dentatum,
Pontedere,

Cystopteris orientalis,

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66

6é

rhetica,
atomaria,
dentata, var.,
fragilis, var.,
angustata,
nigrescens,
dentata,
6é
leptophylla,
retusa,
Sumarioides,
Pontedere,
Chilensis,

Athyrium fragile,

66

66

Cyathea

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fumariordes,

dentatum,
fragilis,
angustata,
cynapifolia,
anthriseifolia,
Sragilis, var.,

Sragilis, var. angustata,

regia,
dentata,

Cystea fragilis,

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regia,
angustata,
dentata,

Cyclopteris fragilis,

66

66

Cystopteris—Bladder Fern.

fragilis, var. rhetica,

dentata,

Swartz. ScHKUHR.

KavuLrFuss.

Martens AND GALLEOTTI.

SwARtTz.
WILLDENOW.
WILLDENOW.
Swartz.
WILLDENOW.
DzEsVAUX.
Link.
PRESL.
Hooker.
Moore.
Linx.
Hooker.
HooxeEr.
J. EK. Smita.
PRESL.
DECAISNE. |
KUNZE.
Link.
FEE.
SADLER.
PRESL.
GRay.
J. HK. Situ.
J. EK. Smira.
Rota.

Roru.

J. EK. Smirz.
LInK.

Rota.

J. KE. Smiru.
J. E. Sirs.
J. EK. Smurre.
J. HK. Siva.
J. HK. Smiru.
GRAY.

GRay.

GRayY.

SowErRBy.

LIEBMANN.

RotuH.

WILLDENOW.

Link.

Fragilis—Brittle.

THE Brittle Bladder Fern, as it is commonly called, is an

abundant
cultivation.

species in

Great

Britain, and well worthy of

CYSTOPTERIS FRAGILIS. 79

An indigenous species, deciduous and hardy. It is to be
met with in a vast number of places in Great Britain.

A native of England, Scotland, Ireland, Hebrides, throughout
the whole of Europe, India, Persia, Armenia, Siberia, China,
California, Mexico, Guatemala, Columbia, Venezuela, West
Indies, New Granada, Chili, Port Famine, North Atlantic
Islands, Abyssinia, and Tasmania.

It grows in the fissures of rocks and masonry.

Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1793.

Fronds herbaceous, smooth, sub-bipinnate, (occasionally tri-
pinnate,) and oblong-lanceolate in form; pinnz ovate-lanceolate;
pinnules ovate near the base, oblong near the apex, and toothed.

Veins flexuose and branched. Fructification covering the
under side of the frond.

Sori numerous and nearly circular. Rhizoma perennial, short,
tufted, and decumbent.

Stipes slender, brown, and slightly scaly near the base.

Length of frond from three to eighteen inches; colour dull
green.

Amongst the varieties Mr. Moore gives—

1.—Fragilis, var. dentata. Figured here as a _ distinct
species.

2.—Fragilis, var. angustata. ‘This is much attenuated and
lengthened at the apex; it is large in growth, having long
narrow teeth on the lobes.

3.—Fragilis, var. Dickicana. Small, from four to five inches
in length; fronds narrow and bipinnate; pinnules blunt.

4.—Fragilis, var. obtusa. Lanceolate; pinnules brief and
blunt, deeply pinnatifid. Length of frond from eight to twelve
inches.

0.—Fragilis, var. decurrens. Discovered in Fife, by Mr. A.
Tait. More acute than C. Dickieana.

6.—Fragilis, var. interrupta. Fronds narrow and very dis-
similar.

The wood-cut illustration is a very distinct variety found at
Moffat, by Professor Balfour.

This Fern is subject to the ravages of a parasitical bright
yellow fungus, the Uredo filicum; all damaged fronds from

this cause should be cut away, as it spreads rapidly over the
fronds.

80 CYSTOPTERIS FRAGILIS.

For plants my thanks are due to Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea;
Rollisson, of Tooting; Mr. Joseph Sidebotham, of Manchester;
Mr. Clapton, of Scarbro’; and M. Schott, of Vienna. 4

The illustrations are from Mr. Joseph Sidebotham’s fronds.

Portion of a frond of variety of C. fragilis, gathered at Moffat, by Professor Balfour.

Portion ef fertile Frond—under side.

CYSTOPTERIS DICKIEANA.
Sim. NEWMAN.
PLATE XXXITI. MOD Vir.

Cystopteris fragilis var. Dickicana, Moors. J. Smita.
ee Be es SowERBY. HooKer.
dentata var. Dickieana, Basineton. SoweErsy.

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Cystopteris—Bladder Fern. Dickieana—Named after Dr. Dickie.

A very handsome indigenous dwarf species, easily cultivated,
and making a charming specimen.

A deciduous hardy Fern.

Discovered by Dr. Dickie on dripping rocks in a cave at
Cove, near Aberdeen, and since then at Dunkeld, by Dr.
Balfour.

It has not been found in any other country.

Authorities feel inclined to place the Cystopterts Dickieana
as a form of C. fragilis. In the present work, however, I
have preferred figuring it as a distinct species. On page 79
in giving a list of Mr. Moore’s varieties, in mentioning Var.
dentata, it is stated as being figured as a distinct species, this
notification was intended to apply to C. Dickieana. C. dentata,
may, however, be another form of the C. Dichkieana.

Fronds bipinnate, and ovate-lanceolate in form, the pinne
being rather ovate and overlapping each other, and deflexed.

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82 CYSTOPTERIS DICKIEANA.

Pinnules obtuse, oblong-ovate, approximate, and _ pinnatifid.

Rachis winged.

Stipes near the base scaly.

Terminal, and adherent to a tufted rhizoma.

Sori situated near the margin.

Length of frond from four to six inches; colour brilliant
green.

Veins forked.

For plants my thanks are due to Mr. Veitch, of the Exotic
Nursery, Chelsea, and to Mr. Joseph Henderson, of Wentworth;
and for fronds to Mr. Joseph Sidebotham, of Manchester.

It may be procured of any Nurseryman.

The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. ©

Pinna of fertile Frond—under side.

CYSTOPTERIS MONTANA.
Link. LINDLEY AND Moore. Newman. J. SMITH.

BERNHARDI. HooKER AND ARNOTT. DEAKIN. BABINGTON.
SowERBY. KUNZE.

PLATE XXXIVs VOL. VII

Aspidium montanum, Swartz. ScHKUGR.
5 = WILLDENow.

Cystopteris allioni, NEWMAN.
myrrhidifolium, NEwMAN.

Polypodium montanum, Lamarck. Ha@wxe. ALLIONI.
- myrrhidifolium, VILLARs.

Athyrium montanum, RoEHLING.

Cyathea montana, SmitH. Roru.

Cystopteris—Bladder Fern. Montana—Mountain.

Tue Mountain Bladder Fern is a very rare indigenous
species, very distinct from all others, and having very elegant
fronds.

A deciduous hardy Fern.

Discovered in 1836 on Ben Lawers, in Perthshire, by Mr.
W. Wilson. Found also on the mountains between Glen

84. CYSTOPTERIS MONTANA.

Lochey and Glen Dochart, Perthshire, and‘ in Glen Isla,
Clova, Forfarshire, and on Belvinnes, Banffshire.

Native of Scotland, Kamtschatka, Rocky Mountains of North-
west America, in the extreme North of Europe, Spain, Italy,
Hungary, Lapland, Norway, and on the Alps.

Fronds triangular and tripinnate; pinne spreading, the pin-
nules being oblong-obtuse; segments blunt and inciso-dentate.

Fronds lateral or terminal, and adherent to a long slender
creeping rhizoma.

Stipes half the length of the frond, and frequently more;
slightly scaly.

Sori minute, circular, and becoming confluent.

Length of frond from four to twelve inches; colour a lively
green.

To grow this Fern successfully plant it. in a shallow pan,
with a mixture of peat, sphagnum, and sand, giving it an
open medium for its roots, a moist shady place to grow in,
and water freely. In a wild state it grows on ledges of
dripping rocks, amongst sphagnum. |

For plants my obligations are due to Mr. Atkins, of Pains-
wick; Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting; and Messrs. Backhouse,
of York; and for fronds to Professor Balfour, of Edinburgh.

It may be procured of Messrs. Kennedy, of Covent Garden;
Veitch, of Chelsea; Sim, of Foot’s Cray; A. Henderson, of
Pine-apple Place; and Stansfield, of Todmorden.

The illustration is from Professor Balfour’s frond.

Pinna of barren Frond—under side.

CYSTOPTERIS TENUIS.

ScHott. J. SMITH. Moore AND HOULSTON.

PALE SOCK VOL. VIL:

Aspidium tenue, Swartz. ScHKUHR. WILLDENOW.
et atomarium, MvuaBLENBERG. WILLDENOW.
Nephrodium tenue, MicHavx.
Cystopteris fragilis, var., Hooker.
Cystopteris—Bladder Fern. Tenuis—Slender.

Ir would be difficult to find a Fern more appropriately
named than this species, the fronds are so slender and fragile
that they can scarcely bear their own weight, although the
substance of the frond is remarkably thin. Some authorities
consider it a variety of Cystopteris fragilis, but I think there
can hardly be a doubt as to the two being perfectly distinct
species.

A half-hardy deciduous Fern.

Native of North America.

The fronds are sub-tripinnate, and oblong-lanceolate in form;
pinnules oblong and rather ovate, the one next the rachis
being largest; profoundly pinnatifid, with blunt dentate segments.

86 CYSTOPTERIS TENUIS.

Fronds lateral or terminal, and adherent to a creeping
rhizoma.

Sori circular, medial, and minute.

Veins forked, simple, and free.

Fronds slender and glabrous.

Length twelve inches; colour a bluish green.

For plants my thanks are due to Mr. Joseph Henderson,
of Wentworth, and to Mr. R. Sim, of Foot’s Cray.

It may be procured from Messrs. Sim, of Foot’s Cray; A.
Henderson, of Pine-apple Place; EK. G. Henderson, of St. John’s
Wood; Kennedy, of Covent Garden; and Cooling, of Derby.

The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. |

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CYSTOPTERIS BULBIFERA.

BERNHARDI. J.-SMITH. Kuwnze.. LINK.

PLATE XXXVI. VOL. Vir.

Aspidium bulbiferum, Swartz. Scuxvar. WILLDENOW.
Polypodium * LINNEUS.
Nephrodium * Micwavx.

Cystopteris—Bladder Fern. Bulbifera—Bulb-bearing.

Cystopteris bulbifera should be in every hardy collection,
flourishing withont any care and attention, and rapidly spreading
itself both by its bulbs and seeds. It is really a very pretty
Fern, and one that eventually will be naturalized and found
wild throughout England.

A hardy deciduous species.

Native of North America—United States, Canada, Kentucky,
and Virginia.

Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, by Mr. Tradescant,
in 1648.

The fronds, which are bipinnate, are of a lanceolate-elongate
form, the pinne being lanceolate, and the pinnules ovate-
oblong, profoundly pinnatifid, and having dentate segments.
The fronds bear a number of bulbs on their under surface,
which are easily detached, and speedily make plants.

88 CYSTOPTERIS BULBIFERA.

Fronds terminal, being adherent to a tufted rhizoma. |
Sori circular, minute, and medial. |
Veins forked. = §
Length of frond from twelve to twenty inches; colour pale
green, frequently brownish. ;
Stipes and rachis reddish. §
For plants my thanks are due to Sir Oswald Mosley, Bart., |
of Rolleston Hall, and to Mr. J. Pearson, of Chilwell.
It may be procured of any Nurseryman. H
The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. q

HEMIONITIS. 89

CONTINUATION OF POLYPODIEZ FROM VOL. II.

GENUS X.
HEMIONITIS. Linnzus.

Tue fronds of this small dwarf genus are simple, and are
either cordate, palmate, or pinnate. Veins reticulated and
wholly covered by sporangia, being, in fact, reticulated sori.

Mr. Smith, in his “Catalogue of the Ferns of Kew,” gives
the following :—

Hemionitis palmata, Linneus. Hemionitis pedata, Swartz.
ns cordata, Roxburgh.

Feé, in his “Genres de la Famille des Polypodiacées,”
gives—

Hemionitis palmata, Willdenow. |

|

7 cordata, Roxburgh. |

Hemionitis sagittata, Kee.

Presl, in his “Tentamen Pteridographie,” enumerates—

Hemionitis cordata, Roxburgh. | Hemionitis coriacea, Presi.

palmata, Linneus. plantaginea, Cavanilles.
Cayennensis, Desvaux. concava, Presi.
lanceolata, Linneus. Hookeriana, Presi.
falcata, Walldenow. Lessonu, Presi.
Blumeana, Presi. Boryana, Wealldenow.
semicostata, Presl. Reinwardtiana, Pres/.
spatulata, Presi. callefolia, Presi.
immersa, Bory. reticulata, Forster.
obtusa, Wialldenow. parvula, Presi.

We have no British representative. -

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HEMIONITIS PALMATA.

Linnaus. PuLumier. Hooxer. Scuotr. J. SMITH.

WILLDENOW. LIgBMANN. Link. KavuLruss. KUNZE.

SWARTZ. SPRENGEL. LAMARCK. PETIVER. PLUKENET.
MorIsoN. SIEBER. SLOAN. FEE. PRESL.

PRATH XRXVIT. . VOL. VIL.

Gymnogramma palmata, Linx.
Hemionitis aurea-hirsuta, PLUMIER.
Hemionitis—Derived from hemionos, a mule. Palmata—Hand-shaped.

An extremely beautiful Fern when well grown, and requiring
to be cultivated in a very moist atmosphere.

An evergreen stove species.

Native of the West Indies, Brazil, and Mexico.

92 HEMIONITIS PALMATA.

Fronds palmate or ivy-leaf-shaped, from two to three inches
wide, simple, with five oblong segments, lobed bluntly or
crenulate. ‘Terminal, being hirsute both above and below.

The habit of the sterile fronds is horizontal, whilst that
of the fertile ones is erect. The fronds are viviparous, bearing
many young plants on their upper surface.

Rhizoma fasciculate.

Sori linear and reticulated, eventually becoming confluent.

Veins reticulated.

Length of frond from six to ten inches.

Rachis and stipes covered with red hairs.

For a plant my thanks are due to Mr. Dryden, de ic to
Mr. Evans, of Allestre Hall, near Derby.

It is in the Catalogues of Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting;
Jackson, of Kingston; Veitch, of Chelsea; E.G. Henderson,
of St. John’s Wood; Sim, of Foot’s Cray; A. Henderson, of
Pine-apple Place; Stansfield, of Todmorden; Booth, of Ham-
burg; and Cooling, of Derby.

The illustrations are from a plant in my own collection.

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4 a. wand

Portion of barren Frond—under side.

HEMIONITIS CORDATA.

HooKER AND GREVILLE. J. SMITH. PRESL.

PLAGE ee VEE. | «VOL.» VEE;

Hemionitis sagittata, Fre.
es cordifolia, RoxBureu.
Hemionitis—Derived from hemionos, a mule. Cordata—Heart-shaped.

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A veRY handsome species, and more easily grown than the .
Hemionitis palmata.

An evergreen stove Fern.

Native of the East Indies.

The fronds, which are simple and two inches wide, are cor-
date or heart-shaped.

Rachis and stipes black, and covered with pinkish white
hairs. Stem brief.

The veins reticulated, immersed in the frond, and indistinct.

The fronds are hirsute both above and below; the colour
rich dark green above, pale green beneath. Thick, smooth,
and shining.

Length of frond usually from six to ten inches.

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OLFERSIA CERVINA.

Press. J. Smith. Konzzk. Hooker AND GREVILLE.
MooreE AND HOULSTON.

PLATES XXXIX AND XL. VOL. VII.

Acrostichum cervinum, Swartz. Piumier. SPRENGEL.

=m a LIEBMANN.

= linearifolium, Presi. SPRENGEL.

sorbifolium, Or EnetisH & Bertin GARDENS.
Olfersia corcovadensis, Rapprt. Hooxsrr. Linx.

Polybotrya Raddiana,

ce

Or ConTINENTAL GARDENS.
cervina, Kavutruss. Swartz.

e ss HooKER AND GREVILLE.

Osmunda cervina, LINN2EUS.

Olfersia—Named after Olfers,a German Botanist. Cervina—Stag-horned.

AN interesting and very distinct handsome Fern.

An evergreen stove species.

Native of the West Indies, Mexico, and Tropical America.

Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1841, having
been received from the Messrs. Loddiges.

Fertile and sterile fronds dissimilar. Sterile fronds glabrous,
pinnate, with oblong-acuminate pinne; superior base rounded,

98 OLFERSIA CERVINA.

and inferior one truncate. Habit weeping. Fertile fronds bi-
pinnate, the pinne being linear and entirely sporangiferous;

stipes covered with scales. Habit erect. ‘The fronds terminal,

and adherent to a creeping rhizoma, which is scaly.

Length of frond from twenty-four to thirty-six inches; colour —

bright green.

Sori amorphous, densely covering the fertile fronds.

Veins forked, internal, and combined by a transverse contin-
uous marginal vein. |

To Mr. Sim my thanks are due for a plant of this species,
and to Mr. G. Norman, of Hull, for fronds.

It is in the Catalogues of Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting; Sim,
of Foot’s Cray; Veitch, of Chelsea; Jackson, of Kingston; A.
Henderson, of St. John’s Wood; and Stansfield, of Todmorden.

The illustrations are from Mr. Norman’s fronds.

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HYMENODIUM CRINITUM.

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Acrostichum erinitum, Linnzus. Kunzz. SpPRENGEL.
ve es LirpMann. Swartz. PLuMier.
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Dictyoglossum < J. SmitH. Moorz & Hovtston.
S 6 ScHort.

Olfersia crinita, PRESL.
Hymenodium—Like skin. Crinitum—Hairy.

A very singular-looking and very dissimilar Fern, distinct
from all others, and perhaps the most extraordinary Fern in
cultivation. :

An evergreen stove species.

Native of the West Indies, Jamaica, and Mexico. Liebmann
says that he procured it in Mexico from Hacienda de Zacuapan,
(the Farm of Zacuapan,) where it grew in cracks of rocks.

The fronds, which are very thick and simple, are terminal,
oval-elliptical in form, the fertile fronds being shorter than the

sterile ones, coriaceous, and somewhat contracted. The edge
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102 HYMENODIUM CRINITUM.

of the frond surrounded with black hairs, and the upper surface
of the frond covered with them.

The sori occupies the whole of the under side of the frond
except the margin.

Rhizoma cespitose, thick, and decumbent, and densely scaly.

Rachis and stipes densely covered with black hair-like scales,
half an inch in length. Stipes from six to nine inches in
length.

Veins uniform, reticulated, areoles large, elongated, and
somewhat hexagonal in form.

Length of frond from fifteen to twenty inches; width from
six to twelve inches. Colour dull green. Stem very stout and
short. :

For fronds of this Fern I am indebted to Sir W. J. Hooker,
Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew, and to Mr. G. Norman,
of Hull.

It may be procured from Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting; Sim,
of Foot’s Cray; Jackson, of Kingston; Veitch, of Chelsea; E.
G. Henderson, of St. John’s Wood; A. Henderson, of Pine-apple
Place; and Booth, of Hamburg.

The illustration is from Sir W. J. Hooker’s frond.

ACROSTICHUM. 105

GENUS XIU.

ACROSTICHUM. lLinynzvs.

Sori amorphous, universal on the under side of the fertile
frond. Venation uniform, reticulated in the normal form, and
having elongated areoles. Only one species is at present in
cultivation in this country.

The section Pecilopteris differs in having the venation pinnate
and the venules arcuately or angularly anastomosing. Fronds
pinnate.

The section Gymnopteris differs in the pinnate veins having
the venules compoundly anastomosing. Fronds simple, lobed,
or pinnate.

The section Polybotrya has the veins pinnate and the venules
simple, free, and external. Fronds bi-tripinnate.

The section Elaphoglossum has simple fronds. ‘The veins
simple or forked, and internal; the venules parallel, their
apices being free and clavate, terminating within a thickened
margin.

The section Lomariopsis has the veins uniform, simple, or
forked. Fronds pinnate. ;

There are no British representatives.

Mr. Moore, in his ‘‘Genera and Species of Cultivated Ferns,”
gives—

Elaphoglossum conforme, Schott.

s crassinerve, Aunze.
es callefolium, J. Smith.
longifolium, J. Smith.
scolopendrifolium, J. Smith.
fs villosum, J. Smith,
Dombeyanum, Fee.
Polybotrya cylindrica, Kaulfuss.

Acrostichum aureum, Linneus.

104 ACROSTICHUM.

Cyrtogonium flagelliferum, J. Smith.

% repandum, J. Houlston.

a crispatulum, J. Howlston.
Gymnopteris nicotianefolia, Presl.

ke decurrens, J. Smith.

Also in his ‘Index Filicum’—

Elaphoglossum laminarioides. Elaphoglossum crispatulum.

acrocarpon. ciliatum.
actinotrichum. | perelegans.

affine. cochlearizfolium.
adenolepis. pilosum.
conforme. marginatum.
emulum. crassinerve.
callefolium. consobrinum.
affine. blepharodes.
alatum. Cumingii.
alismeefolium. curyvans.
Schiedei. cuspidatum.
alpestre. decoratum.
andicola. | decurrens.
angulatum. | didynamum.
aphlebium. | dimorphum.
apodum. dissimile.
attenuatum. lepidotum.
Aubertii. durum.
auricomum. ellipticum. :
Banksianum. | elongatum.
horridulum. | erinaceum.
Bellermannianum. | erythrolepis.
viscosum. | faleatum.
Boryanum. | Feei.
brachyneuron. | ferrugineum. t
brevipes. | Lindeni.
Calaguala. | scolopendrifolium.
callolepis. | simplex.
calophyllum. | frigidum.
cardiophyllum. vestitum.
caudatum Funcku.
hybridum Gardnerianum,

ACROSTICHUM.

Elaphoglossum squamatum.

Gayanum.
minutum.
glaucum.
gorgoneum.
gratum.
Hartwegii.
Herminieri.
heterolepis.
heteromorphum.
squamosum.
Ruizianum.
stipitatum.
stelligerum.
hystrix.
impressum.
cognatum.
Jamesoni.
Junghuhnianum.
Karstenianum.
laminarioides.

Langsdorffii.

_ Sieberi.

laurifolium.
Lechlerianum.
Lepervanchii.
leptophyllum.
lineare.
lingua.
linqueforme.
lloense.
lonchophyllum.
obductum.
stigmatolepis.
macropodium.
Martinicense.
Mathewsii.
melanolepis.
melanopus.
meridense,

| Elophoglossum splendens.

micradenium.
microlepis.
Moritzianum.
stigmatolepis.
tectum.
notatum.
Orbignyanum.
ovatum.
pachydermum.
petiolosum.

W ebbii.
piloselloides.
lepidotum.
platyneuron.
Plumieri.
undulatum.
Peppigianum.
rabdolepis.
ramosissimum.
Roeslii.
scalpellum.
scandens.
Schomburgkii.
sessile.
setosum.
spathulatum.
squamipes.
squarrosum.
strictum.
venustum.
villosum.
succisefolium.
tambillense.
tragiefolium.
hybridum.

Wageneri.

Acrostichum aureum.

bicolor.
contractum.

105

106 ; ACROSTICHUM.

Acrostichum daneefolium. Pecilopteris punctulata.
filare. contaminans.
fraxinifolium. costata.

c pteroides. crispatula.

Polybotrya appendiculata. heteroclita.
asplentifolia. Finlaysoniana.
bifurcata. lonchophora.
osmundacea. ludens.
Hamiltoniana. repanda.
Plumieri. Hookeriana.

Gymnopteris Zollingeri. Presliana.
taccefolia. Quoyana.
decurrens. serratifolia.
quercifolia. subcrenata.
obtusifolia. terminans.
normalis. virens.
lanceolata. Anapausia acuminata.
axillaris. aliena.

Lomariopsis spondiefolia. bicuspis.
buxifolia. Heudelotii.
erythrolepis. dentata.
phlebodes. nicotanefolia.
Boryana. semipinnatifida.
sorbifolia. vespertilio.
variabilis. |

Mr. Smith, in his “Catalogue of the Ferns Cultivated at

Kew,”’? enumerates—

Pecilopteris flagellifera, J. Sm. | Elaphoglossum conforme, Schott.

crispatula, J. Smith.
Gymnopteris quercifolia, Bernh.
nicotianefolia, Presi.

aliena, Presi.

Polybotrya osmundacea, Hum.

and Bonpland.
acuminata, Link.
incisa, Link.

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callefolium, J. Smith.
longifolium, J. Smith.
latifolium, J. Smith.
scolopendrifolium, J. Si.
muscosum, J. Smzth.
lepidotum, J. Smith.
rubiginosum, J. Smith.
brachyneuron, J. Smith.

Lomariopsis sorbifolia, Fee. : apodum, Schott.
longifolia, J. Smith. | microlepis, J. Smith.

ACROSTICHUM. 107

2

Kunze, in his “Index Filicum,” enumerates—

Acrostichum alatum, Fee. _Acrostichum lingua, Radd1.
apodum, Aaulfuss. | inequale, Walldenow.
aureum, Linneus. | juglandifolium, Aaulfuss.
brevipes, Hunze. Karstenianum, Aunze.
citrifolium, Linneus. longifolium, Jacquin.
crassinerve, [unze. melanopus, MHunze.
crinitum, Linneus. microlepis, Hunze.
flagelliferum, Wadllich. nicotianefolium, Swartz.
piloselloides, Presi. scolopendrifolium, Raddi.
Schiedei, Aunze. simplex, Swartz.
sorbifolium, Linneus. villosum, Smzth.
staphyleum, Lenk. viscosum, Swartz.

glandulosum, Carmichael.

2

Presl, in his ‘“Tentamen Pteridographie,” mentions under

Polybotrya ten species. Acrostichum ten species.
Olfersia sixty-eight species. Pecilopteris five species.
Aconiopteris one species. Gymnopteris ten species.

Campium five species.

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LINNAUS. SWARTZ.
HUMBOLDT AND BONPLAND.
Moore.

KUNZE.

Acrostichum fraxinifolium,

VOL.

Pinna of barren Frond.

ACROSTICHUM AUREUM.

PLUMIER. LIEBMANN.
NUTTALL. ScHKUHR. RaApDDI.

Hooker. J. SMITH. WILLDENOW. SPRENGEL.

Desvaux. Pres~. Kautruss. Link. BRACKENRIDGE.

Wattich. ARRABIDA. MEYER. SPLITZGERBEN.
(Not of Bory or CAVANILLES. )

PLATE XLII.

emarginatum,
formosum,
crassifolium,

obliquum,
rUgens,

speciosum,
ce

sé

VOL. Vit.

R. Brown. (Not of Prest.)
Hamitton. RoxpureuH.
Prest. SPRENGEL.
WatiicH. PREst.

(Not of GAUDICHAUD.)
Biume. Presi. SMITH.
PRESL.

Boser. WiLiprEnow. SPRENGEL.
Desvaux. PRESL, IN PART.
Buiume. Kunze.

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110

ACROSTICHUM

Acrostichum marginatum,

maritimum,
juglandifolium,
scalpturatum,
Urvillei,
mnequale,
‘

Wightianum,
Cayennense,

Chrysodinm aureum,

vulgare,
hirsutum,
scalpturatum,
Urvillei,
inequale,
Cayennensis,
speciosum,

AUREUM.

ScHKuuHrR. Mryer.
(Not of Watticn or LiInnzvs.)
GUIENZIUS.

Kavutruss. Kunze.
Presi. (Not of Kunze.)
PRESL.

WILLDENOW. Desvavx.
Brume. Prest. Kunze.
Presi. (Not of Watticnu.)
PRESL.

Fer. MeEttTentvs.

Fre. MEeEtTTENIvS.

FEE.

Fre.

FEE.

Fer.

Fre.

FEE.

Acrostichum—From the Greek, akros—high, stichos—order.
Aureum—Golden.

A HANDSOME species, growing in very damp places, and by
no means common in cultivation.

An evergreen stove species.
Raised from spores in the Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1838.

Mr. Moore mentions the following varieties:—Minus, rigens,

hirsutum, marginatum, scalpturatum,

speciosum.

The normal form

found

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Ureillet, inequale, and

in the West Indies, Cuba, ,

Jamaica, Martinique, Guadaloupe, Florida, Mexico, Guatemala,
Panama, Venezuela, Philippine and the Islands of Tongataboo,
Feejee, Society, Galapagos, and New Holland.

Variety minus.—A native of Java, Ceylon, India, Philippines,

Sunderbund, Bourbon,

Neilgherries.

Brazil,

the Island of Sidheé, and

Variety rigens.—Native of Bourbon, Mauritius, Madagascar,
Natal, Fernando Po, and Marianne Isles.

Variety hirsutum.—Native of Brazil, Guiana, Guatemala, St.
Domingo, Jamaica, and the Cape of Good Hope.

Variety marginatum.—Native of Brazil, Venezuela, and

Essequibo.

ACROSTICHUM AUREUM. 111

Variety Urvillez.imNative of Moluccas, Guinea, ‘Tahiti, New
Holland, the Friendly Isles, North Caledonia, and Port Essington.

Variety exequale.—India, Java, Philippines, Penang, Singapore,
Marianne Island, Panama, Mexico, Guinea, Surinam, and
Cayenne.

Variety speciosum.—India, Ceylon, Java, Philippines, and
New Holland.

This very handsome Fern has its fronds glabrous, the sterile
ones pinnate, the pinne being lanceolate-acuminate and some-
what membranous; the basal ones petiolate, with a wedge-shaped
base; the upper ones adnate at their inferior base, and decuor-
rent. Habit reclining.

The fertile fronds contracted, pinnate, the whole under side
of the frond being soriferous, except occasionally that two or
three of the lower pairs of pinne will be sterile.

Sori amorphous.

Veins reticulated, and forming elongated areoles.

Rhizoma erect and caudiciform.

Length of frond from seventy to one hundred and twenty
inches; colour light green.

As this Fern grows in morasses and water-courses, it is
necessary to supply it with abundance of water, placing the
pot in a pan of water, and potting with a mixture of turfy
loam and sand, and growing it in stove heat: by this means
a magnificent plant may be obtained.

For a plant of this species I am indebted to M. Schott,
Director of the Imperial Gardens of Schonbriinn, Vienna;
and for fronds to the same gentleman, Mr. G. Norman, of
Hull, and Sir W. J. Hooker, Director of the Royal Botanic
Gardens, Kew.

It may be procured of Messrs. Sim, of Foot’s Cray; E. G.
Henderson, of Wentworth; and Booth, of Hamburg.

The illustrations are from fronds sent me by Mr. Smith,
Curator of the Royal Gardens, Kew.

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ACROSTICHUM FLAGELLIFERUM.

WALLICH. HOOKER AND GREVILLE. KUNZE. BLUME.

PLATE XLIII. VOL. VII.

Pecilopteris flagellifera, ed SMI.

és heteroclita, Moorr. Prest.
Cyrtogonium flagelliferum, J. SMITH.

oe Ks _ Moorz anp Hovtston.
Heteronevron heterocliton, Fre. |
Acrostichum heteroclitum, PRESL. :

Acrostichum—From the Greek, akros—high, and stichos—order.
Flagelliferwm—Rod-bearing.

In THE SecTIon Pa&cILOPTERIS oF AUTHORS.

A FREE-GROWING species, somewhat difficult to manage
successfully.

An evergreen stove Fern.

Native of the East Indies.

Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1828, having
been received from Dr. Wallich. ©

The fronds are proliferous. Sterile frond glabrous, pinnate,
the pinne being petiolate, ovate or oblong-acuminate, undulated,

114 ACROSTICHUM FLAGELLIFERUM.

and glabrous; the terminal pinne at least twelve inches in
length, becoming narrower towards the apex, near which it is
proliferous. Fertile frond contracted and pinnate; pinne
oblong-acuminate and petiolate, the terminal one narrow and
elongated.

Lateral, and adherent to a creeping rhizoma.

Sori amorphous.

Veins pinnate, the venules being arcuately anastomosing.

Length of sterile frond from eighteen to thirty imches, of
fertile frond from twelve to eighteen inches; colour a dull
heavy green.

For a plant of this Fern my thanks are due to Mr. Stewart,
late gardener at Sudbury Park; and for fronds to M. Schott,
of the Imperial Gardens, Schonbriinn; Mr. Gray, of St. Thomas’,
Exeter; and to Mr. G. Norman, of Hull. -

It may be procured of Messrs. Sim, of Foot’s Cray; E. G.
Henderson, of Wentworth; Booth, of Hamburg; and Cooling,
of Derby.

The illustration is from a frond sent by Mr. Gray, of St.
Thomas’, Exeter. The following engraving is diminished from

a fertile frond, sent by M. Schott.

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ACROSTICHUM CONFORME.

SWARTZ. KAULFUSS. SPRENGEL. WILLDENOW.
Link. BLUME. SCHLECHTENDAL. FEE.

PLATE. XEIV.:, VOLs Vil.

Elaphoglossum conforme, Scuotr. J. Smita. Moors.
Acrostichum emulum, Biume. (Not of Kautruss
or Mortvz.)
fe angustatum, SCHRADER. SCHKUHR.

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SCHLECHTENDAL, @ variety.
“A conforme var. angustum, KunzE, a variety.

% glandulosum, CARMICHAEL. KUNZE.
& es Hooker AND GREVILLE, a variety.
“s latifolium, SWARTZ, IN PART.
(Wot of StEeBEr.)
e oblongum, Drsvavx.
Olfersia conformis, PRESL.
“« — angustata, PRESL.

Acrostichum—From the Greek, akros—high, and stichos—order.
Conforme—Conformed.

In THE SEcTION ELAPHOGLOSSUM OF AUTHORS.

116 ACROSTICHUM CONFORME.

A HANDSOME dwarf species, with very thick shining fronds.

An evergreen stove Fern.

Native of Jamaica, Java, South Africa, and the Cape of
Good Hope.

Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1841, by Mr.
D. Cameron.

Fronds erect; the sterile ones glabrous, coriaceous, simple,
and oblong-acuminate in form, the base being attenuated.
Fertile fronds small, and ovate or oblong-acuminate in form.

Rhizoma scaly and creeping.

Sori amorphous, densely covering the under side of the
frond.

Veins forked and free.

Length of sterile frond from six to twelve inches, of fertile
frond from six to ten inches; colour a rich dark shining green.

Articulated near the rachis.

For a plant of this Fern my thanks are due to Mr. J.
Henderson, of Wentworth; and for fronds to Mr. G. Norman,
of Hull.

It may be procured of Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea; Rollisson,
of ‘Tooting; Sim, of Foot’s Cray; A. Henderson, of Pine-apple
Place; Booth, of Hamburg; and Cooling, of Derby.

The illustrations are from fronds sent by Mr. Joseph Hen-
derson, of Wentworth.

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ACROSTICHUM SCOLOPENDRIFOLIUM.

Rapp “Konze: Link.- Fre.

PUATE ALY. - VOL. VII.

Elaphoglossum scolopendrifolium, J. Smita. Moore.
Acrostichum fimbriatum, Bertin GARDENS.
Olfersia scolopendrifolia, PRESL.

Acrostichum—From the Greek, akros—high, and stichos—order.
Scolopendrifolium—Scolopendrium-leaved.

In THE Secrion ELAPHOGLOSSUM OF AUTHORS.

A HANDSOME dwarf species.

An evergreen stove Fern.

Native of Brazil.

Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in the year 1841,
having been received from the Messrs. Loddiges.

Fronds simple. Sterile frond oblong-lanceolate and acuminate,
the stipes being one-third of the length of the frond, and un-
dulated; the stipes, rachis, and margin of the frond covered
with long cordate scales of a brown colour. Fertile frond
much smaller, oblong-lanceolate, and acuminate, the stipes

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118 ACROSTICHUM SCOLOPENDRIFOLIUM.

being two-thirds of the length of the frond. Fertile fronds
erect in habit. Articulated. near the base of the stipes.

Rhizoma short, creeping, and scaly.

Sorl amorphous, the under side being densely covered with
at.

Veins forked, the apices free and clavate.

Length of frond, sterile twelve to fifteen inches, fertile -
twelve inches; colour pale green. |

My thanks are due to Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting, for a
plant ‘of this; Fern; and to Mia. J- peta: of Wentworth,
for fronds. |

It may be procured of Messrs. Rollicee: of Tooting; Sim, of
Foot’s Cray; Jackson, of Kingston; and A. Henderson, of
Pine-apple Place.

The illustrations are from fronds forwarded by Mr. Joseph
Henderson, of Wentworth.

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ACROSTICHUM CRISPATULUM.

Watticn. (Not of FEE.)

PLATE XELVE.. > VOL. VEL.

Pecilopteris crispatula, s J. SmitH. Moore.
Cyrtogonium crispatulum, _ Moore anp Hovtston.

Acrostichum—From the Greek, akros—high, and stichos—order.
Crispatulum—Curled.

In THE SEcTION Pa&cILOPTERIS OF AUTHORS.

Aw exceedingly handsome uncommon species.

An evergreen stove Fern.

Native of the East Indies and the Island of Ceylon.

The fronds, which are somewhat erect, are pinnate, lanceo-
late-acuminate in form, the pinne being petiolate, undulated,
glabrous, and linear-acuminate in form, the margin crenate,
with a row of spinulose teeth. The fertile pinne narrow.

Stipes scaly. ,

Lateral, and adherent to a creeping scaly rhizoma. ;

Sori amorphous.

120 ACROSTICHUM CRISPATULUM.

Veins pinnate and arcuately anastomosing.
Ba. Length of sterile frond from eighteen to twenty-four inches,
ee of fertile frond twelve inches; colour deep green.

My thanks are due to Mr. Joseph Henderson, of Wentworth,

‘i for a plant and fronds of this species. wa |
= It is in the Catalogues of Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea; Sim, —
| i P of Foot’s Cray; and E. G. Henderson, of St. John’s Wood. i|
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. —— Henderson, of Wentworth. |

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Portion of barren Frond—under side.

ACROSTICHUM FRIGIDUM.

LINDEN.

PLATE XLVII. VOL. VII.

Acrostichum rubiginosum, ? FEE.
ni Schiedei, ? KUNZE.
= brachyneuron, FEE.
Elaphoglossum frigidum, J. SmirH. Moore.
« viscosum, Or Garpens. (Not of Scuort.)
: rubiginosum, ? J. SMITH.
24 brachyneuron, J. SMITH.

Acrostichum—From the Greek, akros—high, and stichos—order.
Frigidum—Frigid.

In THE SeEcTION ELAPHOGLOSSUM OF AUTHORS.

An exceedingly interesting species, and when well grown a
compact handsome Fern: more generally known in gardens as
the Elaphoglossum viscosum. The habit of the plant is good,
the strap-shaped fronds being crowded, weeping, and graceful.

An evergreen stove Fern.

Native of Tropical America.

192 ACROSTICHUM FRIGIDUM.

The frond, which is simple, is lanceolate-acuminate in form,
rich green in colour, but rendered somewhat glaucous by the
great number of stellate whitish scales which cover the whole
upper surface of the frond; beneath these scales are brownish
red.

Veins internal, indistinct, and forked.

Stipes and rachis scaly; midrib flat above, rounded and
prominent on under side of frond.

Sori amorphous, and covering the whole of the under side
of the frond. Fertile frond contracted. Sometimes the lower
portion of a frond will be fertile, whilst near the apex it is
barren and broad.

Length of frond about fifteen inches, of which the lower
three inches is the stipes.

For a plant my thanks are due to Messrs. Booth, of Hamburg;
and for fronds to Mr. G. Norman, of Hull, and Mr. Joseph
Henderson, of Wentworth,

Included in the Catalogues of Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea;
Rollisson, of Tooting; Jackson, of Kingston; Sim, of Foot’s
Cray; and Booth, of Hamburg.

The illustrations are from a plant in my own collection.

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ACROSTICHUM SQUAMOSUM.

ScHkuHR. Swartz. (Not of PRESL or SPRENGEL.) |

PEATE XLVELF. - VOR. VEL.

Elaphoglossum squamosum, Moore.
ee muscosum, J. SMITH.
Acrostichum muscosum, Swartz. WILLDENOW.
3 i Kavtruss. Fee.
Rie: vestitum, Hooker aND GREVILLE.

(Not of ScHLECHTENDAL
or LIEBMANN.) —
Olfersia muscosa, PREst.

Acrostichum—From the Greek, akros—high, and stichos—order.
Squamosum—Scaly.

In THE SECTION ELAPHOGLOSSUM OF AUTHORS.

A remarkable-looking Fern.

An evergreen stove plant.

Native of Madeira and Tropical America.

Fronds simple. Barren frond elliptical, attenuated downwards
into a short stipes and upwards into a somewhat obtuse apex.

124 ACROSTICHUM -: SQUAMOSUM.

Fronds scarcely an inch wide; stipes an inch in length. Thickly
covered both above and below with variously-shaped, ciliated,
closely adpressed scales, which are brownish or fulvous in the
centre, with white cilie.

The fertile frond much narrower, on a long stipes about
equal in length with the frond; the width of the fertile frond
half an inch. Apex obtuse, and, as in the barren frond,
densely covered with scales. The midrib and margin of both
fronds are more thickly covered with scales of a larger size.

Rhizoma creeping.

Sori amorphous, and covering the whole under side of the
frond.

Length of barren frond five to six inches, of fertile frond
from four to five inches; colour pale green.

For fronds and much information my thanks are due to Mr.
Joseph Henderson, of Wentworth.

This plant must not be confounded with the following:—
Acrostichum squamipes of Hooker, which is the Elaphoglossum
sguamipes of Moore; the A. squamatum of Swartz, which is
the EH. squamatum of Moore; the A. sguamosum of Cavanilles,
which is the EH. sguamatum of Moore; the A. sguamosum of
Presl, which is the . leprdotum of Moore; the A. squarrosum
of Kaulfuss, which is the E. sguarrosum of Moore; or the A.
vestitum of Schlechtendal or Liebmann, which is the A. fulvum
of Martens and Galleotti. 3

It may be procured of Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea; Sim, of
Foot’s Cray; and E. G. Henderson, of St. John’s Wood.

The illustrations are from fronds forwarded by Mr. Henderson,
of Wentworth.

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Portion of mature Frond—under side.

ACROSTICHUM QUERCIFOLIUM.

RETZIUS. SWARTZ. SCHKUHR. SPRENGEL.

PLATE, XLIX. VOL VII.

Gymnopteris quercifolia, BERNHARDI. PreEst.
3 ca J. SmitH. Moore.
= Neitnert, Srm’s CATALOGUE.

Osmunda trifida, J ACQUIN.

Ophioglossum ceilanicum, Hovurtuyy.

Dendroglossa quercifolia, Fre.

Acrostichum—From the Greek, akros—high, and stichos—order.
Quercifolium—Oak-leaved.

In THE SEcTION GYMNOPTERIS OF AUTHORS.

AN uncommon and singular dwarf species, having short-
stalked, nearly prostrate, oak-leaf-shaped, inch wide, barren
fronds; rather hirsute, with short brown hairs.

An evergreen stove Fern.

Native of the Island of Ceylon.

Fronds ternate and lateral. ‘The fertile fronds very much
contracted, linear, sub-repand, halbert-shaped, erect, and on
lengthy footstalks.

VOL. VII. S

126 ACROSTICHUM QUERCIFOLIUM.

Veins pinnate; venules compoundly anastomosing.

Rhizoma creeping slowly.

Sori amorphous, copious, and covering the whole under side
of the frond.

Length of frond from three to six inches; the fertile frond
being nearly twice the length of the sterile one.

For a plant my thanks are due to Mr. R. Sim, of Foot’s
Cray; and for fronds both to Sir W. J. Hooker, of the Royal
Gardens, Kew, and to Mr. R. Sim.

It may be procured of Mr. R. Sim, of Foot’s Cray.

The illustration is from a plant in my own collection.

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Portion of mature Frond—under side.

ACROSTICHUM NICOTIANAFOLIUM.

SWARTZ. WILLDENOW. SPRENGEL. DeESVAUX.
HEWARD. KUNZE.

PEATE? ih,” VOL. Vil.

Gymnopteris nicotianefolia, Presi. J. SmirH. FEE.

a 4 Moors ano Hovtston. ScuHorr.
Anapausia nicotianefolia, Moone.
Chrysodium nicotianefolium, METTENIUvs.

Acrostichum—HVrom the Greek, akros—high, and slichos—order.
Nicotianefolivum—Tobacco-leaved.

In 'tHE SECTION GYMNOPTERIS OF AUTHORS.

A prerry and by no means common Fern.
An evergreen stove species.
Native of the West Indies, Jamaica, Cuba, ‘l'rinidad, Guiana,
and Para.

Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in the year 1843,
having been received from Mr. N. Wilson.
|| Barren and fertile fronds different.

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128 ACROSTICHUM NICOTIAN &FOLIUM.

Sterile frond glabrous, pinnate, and shining; the pinne
being oblong-acuminate, undulated, large, and somewhat mem-
branous; the basal ones petiolate, and roundish at the base,
the upper pinne adnate-decurrent. Fertile frond pinnate or
bipinnate below; the pinne oblong-ovate; the basal ones -pe-
tiolate and the upper ones adnate.

Stipes covered with narrow scales, scaly near the base.

Fronds lateral, and adherent to a creeping rhizoma. Fertile
fronds erect in habit.

Sori amorphous.

Veins pinnate; venules compoundly anastomosing.

Length of frond from twelve to thirty inches; colour bright
green.

For a frond my thanks are due to M. Schott, Director of
the Imperial Gardens of Schonbriinn, near Vienna.

It is in the Catalogues of Messrs. Sim, of Foot’s Cray; A.
Henderson, of Pine-apple Place; HK. G. Henderson, of
Wentworth; and Booth, of Hamburg.

The illustration is from M. Schott’s frond.

Portion of mature Frond—under side.

ACROSTICHUM LONGIFOLIUM.

Jacquin. Promrer. Sprencer. (Not of Bormann.)
KUNZE.

PLATE LI. VOL. VII.

Elaphoglossum longifolium, J. SMITH.
ae Crassinerve, Moore.
Olfersia longifolia, Moore. Prest.
Acrostichum latifolium, SwWaRTz, IN PART.
(Not of S1EBER.)
Aconopteris longifolia, Fer.

Acrostichum—From the Greek, akros—high, and stichos—order.
Longifolium—Long-leaved.

In THE SECTION ELAPHOGLOSSUM OF AUTHORS.

AN interesting dwarf species, more generally known in
gardens as Elaphoglossum latifolium.

An evergreen stove Fern.

Native of the West Indies and Tropical America.

Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1841, having
been received from Mr. D. Cameron.

Fronds simple and glabrous. Sterile fronds coriaceous, lan-

130 ACROSTICHUM LONGIFOLIUM.

ceolate-acuminate in form, slightly undulated, having the base
attenuated, and bright green in colour. Fertile fronds erect,
also lanceolate-acuminate, attenuated at the base, smaller than
the barren frond, and somewhat narrower.

Both fronds articulated immediately above the base of the
stipes. Fronds lateral.

Rhizoma creeping and scaly.

Sori amorphous, densely covering the whole under surface,
except the midrib, the contrast between the black sori and
the green midrib being very conspicuous.

Veins forked and free, internal and indistinct.

Length of frond from twelve to eighteen inches.

Rachis and stipes, as well as the frond itself, scattered over
with large brown scales.

For a plant my thanks are due to Mr. P. Clarke, Director
of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Glasgow.

It may be procured of Messrs. Sim, of Foot’s Cray; Rol-
lisson, of Tooting; and Jackson, of Kingston.

The illustration is from a plant in my own collection.

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ACROSTICHUM AURITUM.

Swartz. (Not of Porret.)

PLATES Bil ANDY LIN... VOL. Vit.

Acrostichum floridum, PotReEr.

Stenosemia aurita, Presu. J. SmitH. Fee.
s * Moore. Rumpuivs.

Polybotrya aurita. Bue.

Acrostichum—From the Greek, akros—high, and stichos—order.
Auritum—FKar-leaved.

In THE SEcTIOoN STENOSEMIA OF AUTHORS.

An exceedingly pretty dwarf Fern, and aa yet known
in ordinary collections.

An evergreen stove species.

Native of Java.

Fronds ternately-pinnate; the pinne being laciniately-lobed
and bulbiferous, giving the plant a very interesting appearance;
short-stalked, prostrate in habit, and three inches in width.
Fertile segments linear, rachiferous, convolute, and nearly

wholly sporangiferous; long-stalked, erect in habit, and much
contracted.

32 ACROSTICHUM AURITUM.

Veins pinnate; the lower venules transversely anastomosing,
and forming elongated costal areoles, the superior venules being
free.

Fronds erect; vernation fasciculate.

Length of frond from five to ten inches. s

The fertile fronds all rise from a crown, giving the plant
a very pretty appearance.

Sori confluent, covering the whole of the frond.

For fronds my thanks are due to Mr. J. Smith, Curator of
the Royal Gardens, Kew.

It may be procured of Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea; Sim, of
Foot’s Cray; and Booth, of Hamburg.

The illustrations are from Mr. Smith’s fronds.

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ACROSTICHUM VILLOSUM.

Swartz. (Not of GaupICHAUD nor SIEBER.) KUNZE?
SPRENGEL. FEE. LAMARCK. HookER AND GREVILLE.

PLATE. Live ~¥OL.- VEE.

Elaphoglossum villosum, Moore. J. Smiru.
Olfersia villosa, PRESL.

Acrostichum—From the Greek, akros—high, and stichos—order.
Villosum—Shaggy.

In THE SgEcTION ELAPHOGLOSSUM OF AUTHORS.

A prerry dwarf Fern.

An evergreen stove species.

Native of Jamaica.

Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in the year 1843,
having been received from Mr. N. Wilson.

Sterile fronds simple, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, undulated,
hirsute, and pale green in colour. Fertile fronds oblong-
lanceolate and acuminate.

Both fronds articulated near the base of the stipes, and lateral.

Rhizoma creeping and scaly.

Length of sterile frond ten inches, fertile eight inches.

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ACROSTICHUM VILLOSUM.

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frond. . ; its:
Veins forked and free. |

For a plant of this Fern I am indebted to Mr. Joseph

Henderson, of Wentworth.
This plant may be procured of Messrs. Sim, of Foot’s Cray.

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ACROSTICHUM BREVIPES.

Kunze. FEx.

PLATE LV. VOL. VIL

Elaphoglossum brivipes, Moorr. Scuorr.
as callefolium, J. SMITH.
fe se Moore anp Hovutsvon.
Acrostichum callefolium, Linx.
ce lingua, Or Garpens. (Not of Rapvi
nor 'THUNBERG.)
ee luridum, Fer.
Olfersia callefolia, PRESL.

Acrostichum—From the Greek, akros—high, and stichos—order.
Brevipes—Short-footed.

In THE SECTION ELAPHOGLOSSUM OF AUTHORS.

AN ornamental Fern, known better in gardens, perhaps, as
Elaphoglossum callefolium.

An evergreen stove species.

Native of Java and Brazil.

136 ACROSTICHUM BREVIPES.

Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in the year 1841,
having been received from the Royal Gardens of Berlin.

Fronds simple and glabrous. Fertile frond erect in habit,
ovate-elliptical, and acuminate. Sterile frond ovate or oblong-
acuminate, corlaceous, undulated, and roundish at the base.

Stipes and rachis dark purple in colour beneath, green above.

Fronds articulated near the rhizoma.

Rhizoma scaly and creeping.

Length of fertile frond twelve inches, of sterile frond twelve
to eighteen inches. Colour a deep shining green.

Sori amorphous, and densely covering ne under side of the
frond.

Veins forked and free.

For a plant my thanks are due to Messrs. A. Henderson,
of Pine-apple Place Nursery.

It may be procured of Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea; Rollis-
son, of Tooting; A. Henderson, of Pine-apple Place; E. G.
Henderson, of Wentworth; Jackson, of Kingston; Sim, of
Foot’s Cray; Booth, of Hamburg; and Cooling, of Derby.

The illustration is from a plant in my own collection.

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ACROSTICHUM CUSPIDATUM.

WILLDENOW. FEE.

PEATE EVi. VOL. VII.

Elaphoglossum cuspidatum, Moors.
Olfersia cuspidata, PRESL.

Acrostichum—From the Greek, akros—high, and stichos—order.
Cuspidatum—Pointed.

In THE SECTION ELAPHOGLOSSUM.

A HANDSOME, dwarf, rare species, well worthy of cultivation.

An evergreen stove Fern.

Native of Caraccas.

The fronds are linear-oblong, elongate, pointed, covered
with whitish scales above, and with reddish scales beneath.

Stipes scaly, from two to six inches in length.

The frond narrowing to the base and to the apex.

The scales of two sorts, some membranaceous, closely ad-
pressed, and with sub-rotund white fine hairs; the others for
the most part red. Costa black.

138 ACROSTICHUM CUSPIDATUM.

Fructification amorphous and distinct, covering the whole
under side, except the midrib, where there are red scales.

Veins forked and free.

Sterile and fertile fronds different. In the example figured
the sterile frond was eight inches in length, of which the stipes
was two inches, broadest in the middle, where six-tenths of an
inch wide, pointed at the apex, the scales on the upper surface
being mostly stellate. ‘The fertile frond eight inches and a half
in length, of which the stipes was five inches and a half; width
four-tenths of an inch. Apex rounded.

I am indebted to Mr. Henderson, of Wentworth, for fronds
of this species. |

It is in no Nurseryman’s Catalogue.

The illustrations are from Mr. Henderson’s fronds.

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Portion of mature Frond—upper side.

ACROSTICHUM CRASSINERVE.

KUNZE. FEE.

PEATE LVIE. . “VOL. VIE

Elaphoglossum crassinerve, Moors.
Acrostichum conforme, Rapopt. (Not of Birume or Swartz.)
: simplex, SpRENGEL. (Wot of Swartz ov PrEst.)

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Acrostichum—From the Greek, akros—high, and stichos—order.
Crassinerve—Thick-nerved.

In THE SEcTION ELAPHOGLOSSUM OF AUTHORS.

A Fern of somewhat the character of Acrostichum conforme,
yet more gigantic in size, and thicker in substance.

An evergreen stove species.

Native of the West Indies.

Fertile and sterile fronds different. ‘The sterile fronds gla-
brous, simple, oblong-ovate, or lengthy lance-shaped in form;
apex bluntly acuminate; attenuated at the base, thick, coriaceous,

VOL. VIL U

140 ACROSTICHUM CRASSINERVE.

and undulated. The fertile fronds also oblong-ovate in form,
simple, base attenuated, and shorter and narrower than the
sterile fronds. :

Both fertile and sterile fronds are articulated near the base
of the stipes, and are lateral.

Rhizoma short, scaly, and creeping.

Length of fertile frond from ten to twelve inches, of sterile
frond from fourteen to eighteen inches; colour deep shining
green. Coriaceous.

Stipes and rachis smooth and stout.

Sori amorphous, covering the whole under side of the frond.

Veins internal and forked; the apices free and clavate.

Margin of the frond thickened.

For fronds my thanks are due to Mr. T. Moore, of the
Botanic Gardens, Chelsea; to Mr. J. Smith, of the Royal
Gardens, Kew; and to Mr. Clarke, of the Royal Botanic
Gardens, Glasgow.

It may be procured of Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea; Sim, of
Foot’s Cray; and Kennedy, of Covent Garden.

The illustration is from Mr. Smith’s frond.

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Portion of mature Frond—upper side.

ACROSTICHUM GARDNERIANUM.
Kunze. FEE.

PLARE “VE. VOLs Vil.
Elaphoglossum Gardnerianum, Moore.

Acrostichum—From the Greek, akros—high, and stichos—order.
Gardnerianum—Named after Mr. Gardner.

In THE SECTION ELAPHOGLOSSUM OF AUTHORS.

A VERY pretty and scarcely-known species.

An evergreen stove Fern.

Native of Tropical America.

Fronds simple; sterile and fertile different, the sterile being
of a lengthy oblong, and having a pointed apex, and the
fertile ones being linear and lengthy.

Veins internal and forked.

Substance of the frond thick.

Sori amorphous, and covering the whole under side.

Length about seven inches, of which the basal two inches is
naked.

ACROSTICHUM GARDNERIANUM.

For fronds my thanks are tendered to Mr. Joseph H
of Wentworth.

It is in no English Fern Catalogues.

The illustrations are from Mr. Henderson’s fronds.

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Portion of mature Frond—upper side.

ACROSTICHUM LAURIFOLIUM.

D. Pretit-THOUARS. SPRENGEL. FEE.

PLATE LIX——Ay VOL. VII:

Olfersia laurifolia, PRESL.
Acrostichum lingua, Konze.
Elaphoglossum laurifolium, Moore. ?

Acrostichum—From the Greek, akros—high, and stichos—order.
Laurifolium—Laurel-leaved.

In THE SECTION ELAPHOGLOSSUM OF AUTHORS.

A VERY pretty dwarf species, almost unknown in cultivation.
Mr. Moore seems inclined, from seeing the fronds here figured,
to consider it as the Elaphoglossum stigmatolepis.

An evergreen stove Fern.

Native of Brazil.

The fronds, which are oblong-obtuse, are glabrous on both
sides, the sterile ones being widest in the middle, pointed at
apex, very narrow at the base, and coriaceous. ‘The fertile
fronds contracted to only half the width of the sterile ones,

144 ACROSTICHUM LAURIFOLIUM.

very short, and having a long naked footstalk; apex pointed,
but not narrowing materially at the base.

Rachis and stipes covered with very broad pale red scales.

Fronds scaly beneath. 4

Veins forked and internal.

Sori amorphous, and covering the whole under side of the
frond, except the midrib; colour reddish brown.

Length of fertile frond four inches and a half, of which the
lower two inches and a half is naked; length of sterile frond
six inches, the lower two inches being naked.

Stipes channeled, and somewhat four-sided.

My thanks are tendered to Mr. Joseph Henderson, of
Wentworth, for fronds of this Fern.

It cannot be procured of any of our Nurserymen.

The illustration is from Mr. Henderson’s fronds.

Mature Frond-—upper side.

ACROSTICHUM MELANOPUS.

KUNZE.

PLATE LIX -——B. VOL. VIE.
Elaphoglossum melanopus. Moore.

Acrostichum—From the Greek, akros—high, and stichos—order.
Melanopus—............ P

In rtrHE SEcTION ELAPHOGLOSSUM OF AUTHORS.

A DWARF, rare species. An evergreen stove Fern.
Native of Venezuela.

146 ACROSTICHUM MELANOPUS.

The frond elliptical-oblong, with an acuminate apex; the
margin fusco-paleaceous; base of frond a rounded cuneate form.

Rachis and stipes covered thickly with long blackish scales.
Stipes short.

Outline of frond occasionally irregular and undulated.

Veins forked.

Length from four to five inches, of which the lower inch or
inch and a half is naked.

Fertile frond only half the size, elliptical-oblong, shorter and
narrower. Stipes longer.

Rhizoma scaly, short, and creeping.

Fronds coriaceous; costa covered with stout rufous scales.

For fronds my thanks are due to Mr. Sim, of Foot’s Cray,
and to Messrs. Booth, of Hamburg.

This Fern may be procured of Mr. Sim, of Foot’s Cray,
and also of Messrs. Booth, of Hamburg.

The wood-cut illustration is from a frond forwarded by Mr.

R. Sim.

Pinna of barren Frond—upper side.

ACROSTICHUM ALIENUM.

SWARTZ. PLUMIER. WILLDENOW. SPRENGEL.
DesvAUX. KAULFUSS.
PEATE: ix. VOL. VII.
Gymnopteris aliena, Prest. Hooker anp Bauer.
“e 8 J. SmitH. FEx.
es portoricense, FEE.
Anapausia aliena, Moore.
sd cladorrhizans, var., Moore.
ae portoricensis, PRESL.

Acrostichum caudatum,

66 6é

& hastatum,

FS portoricense,
umbrosum,
bruneum,

Chrysodium alienum,
Pecilopteris brunnea,

VOL. Vil,

cladorrhizans,

CAVANILLES.? Swartz.

WILLDENOW. SPRENGEL.

(Wot of HooxeEr.)
LIEBMANN.
SPRENGEL.
LIEBMANN.

DeEsvavx.

WILLDENOW. SPRENGEL.

SPRENGEL. Dersvavux.
METTENIUS.

PRESL.

DEsvVAUxX.

DEsvVAvUxX.

148 ACROSTICHUM ALIENUM.

Acrostichum—From the Greek, akros—high, and stichos—order.
Alienum—Different.

In THE SECTION GYMNOPTERIS OF AUTHORS.

A VERY distinct Fern.

An evergreen stove species.

Native of South America, West Indies, Cuba, Jamaica,
Martinique, Trinidad, Portorico, Guadaloupe, Columbia, New
Granada, Equador, Panama, Mexico, and Guatemala.

The fronds are pinnate, the pinne being broad, lanceolate-
elongate, and pinnatifid, the upper ones confluent; the. seg-
ments ovate and obtuse-denticulate; fertile pinne contracted,

acuminate, and repand. Lower ones pinnatifid, upper ones
confluent.

Stipes glabrous.

Fronds arising from a somewhat creeping rhizoma.

Veins costeform; venules compound anastomosing.

Sori amorphous.

Length of frond from twelve to twenty-four inches.

For a frond my thanks are due to Mr. R. Sim, of Foot’s
Cray. |

It can be procured of Mr. Sim, of Foot’s Cray.

The illustration is from Mr. Sim’s frond. —

POLYBOTRYA. 149

GENUS XIV.
POLYBOTRYA. Humuoxpr.

|
| A sMALL genus of tropical Ferns, having bi-tripinnate fronds
| of from two to three feet high. Veins pinnate; venules free.
| Fertile segments convolute, pinnatifid, or spiceform, wholly
sporangiferous.

| There is no British representative.

| Mr. Smith, in his “Catalogue of Ferns cultivated in the Kew
| Gardens,”” enumerates—

1.—P. osmundacea, Humboldt & Bonpland. ‘Tropical America.
2.—P. acuminata, Link. Brazil.
3.—P. incisa, Link. Brazil.

Pinna of barren Frond—upper side.

POLYBOTRYA OSMUNDACEA.

HuMBOLDT AND BONPLAND. Hooker. J. SMITH.
SPRENGEL. KAULFUSS. HoOKER AND BAUER.
Fer. PRES.

PLATE LX. VOL: VII.

Polybotrya cylindrica, Kavtruss. SPRENGEL.

S: “ Kunze. J. Smita. Przst.
Frere. Scuort. Moore.
speciosa, ScHOTT.

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66

Polybotrya—From the Greek, polys—many, and botrys—a raceme.

A very handsome Fern.

An evergreen stove species, with a scandent habit, climbing
more than twenty feet up trunks of trees.

Native of Brazil, St. Catharine Island, Jamaica, and South
America.

Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1843, having
been received from Mr. N. Wilson.

Barren and fertile fronds different; the sterile ones, rising
from a dark, scaly, stout, creeping stem, being erect and
short-stalked. Fronds spreading, and four to six inches wide,
a lengthy triangular form; edge toothed; glabrous, deep green,
and having much the appearance of a Polystichum.

152 POLYBOTRYA OSMUNDACEA.

Sterile frond bi-tripinnate; pinnules ‘oblong-acuminate; base.
of a rounded cuneate form and bluntly lobed. Fertile one
contracted, also bi-tripinnate, and erect in habit.

Stipes scaly.

Sorl amorphous.

Veins pinnate; venules external, free, and simple.

Rhizoma creeping.

Fronds lateral, and adherent to a coarse, scaly, creeping
rhizoma.

Length of frond from twenty-four to thirty inches.

For fronds my thanks are due to Mr. Smith, Curator of
the Royal Gardens, Kew.

It may be procured of Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea; Sim, of
Foot’s Cray; and A. Henderson, of Pine-apple Place.

The illustration is from Mr. Smith’s frond.

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PLATYCERIUM. 153

GENUS XV.
PLATYCERIUM.. Desvatx.

A sMALL singular family of epiphytal Ferns, the name
being derived from the Greek, platys—broad, and keras—a
horn, on account of the fertile fronds resembling the broad
horns of the elk.

The fronds are simple, forked, coriaceous, thick, and spongy,
the sterile ones sessile, permanent, and successively imbricated.
The whole surface of the frond covered with a stellate
pubescence.

Veins repeatedly forked and distantly anastomosing; venules
internal, compoundly reticulated, with free veinlets terminating
in the areoles.

Length of fronds from one to three feet.

There is no British representative.

Mr. Moore, in his “Index Filicum,’? enumerates—

P. stemmaria. P. biforme.
P. alcicorne. P. grande.

Dr. Hooker describes five species, namely :—

. alcicorne. Madagascar, Eastern Asia, and Peru.

. stemmaria, Desvauz. Western Africa.

. grande, Cunningham. New Holland, Singapore, and Luzon‘
. biforme, Blume. Malay Islands.

. Wallichu, Hooker. Moulmein.

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Portion of mature Frond—under side.

PLATYCERIUM STEMMARIA.

Desvaux. Kunze. Presi. (Not of ScHort.)

ERATE. EXii. VOL... VIL:

Acrostichum stemmaria, Bravvais. Patts. (Wot of ComMERsoN.)
‘e ethiopicum, Bravvats. Patis.
cS alcicorne, Swartz. Paris. ScHKUBR.
Platycerium stemaria, Moorzt. Desvavx. J. Smita.

Nevroplatyceros ethiopicus, PuoKENET. FEE.

Platycerium—From the Greek, platys—broad, and keras—a horn.
Stemmaria—Stemmaria.

AN interesting species, less known than P. alcicorne in
collections, yet nevertheless a very curious and handsome Fern

156 PLATYCERIUM STEMMARIA.

An evergreen stove species.

Native of Western Africa.

Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1848.

Sterile and fertile fronds different. Sterile frond sessile,
elongated, and ascending; upper portion scarcely lobed, reni-
form, permanent, elevated, spongy, and depressed. Fertile frond
simple, horizontal, thick and coriaceous, divided, and widening
upwards. Articulated with the rhizoma.

Veins repeatedly forked, and distantly anastomosing; venules
internal and compoundly reticulated.

Sori occupying the lobes.

For plants and fronds my thanks are due to Mr. Joseph
Henderson, of Wentworth, and to Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting.

It may be procured of Messrs. Sim, of Foot’s Cray; Rol-
lisson, of Tooting; Veitch, of Chelsea; E.-G. Henderson, of
St. John’s Wood; A. Henderson, of Pine-apple Place; Jackson,
of Kingston; and Kennedy, of Covent Garden.

The illustration is from a frond forwarded by Mr. Henderson,
of Wentworth.

a gm > Al

SOS

WIL ATR

Plant from a photograph.

PLATYCERIUM ALCICORNE.

GAUDICHAUD. KUNZE.
Moore.

J. Smith. DESVAUX. SWARTZ.
Link. BLUME.

PLATE LXIII. VOL. VII.

Acrostichum alcicorne,

ce 66
66 ce

bifurcatum,
stemmaria,

Nevroplatyceros alcicornis,
Platycerium angustatum,
VOL. VIL.

SwakTz, IN PART. TURPIN.
SPRENGEL. WILLEM.
Kautruss. (Not of ScHKUHR.)
CavaNnILLEs. (Not of Swartz.)
ComMMERSON. SCHOTT.

(Not of Bravvats.)
Fee.
Desvavux.

158 PLATYCERIUM ALCICORNE.

Platycerium—From the Greek, platys—broad, and keras—a horn.
Alcicorne—Elk’s-horn.

Aw extremely interesting Fern, one of a singular genus of
epiphytal plants, growing on the branches of trees; very
easily cultivated, and making a handsome specimen when well
grown.

An evergreen warm greenhouse species.

Native of New South Wales, New Holland, Java, Asia,
East Indies, Australia, Malay Archipelago, Madagascar, and
Peru.

Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1808, having
been received from Mr. Caley, and now generally distributed
throughout private collections.

Fertile and sterile fronds different. Sterile frond sessile and
nearly circular; upper portion sub-lobate, permanent, elevated,
spongy, and depressed. Fertile frond simple, divided, nearly
horizontal, thick, coriaceous, widening upwards, and articulated
on a short slightly-creeping rhizoma. Under surface of fronds
white, and upper surface throughout covered with a dense
stellate pubescence.

Veins repeatedly forked and distantly anastomosing; venules
internal and compoundly reticulated, having free veinlets ter-
minating in the areoles.

Sori amorphous in patches, formed in the lobes or at the
extremities of the frond.

For a plant my thanks are due to Mrs. Empson, of Goole
Hall.

It may be procured of any Nurseryman.

The coloured illustration, and an engraving from a photograph,
shewing the habit of the Fern, are from a plant in my own
collection.

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- Plant from a photograph,

PLATYCERIUM GRANDE.

Kunze. J. Smith. Moore. HookeR AND BAUER.

PLAE EXTy.- (VOL. VIE.

Acrostichum grande, A. CUNNINGHAM.
Nevroplatyceros grandis, Fre.

Platycerium—From the Greek, platys—broad, and keras—a horn.
Grande—Grand.

As its name implies, a grand species, only to be found in
the best collections. Easily cultivated, and indeed requiring
no care if grown in a proper stove house.

An evergreen stove Fern.

Native of the East Indies, Singapore, Luzon,? Malayan
Islands, and New Holland.

160 PLATYCERIUM GRANDE.

Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, by Mr. Bidwill,
in the year 1842.

An epiphytal Fern, having fertile and sterile fronds different.
The sterile frond sessile, nearly round, and ascending, the
upper portion being divided into a number of broad blunt
segments, permanent, spongy in texture, and depressed.

Fertile fronds simple, two or three times divided, horizontal,
and pendulous at the apex, thick and coriaceous, widening
upwards, and being articulated on a brief rhizoma.

Veins repeatedly forked and distantly anastomosing; venules
internal, compoundly reticulated, and having free _ veinlets
terminating in the areoles.

Sori near the sinus of the first division, and forming a large
triangular patch.

The fronds entirely covered with a stellate pubescence,
giving the Fern a glaucous, or rather woolly appearance.

Length of sterile frond twenty-four to thirty inches, of fer-
tile frond from thirty to thirty-six inches. .

For plants of this Fern I am indebted to Messrs. Rollisson,
of Tooting, and to Mr. J. Henderson, of Wentworth; and for
fronds to the same gentlemen.

It may be procured of any of the principal Nurserymen.

The illustration is from a frond sent by Messrs. Rollisson, of
Tooting; and the wood engraving, shewing the habit of the
plant, is from a photograph of a plant in my own collection.

OPHIOGLOSSACER. 161

OPHIOGLOSSACE KL.

A sINGULAR class of Ferns, having sub-globose sporangia,
which are sessile, unilocular, and opening by a vertical or
transverse slit, and being bivalved.

Fronds solitary, bearing a fertile and sterile branch on the
same stem.

There are two divisions, namely, Ophioglossum and Botrychium.

MOL, VII. Z

162

OPHIOGLOSSUM.

GENUS I.

OPHIOGLOSSUM.

LINN ZUS.

A sMALL family of herbaceous Ferns, having the sterile and
fertile branches distinct, yet on the same stem.

Veins reticulated.

The name derived from the Greek, ophios—a serpent, and
glossa—a tongue; hence the name Adder’s-tongue.
There are two British species,—Ophioglossum vulgatum and

O. Lusitanicum.

Kunze, in his “Index Filicum,’

> enumerates—

O. bulbosum, Michaux, North | O. costatum, Brown, New Hol-

America.

— gramineum, Willdenow, New
Holland.

— palmatum, Lenneus, Amer-
ican Meridian.

— reticulatum, Linneus, Amer-
ican Meridian.

|

land.

— Lusitanicum, Linneus, Eu-
rope.

—pedunculosum, Desvauz,
Java.

— vulgatum, Linneus, Europe.

Sprengel, in his “Systema Vegetabilium,” gives—

O. vulgatum, Linneus.

— ovatum, Swartz, Molucca.
— petiolatum, Hooker, India.
— reticulatum, Linneus.

— bulbosum, WMichauz.

— capense,Schlechtendal, Africa. |
_ H. Mexicana, Sprengel, Mexico.

— Lusitanicum, Linneus.
3
— gramineum, Willdenow.

O. costatum, Brown.

— Bergianum, Schlechtendal.

— pendulum, Zinneus,Molucca.

— palmatum, Linneus.

Helminthostachys dulcis, Hazl-
Juss, India.

or rs ee Se ee

Portion of barren Frond.

OPHIOGLOSSUM VULGATUM.
Linnazus. Boiton. SmitH. Hooker AND ARNOTT.

BABINGTON. NEWMAN. DEAKIN. SOWERBY.
Moore. SCHKUHR.

PLALE LEV.——As VOL. VIL.

Ophioglossum ovatum, SALISBURY.
ee | Riehlii, AUSTRIAN GARDENS.
is untfolium, GILIBERT.
Ophioglossum—Adder’s-tongue. Vulgatum—Common.

THE Common Adder’s-tongue is a native of Great Britain,
being found in tolerable abundance in many localities. In
Nottinghamshire it is very abundant in fields at Highfield
House, Stanton-on-the-Wolds, and at Clifton, growing on moist
loamy ground, on meadow land, and on higher and drier
ground, where there is very strong loam or clay. Mr. Moore
remarks that it is less common in Wales, Scotland, and Ireland.
It is found in Orkney, Shetland, throughout Europe—from
Russia to Tuscany; in Siberia and North America.

The fertile and sterile fronds different, but upon the same

164 OPHIOGLOSSUM VULGATUM.

stem. Sterile branch sessile, entire, ovate-elongate, smooth, and
pale yellowish green in colour. Fertile branch erect, a simple
spike on an elongate foot-stalk proceeding from the inner base
of the sterile branch.

Veins anastomosing, and without a mid-vein.

Rhizoma a corm-like crown.

Roots thick, brittle, and spreading horizontally.

Stipes erect, smooth, cylindrical, succulent, and hollow.

Length of frond from three to twelve inches.

There is a dwarf variety, which was found in Orkney by
Mr. Syme, known as variety Minor, the barren branches being
narrow and oval. ‘The plant also is much later in the year in
coming to maturity.

For plants my thanks are due to Mr. Gray, of St. Thomas’,
Exeter; to Mr. Joseph Sidebotham, of Manchester; and to Mr.
Clarke, gardener to Mr. Wilkinson Dent, of Flass House, Crosby
Ravensworth, Westmorland.

It may be procured from Mr. Sim, of Foot’s Cray.

The illustration is from Mr. Clarke’s plant.

Barren Frond—upper side, (slightly magnified.)

OPHIOGLOSSUM LUSITANICUM.

Linnzus. Moore. NEWMAN. SOWERBY. BABINGTON.
HooKER AND GREVILLE. LINDLEY.

PEA exeve—— be VOL. Wie,

Ophioglossum— Adder’s-tongue. Lusitanicum—Lusitania.

A VERY interesting pigmy Fern from Guernsey, having been
discovered in the year 1854 growing in sandy loam near Petit
Bot Bay, by Mr. G. Wolsey, and since found in other places
in that island.

This species may be called a winter Fern, the fronds coming
up in winter, and arriving at maturity about the middle of
January.

An indigenous Fern, with annual fronds.

Found in Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Sicily, Greece, the
Mediterranean Islands, Tangiers, Algiers, the Canaries, the
Islands of Madeira, Teneriffe, Azores, and Guernsey.

The fronds are thick, fleshy, and pale green in colour.
Sterile and fertile branches on the same stem; the sterile
branch linear to linear-lanceolate in shape, tapering below to
where it joins the fertile branch; fertile branch longer, erect,
being a linear-oblong spike on a long stalk, and apiculate.

166 OPHIOGLOSSUM LUSITANICUM.

Veins anastomosing, and without any mid-vein.

Roots thick, fleshy, brittle, and spreading.

Rhizoma a corm-like crown.

Stipes erect, smooth, succulent, and cylindrical.

This Fern, known as the Dwarf Adder’s-tongue, has usually
solitary fronds, or occasionally two or three from the same crown.

Length of frond from less than an inch to an inch and a
half.

For plants my thanks are due to Mr. James, of Vauvert.

It may be procured of Mr. Sim, of Foot’s Cray.

The illustrations are from plants in my own collection.

BOTRYCHIUM. 167

GENUS IL.

BOTRYCHIUM. Swartz.

A smMALL family of dwarf Ferns, only one species of which,
Botrychium lunaria, is a native of Great Britain.

Fronds herbaceous; fertile and sterile branches distinct, yet
on the same stem.

Veins repeatedly branched from a central costa; venules free.

The name derived from the Greek—botrys, signifying a bunch
or cluster.

Sprengel enumerates—

B. lunaria, Swartz, Europe. B. dissectum, Sprengel, North
— Australe, Brown, New Hol- America.

land. — Virginicum, Swartz, North
— Matricarie,Sprengel,Kurope. America.
— Fumarie, Sprengel, Carolina. | — cicutarium, Swartz, Hispan-
— ternatum, Swartz, Japan. iola.

Kunze gives—

B. Australe, Brown. | B. lunaria, Swartz.
— dissectum, Muhlenberg. —obliquum, Muhlenberg, N.
— fumarioides, Willdenow, N. America.

America. — rutefolium, Brown, Europe.
— gracile, Kunze, North — Virginicum, Swartz.

America.

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) Portion of barren Frond.
|
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| BOTRYCHIUM LUNARIA.
Swartz. Smith. Hooker and ARNOTT.
BABINGTON. DEAKIN. NEWMAN. SoweErRBy. MOORE.

SCHKUHR.

PVRATES beV1-—A. AND “Bs .- VOL. VIT-

Botrychium lunatum, GRAY.
ig rutaceum, Swartz. Scuxuur. NEwMAN.
a ¢ Basineton. Moore.
as matricariefolium, Braun.
Osmunda lunaria, Linnzvus. Borton. SMITH.
ee lunata, SALISBURY.
oe lunaria var. ramosa, Rora.
cs lunaria var. Moore, Lowe.
Ophioglossum pennatum, LAMARCK.

&é

pennatum var. rutaceuim, Moore.
Botrychium—A. bunch. Lunaria—Of the Moon.

Tue Common Moonwort is a deciduous indigenous species,
widely diffused through England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales,
but very local. I have seen it more abundant in Westmorland
than in any other county, although it is tolerably abundant at
Clifton, in Nottinghamshire.

Found in Gabice, Shetland, Tee Iceland, North Cape,
Sicily, Spain, Russia, Siberia, Newfoundland, Greenland, Bear

Lake, Rocky Mountains, Behring’s Bay, Ural Mountains, Altai
VOL, VII. 2 A

170 BOTRYCHIUM LUNARIA.

Mountains, Kamtschatka, Lake Baikal, Tasmania, the Island of
Fuegia, Australian Alps, ete.

A difficult plant to cultivate. Found in dry, open, elevated
pastures and waste lands; requiring to be kept cool and moist
by a thick low vegetation, which invariably surrounds this
species. Hence the difficulty of imitating its natural growth. -

Fronds herbaceous, the sterile and fertile branches being
distinct.

Fronds solitary; the sterile branch pinnate; pinne lunate or
fan-shaped, from four to seven pairs; margin somewhat crenate,
occasionally partially fertile. ‘The fertile branch pinnate or
bipinnate, the contracted rachiform divisions fleshy.

Roots stout, fleshy, and brittle. Stipes erect and smooth,
bearing a two-branched frond, the one sterile and the other
fertile.

Veins of the barren frond repeatedly forked, radiating from
the base, and terminating within the margin.

Fructification sessile, erect, in two rows along each segment.

Spore-cases smooth and spherical, bursting transversely; when
mature, golden brown in colour.

The plant perennial, but the fronds annual.

There are two distinct varieties.

The variety Rutaceuwm has a broader barren branch, which
is triangular in form and twice divided.

The variety Mooret, (Plate LXVI.—3B,) named after Mr.
Thomas Moore, an indefatigable and well-known cryptogamic
botanist, is similar in its fronds to the normal form, with the
exception of its edge being deeply incised, giving the frond a very
handsome appearance. ‘This variety has been found in some
abundance near Crosby Ravensworth, Westmorland, by Mr.
Clarke, gardener to Mr. Wilkinson Dent.

Length of frond from eight to ten inches; colour a light
yellowish green.

The normal form may be procured of any Nurseryman.

The illustrations are from fronds forwarded by Mr. Clarke.

AUTHORITIES QUOTED IN

Afzelius.
Agardh.
Aiton.
Anderson.

-Arnott.

Arrabida.

Babington.

Balfour.

Bauer.

Beauvois.

Beck.

Belanger.

Bentham.

Berahardi. |
Bidwill.
Blume. /
Bojer.
Bolton.
Bonpland.

Bory.

Brackenridge.

Braun.

Bree.

Brown, R.

Burmann. |
Caley. !
Cameron.
Carmichael.

Chamb.

Commerson.
Cunningham, Alian.
Dalechamps.

Deakin.

Decaisne. /
De Candolle.
Derby, Ear! of.

Desvaux. -

De Vriese.

Dietrech.

Dickie, Dr. |
Dickson.
Don.
Ebrhart.
Endlicher.

Fee.

Fischer.

Forster.

Fries.

Galleotti.

Gardner.

Gaudichaud.

Gilibert.

Gillies.

Geepp.

Gouan.

Gray.

a71

Greville.
Griffith.
Gueinzius.
Henke.
Hamilton.
Henderson, Joseph.
Heward.
Hoffmann.
Hooker, Sir W. J.
Hooker, J. D.
Houlston.
Holl.
Houttuyn.
Hudson.
Hull.
Humboldt.
Jacquin.
James.
Karwinski.
Kaulfuss.
Klotzsch.
Koch.
Kunth.
Kunze.

La Billardiere.
Lamarck.
Langsdorff.
Lapeyrouse.
Lasch.
Liebmann.
Liljeblad.
Linden.
Lindley.
Link.
Linneus.
Loddiges.
Loureiro.
Lowe, EE. J.
Lowe, H.
Macreight.
Martens.
Mettenius.
Meyer.
Michaux.
Miquel.
Mobr.
Moore, T.
Morison.
Moritz.
Mublenberg.
Newman.
Nuttall.
Palisot.
Petit-Thouars.
Petiver.
Plukenet.

Foe. Vit

Plumier.
Peeppig:
Pohl.
Poiret.
Presl.
Pursh.
Raddi.
Ralfs.
Reinwardt.
Retzius.
Roebling.
Roth.
Roxburgh.
Rucker.
Rumphius.
Ruprecht.
Sadler.
Schiede.
Schkuhr.
Schlechtendal.
Schott.
Schrader.
Sieber.
Sim.
Sloane.
Smith, J. E.
Smith, J.
Sowerby.
Splitgerber.
Sprengel.
Sturm.
Swartz.
Syme.

Tait
Tausch.
Thunberg.
Tradescant.
Turpin.
Vahl
Ventenat.
Villars.
Viviani.
Wahlenberg.
Wallich.
Watson.
Webb.
Weis.
Wickstr.
Willdenow.
Wiilem.
Wilson.
Withering.
Wolsey.
Woods, J.
Wulter

bo

CONTEIBUTORS. TO © VOL. “Vie

Tue Author begs to express his thanks to the following individuals, who
have kindly supplied him with plants and fronds for illustration:—

Mr. Atkins, Painswick.

Professor Balfour, Edinburgh.

Mr. Backhouse, York.

Messrs. Booth and Sons, Hamburg.

Mr. Clapton, Scarborough.

Mr. Clarke, Royal Botanic Gardens,
Glasgow.

Mr. E. Cooling, Mile Ash Nursery,
Derby.

Mrs. Delves, Tunbridge Wells.

Mr. Dryden, Allestre Hall, Derby.

Mrs. Empson, Goole Hall.

Mr. J. Henderson, Wentworth.

Dr. J. D. Hooker, F.R.S., Royal
Gardens, Kew.

Sir W. J. Hooker, F.R.S., Royal
Gardens, Kew.

Mr. Ingram, Belvoir Castle.

Mr. Ingram, Royal Gardens, Wind-
sor.

Mr. Masters, Canterbury.

Mr. Lamb, Osmaston Manor, near
Ashbourn.

Mr. R. T. Millett, Penzance.

Mr. Thomas Moore, F.L.S., Botanic
Gardens, Chelsea.

Sir Oswald Mosley, Bart., Rolleston
Hall.

Mr. G. Norman, Hull.

Messrs. Parker, Holloway.

Mr. Pass, Gardener to Mr. Brockle-
hurst, The Fence, Macclesfield.

Messrs. Pearson, Chilwell, Notts.

Messrs. Roliisson, Tooting. °

M. Schott, Imperial Gardens, Schon-
briinn.

Mr. J. Sidebotham, Manchester.

Mr. Sim, Foot’s Cray, Kent.

Mr. J. Smith, Royal Gardens, Kew.

Mr. Stewart, late Gardener, Sud-
bury.

Messrs. Veitch, Jun., Chelsea.

INDEX TO VOL VIL

[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. Names not having an authority attached, are those
adopted by other authors, and are therefore to be found under other names; or
they are species not yet introduced into this country in a living state. It sometimes
happens, and indeed not unfrequently, that the same name is used by different
authors for different species: this will at once be seen by referring to each page
given in the index. ]

PAGE. PAGE.

Abacopteris glandulosa. 15 Acrostichum caudatum . . 147
Aconiopteris longifolia . =) 129 Cayennensis . : 110
Acrostichum emulum . , 115 cervinum sy. : maine
ethiopicum . : . 155 citrifolium . : : 107
alatum yx. ; 5 107 cladorrhizans : » 147
alcicorne s 3 Do ch7 conforme. Swartz 115, 139
alienum. Swartz . 147 var. angustum . x AS
alpinum : : «= «6d contractum : . 105
angustatum yj . 115 crassifolium . : - 109
apodum : é el Os, erassinerve. Junze 107, 139
aureum. Linneus 103, 105, erinitum : ~ LOL, 207

107, 109 erispatulum. Wallich 109

var. hirsutum ‘ 110 cuspidatum. Willdenow 137
var.inequale . 110,111 daneefolium ; 106

var. marginatum . 110 emarginatum. : « 109

var. minus : <j. IkO filare . : : : 106

var. Yigens . , 110 fimbriatum . F ¢ JEEZ

var. scalpturatum . 110 flagelliferum. Wallich 107,

var. speciosum 2105. EEE 113

var. Urvillei 7 Es EE floridum : ‘ <) aoe

auritum Swartz . 131 formosum . ; : 109
bicolor . ; ‘ pee ae (055 fraxinifolium . 106, 109
bifurcatum ie ete frigidum. Linden . 121
brachyneuron ; ee fulvum . 5 : . 124
brevipes. Kunze 107, 135 Gardnerianum. Kunze 141
bruneum ; . 147 glandulosum . » 107; 215

calleefolium i 135 erande . , 159

INDEX.

PAGE,

Acrostichum hastatum 147
heterochitum 113
hirsutum 110
hyperboreum 65
ilvense . 65, 67
inequale . HOZA V0) 111.
juglandifolium WOvires iLO)
Karstenianum 107
latifolinm 115, 129
laurifolium. Petit-Thouars

143
linearifolium Bh Oi,
lingua 107, 135, 143
longifolium. Jacquin 107,

129
luridum 135
marante 67
marginatum . 110
maritimum 110
melanopus. Kunze 107, 145
microlepis 107
minus 110
muscosum. 123
nicotianefolium. Swartz 107,

127
obliquum 109
oblongum . 115
piloselloides . 107
portoricense 147
pteroides : : 4106
quereifohum. etzius 125
rigens . 109, 110
rubiginosum 121
scalpturatum 110
Schiedei 107, 121
scolopendrifolium. Raddi

107, 117
simplex 107, 139
sorbifolium 97, 107
speciosum 109, 110, 111
squamatum 124
squamipes . 124,
squamosum. Schkuhr 123,

124
squarrosum 124
staphyleum . 107

Acrostichum stemmaria
umbrosum
Urvillei
vestitum ;
villosum. Swartz
viscosum
Wightianum

Alsophila comosa
Perriniana

Amphieosmia capensis

Anapausia acuminata .
aliena
bicuspis
eladorrhizans
dentata
Heudelotii
nicotaneefolia
nicotianzefolium
portoricensis
semipinnatifida
vespertilio

Aspidium acrostichoides (see vol. vi.)

aculeatum

(see vol. vi.)

PAGE.
155, 157
eh eta
LEO, DA
123, 124
107, 133
107

110

73

69

28

106
106, 147
106

147

106

106

106

127

147

106

106

26
26

acuminatum (see vol. vi.) 25,

55

acutum 55
adnatum . 26
adultum ; |
Aimulum. Swartz 11, 30
var. prolifera 12
affine 25
alpinum 75
apifolium 29
appendiculatum 24
arboreum 30
aridum 26
articulatum . 43
atomarium 2 85
augescens (see vol. vi.) 25
auriculatum 25, 26, 59
bifidum 29
Boottii 27
brachyotum . 37
bulbiferum 87
bulbosum 59, 63

INDEX. 175

PAGE. | PAGR.
Aspidium callosum. . E 29 Aspidium isogramma . : 15
Canariense (see vol. vi.) 29 | Javanicum . ’ oO
canescens . . i 24, Kaulfussi. Zank~.. 7, 30
capense (see vol. vi.) 28 | lanuginosum , sie (29
caucasicum ‘ ; 26 latifolium . ; ; 29
cicutarium (see vol. vi.) 29 lentum : : 2a 26
coadunatum (see vol. vi.) 30 longifolium het she 55
comtignum gactmon wii ig «29 lorifrons' tages: 4h
continuum eotiae! 29 eens i.y.;- 2 iad 29
corymbiferum 2B Ludovicianum cae)
crinitum . J wn 175/26 macrophyllum (see vol. vi.) 29
cristatum (see vol. vi.) 26, 27 microcarpum . j 29
eucullatum ; i 29 Mildeanum . : See |6)
davallioides . : at Oe molle f . 5, 23, 30
decurrens (see vol. vi.) 25 var. corymbiferum. Sim
dentatum . : SS 23
dilatatum (see vol. vi.) 27, 30 montanum F , 83
var. ; : : ee mucronatum (see vol. vi.) 28
var. recurvum . 127, multifidum ‘ ; 5d
distans : i 67 multisorum . ; i. 28
diversifolium ; sos munitum . : : 26
diversum . ; , 24 | nerufolium . : rn AE
Kekloni , : 29 neriforme : : Al
elongatum (see vol. vi.) 27 | neriiformis . : ee). Ae
eminens : 5 AD nevadense : se 26, 27
ensifolium : AG.o5 nidus . i : ue 2G
exaltatum . ; 49, 53 nitidum . : : Ty
expansum . : : 26 nodosum. 3 . 48
falcinellum (see vol. vi.) 25 nymphale . : 5 24,
filix-mas (see vol. vi.) 25, 26 obtusatum . ; . 29
flagelliferum . 5 49 obtusifolium . : 59
Fenisecii. : a aE obtusum : : oo 69
fragile 5 3 : 78 ocellatum . j : 26
var. : : 2 ae odoratum. : o-- a
glandulosum. Blume 15 oligodonton : ; 27
gogeylodus ; : 29 ottonis . ‘ : oe ao
Goldianum (see vol. vi.) 27 paleaceum : : 26
gongylodes ‘ - 29 pallidum : wae
Hendersoni . : : 6 paludosum ; ‘ 29
heracleifolium . : 28 pardense : : “os
hirsutulum . 24, 53 parallelogrammum . 26
hirtum : ; : 19 | patens. Kunze 5, 23, 24,
hispidum. Swartz 13, 30 30, 37
Hookeri (see vol. vi.) 30 | | var. Hendersoni 6
imbricatum : ; 59 pauciflorum : : Ly

intermedium ; a ae | pectinatum . ‘ . At

= Se ee ae ee ee ee Da, a er a | ae

176 INDEX.

PAGE. PAGE.

Aspidium pica. . ‘ 28 Aspidium tectaria ; . 30
pilosum : : a Ropr tectum . ‘ 5 . 24
pinnatifidum . : 26 tenue : ; : 85
pistillare - . aah tomentosum . : 2 oS
platyphyllum . Mn 3, 30 trapezoides i ‘ AZ
Pohlianum . é sues! 9) trifidum . . “ 75,78
Pontederz : : 78 trifoliatum (see vol. vi.) 28
propinguum . ‘ 24, 29 truncatum. Gaudichaud 21
pseudo filix-mas ' 26 tuberosum . ; ; 59
pteroides (see vol. vi.) 29 uliginosum—y. ‘ 26, 27
puberum . y 2 30 undulatum : ‘ 51
pubescens (see vol. vi.) 27 unitum (see vol. vi) 29, 30
punctulatum =. : 55 venulosum ‘ ‘ 29
quinquangularis . Se 4 villosum (see vol. vi) . 28
recedens. Lowe he ABO Wallichianum . > 26, 4a
VECUEVUMAI | : ae Asplenium Aitonii var. . . Leah
regium : ‘ 75 obovatum . , 73
repandum. Wailldenow 3, 30 Athyrium alpinum . : . ae
resiniferum : ; 29 dentatum . : ‘ 78
rheticum ; Smet ic! filix-foemina . , 26
rigidum (see vol. vi.) 25, 27 fragile 78
riparium : ne 30) fumarioides . = eS
rufescens . : : 55 montanum F ; 83
rufidulum . ‘ 5 Gre oxyphyllum . Rae 5)
salaccense . : Al regium 3 ; 75
Schkuhrii. : es) Bathmium repandum . : 3
Schweintzi : : 26 heracleifolium . , 28
serra || : : 25, 29 Botrychium australe f - , Jez
serratum . ‘ 29 cicutarium : 167
setosum ; erates 700) dissectum . , < INGe
Smaitlal ee : i 26 fumarie . 167
solutum : : pe 24: fumarioides . : . Aer
spinescens. Lowe . 9 gracile : 167
spinulosum (see vol. vi.) 26, lunaria. Swartz 167, 169
27, 28 var. Moorei . 169, 170

ae, 6 27, 30 lunatum d : . 169
var. Boottii . 2 27 matricarie ; , 167
var. cristatum . 1, 2g matricariefolium . . 9
var. uliginosum sy. 27 obliquum ‘ 2 DGe
strigosum. Willdenow 17 rutaceum . : : 169
subcostale . : ; Al rutefolium . ‘ » Gr
sublanosum . , 49, 59 ternatum . ‘ , 167
subpubescens . ; 24) virginicum . 5 OT
tanacetifolium : . 27 | Ceterach alpinum d ' 65
tavoyanum ; ’ 59 Chrysodium alienum ay,
taygetense 75 aureum : ( 110

INDEX. 177

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Chrysodium Cayennensis 110 Cystoptetis Canariensis 72
hirsutum . 110 Chilensis ah: ae
ineequale 110 comosa 72. G2
nicotianzefolium 127 crenata . 72, 73
sealpturatum J10 decurrens . : . 79
speciosum 110 dentata 71, 72, 78, 79, 81
Urvillei 110 var. % ‘ 78
vulgare 110 var. Dickieana 81
Cyathea alpina 75 Dickieana. Newman 71, 81,
angustata . 78 79
anthriscifolia 78 emarginulata "9
eynapifolia 78 emarginata 73
dentata 78 fragilis. Bernhardi 29, 71,
fragilis 78 73, 77, 72, 80, 81, 85

var. . : 78 var. FT 78°85

var. angustata 78 var. angustata . 79

incisa 18 var. dentata . 79 Si
montana 83 var. Dickieana . 79. cSt

regia 75, 78 var. interrupta 79
Cyclodium glandulosum 15 var. obtusa ape (o
meniscoidis 30 fumarioides S72, 4S
Cyclopteris dentata 78 gigantea ; 72, 73
fragilis 78 leptophylla 72, (3; 78

sa nee cs 78 montana. Link 71, 72, 81

regia 75 myrrhidifolium ers eee
rheetica : 78 nigrescens ; 78
Cyrtogonium crispatulum 104, 119 obtusa Od, /2,. fe
flagelliferum 104, 113 obovata aie ae:
repandum 104 odorata 79. 73
Cystea alpina 75 orientalis . 78
angustata 78 Pontederz ey
dentata 78 regia. Presl . 71, 72, 75
fragilis 78 retusa . : be Meas:

incisa 75 rhetica ' 78

regia 75, 78 squamata 72, 73
Cystopteris albescens 69, 72, 73 Tasmanica spl ke ¢s:
alpina . Gl 72, 75 tenuis. Schott G1 72.85
allioni : 83 vestita ay pa 3
angustata . 72,78, 79 Dendroglossa quercifolia 125
angustifolia Fi Diacalpe aspidioides 73
aspidioides 02,73 Dictyoglossum crinitum 101
atomaria foe fa ae Drynaria cordifolia 28
atrovirescens . 72,43 Elaphoglossum acrocarpon . 104
Brasiliana (ay 43 actinotrichum 104,
bulbifera. Bernhardi 71, 72, affine 104

89 | adenolepis 104

VOL Vit,

2B

PAGE.

Elaphoglossum emulum 104
alatum 104,
alismeefolium 104.
alpestre 104
andicola 104
angulatum 104
aphlebium ‘ 104
apodum 104, 106
attenuatum 104
Aubertii 104
auricomum 104
Banksianum 104,
Bellermannianum 104
blepharodes 104
Boryanum 104
brachyneuron 104, 106, 121
brevipes 104, 135
Calaguala . 104,
calleefolium 103, 104, 108. 15
callolepis 104,
calophyllum 104.
cardiophyllum 104,
caudatum . 104
cihatum 104
cochleariefolum 104
cognatum : - 105
conforme 103, 104, 106, 115
consobrinum 104.
crassinerve 103, 104, 129, 139
crispatulum 104,
Cumingi 104
curvans . 104
cuspidatum 104, 137
decoratum 104
decurrens 104
didynamum . 104
dimorphum 104
dissimile 104
Dombeyanum 103
durum . 104,
ellipticum . 104
elongatum 104
erinaceum 104
erythrolepis . 104
faleatum 104
Feei 104

Elaphoglossum ferrugineum

frigidum
Funekn
Gardnerianum
Gayanum .
glaucum
gorgoneum
gratum
Hartwegii
Herminieri
heterolepis
heteromorphum
horridulum
hybridum
hystrix
impressum
Jamesoni ;
Junghuhnianum
Karstenianum
laminarioides
Langsdorfhi
latifohum
laurifolium
Lechlerianum
Lepervanchii
lepidotum 104, 105, 106,
leptophyllum

Lindeni

lineare

lingua .

lingueeforme

lloense .
lonchophyllum .
longifolium 103, 106,
macropodium
marginatum .
Martinicense
Mathews
melanolepis
melanopus .
meridense
micradenium
microlepis
minutum
Moritzianum
muscosum

104,

104,

104,

106,
105,

eee

INDEX. 179

PAGE. PAGE.

Elaphoglossum notatum 105 | Elaphoglossum Wageneri 105
obductum 105 | Webbi 105
Orbignyanum 105 | Fadyenia prolifera . 30
ovatum 105 | Goniopteris patens 30
pachydermum 105 tetragona 29
perelegans 104 Gymnogramma palmata 91
petilosum . 105 Gymnopteris aliena 106, 147
piloselloides . 105 ascillaris : 106
pilosum 104, | decurrens 104, 106
platyneuron i 105 | lanceolata . 106
Plumieri 105 | Neitneri : . 125
Peppigianum 105 nicotianefolia 104, 106, 127
rabdolepis 105 normalis 106
ramosissimum 105 obtusifolia 106
Roeslu 105 portoricense . 147
rubiginosum . 106, 121 quercifolia 106
Ruizianum 105 quercifolium 125
scalpellum 105 taccefolia . 106
scandens 105 Zollingeri : 106
Schiedei 104 Helminthostachys dulcis 162
Schomburgki i 105 Mexicana . 162
scolopendrifolium 103, 104, | Hemionitis aurea-hirsuta 91
106, 117 | Blumeana 89

sessile 105 Boryana 89
setosum 105 calleefolia 89
Sieberi 105 | Cayennensis 89
simplex 104 concava Ss) ace
spathulatum 105 cordata. Hooker § Greville
splendens x 105 89, 93
squamatum 105, 124 cordifolia . 93
squamipes 105, 124 coriacea 89
squamosum 105, 124, falcata 89
squarrosum 105, 124 Hookeriana . 89
stelhgerum : 105 | immersa 89
stigmatolepis 105, 145 | lanceolata 89
stipitatum 105 Lessonii 89
strictum 105 obtusa . ; Be
succiszefolium 105 palmata. Linneus 89,91, 93
tambillense 105 parvula ag
tectum 105 | pedata 89
tragiefolium 105 plantaginea . 89
uadulatum 105 | Reinwardtiana . 89
venustum 105 | reticulata 89
vestitum : 104 | sagittata 89, 93
villosum 103; 105, 133 | semicostata 89
viscosum 104, 121 | spatulata 89

Heteronevron heterocliton
Hymenodium crassifolium .

erinitum. Feé
Kunzeanum

Hypoderris Brownii
Lastrea emula

Blumei
Canariense
concava
erinita
cristata
cruciata
dilatata
dumetorum .
elegans
elongata
Feenisecii .
filix-mas
funesta
Goldiana
Gueinziana
Hamiltonii
hispida
hirta
Kaulfussii
Kunthii
microchlena
pallida .
patens
pubescens
quinquangularis
recedens
recurva
remota .
-rufidula
spinescens
spinulosa
var.

strigosa
tomentosa
uliginosa

Lepidonevron acuminatum

hirsutulum
longifolium
punctulatum

var. uliginosa

INDEX.
PAGE. PAGE.
113 Lepidonevron rufescens 55
99 Lomariopsis Boryana 106
99, 101 buxifolia 106
99 erithrolepis 106
je longifolia . 106
cpedlisciey phlebodes 106
26 sorbifolia . 106
27 spondiefolia . 106
11 variabilis . 106
17 Lonchitis aspera ilvensis 68
27 Lophodium Feenisecii . 11
28 recurvum y PB 8
28 Mesochlena Javanica. Brown 30,
11 30, Or
1 Nephrodium bulbiferum 87
26 coadunatum . 30
ey edule 59
27 exaltatum 49
29 Foenisecii Ls
26 glandulosum 15
30 hirsutulum 53
28 Hookeri - 29
13 lamosum 68
19 lineatum F 5 NS
7 molle ; : cigar 20
30 multilineatum : 15, 16
37 pectinatum AT
27 platyotis 55
5 rufidulum . 68
27 Schkubrii AT
27 tenue 85
1 truncatum 21
1. tuberosum 59
27 unitum : : 25, 29
68 var. : : 25
9 | Nephrolepis acuminata 46
De | acuta 46
26, 27 | acutangula 46
Ze | biaurita 45
eae bidentata 46
29 biserrata . : . 45, 46
27 commutata . 49
55 cordifolia . : . 45, 46
53 | cultrifolia 7 ate
55 | Davallioides. J. Smith 45, 57
B51. | var. dissecta 58

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INDEX.

PAGE,

Nephrolepis dissecta . : 58

ensifolia. Presl 25, 46, 55
exaltata. Schott 45, 46, 49

floccigera .. ee '5)
Gaimardiana . ‘ A6
gibbosa. ; , 45, 46
hirsutula. Presi 45, 46, 53
hirsutulum =. : oe
imbricata . é : 46
intramarginalis. 520 WAG
Mauritianum . 3 45
neglecta : ; 45, 46
obtusifolia : 45
occidentalis . , Ch Pao
paraensis . ; : A6
pectinata. Schott 45, 46, 47
pendula . : 45
pilosa 46

platyotis . . 45, 46, 56
punctulata . : 45, 46
ramosa. : : 45
repens . : : . 45
Schkuhrii . ‘ 2 AW
sesquipedalis : 45, 46

- Sieberi . : ; 46

splendens . ’ 45, 46

subcordata : : 46
Trichomanoides . Pals
tuberosa. Presi 25, 45, 46,

| 59

undulata. Smith 45, 46, 51,

59

volubilis : 2 aA
Wallichiana é 4,6
Zollingeriana : . 46
Nevroplatyceros ethiopicus 155
alecicornis . ; CVs S76
grandis. ‘ : 159
Oleandra articulata ‘ 39, 44
Cumingil ; 3 39
hirtella . 39, 41, 42, 44
lomatopus : ‘ 39
macrocarpa . : Jiao

mollis . : ‘ 39
Moritzii : : Mets
musefolia . : ‘ 39

181

PAGS,

Oleandra nertiformis. Cavanilles 26,

39, 41, 44

neriifolia . , ; 41
nodosa. Presi 39, 43. 44
phyllarthron. 39
pilosa . : : g4' SO

W allichii . W426, 39
Olfersia angustata . : ake
eallefolia . ‘ f 135
eervina. Presl . 95, 97
erinita ; . : 101
conformis . ; cee HS)
coreovadensis . . 95, 97
cuspidata. : Bay 7
laurifolia . F ; 143
longifolia. : - 429
muscosa . : Q 123
scolopendrifolia . eae Bf
villosa : ; . 133
Ophiopteris verticillata . a A
Ophioglossum acuminatum . 57
Bergianum . : o« L6Z
bulbosum . : 3 162
capense : ‘ . 162
ceilanicum t ; 125
costatum : : - 162
gramineum : é 162
lusitanicum. Linneus 162, 165
minor ; F : 163
ovatum . : G2, 163
palmatum . : ; 162
pedunculosum ‘ ») 162
pendulum . : ‘ 162
pennatum . : . 169
petiolatum : é 162
Riehhii . : : = E63
reticulatum 2 : 162
unifolium . : ~ -163
vulgatum. Linneus 162, 163

var. minor : i Gs
Osmunda cervina ‘ : 97
lunaria . : i . 169
lunata Tepe 3 169
trifida . ; : a) bee
Peecilopteris brunnea . : 147

contaminans . : . 106

Peecilopteris costata

crispatula
flagellifera
Finlaysoniana
heteroclita
Hookeriana .
lonchophora
ludens .
Presliana .
punctulata
Quoyana
serratifolia
subcrenata
terminans
virens

Physematium incisum

molle
obtusum
Perrinianum

angustatum
biforme
grande. Kunze

stemaria

INDEX.

PAGE.

106
106, 119
113
106
113
106
106
106
106
106
106
106
106
106
106

5 wom
61, 63
61, 69
61, 69

Platycerium alcicorne. Kunze 153,

157
157
153

153, 159

155

stemmaria. Desvauz 153, 155

Polybotrya aurita

acuminata
appendiculata
aspleniifolia
bifurcata
cervina
cylindrica
Hamiltoniana
incisa

103, 151

131

106, 149
106

106

106

97

106

106, 149

osmundacea. Humboldt

and Bonpland 106, 149, 151

Plumieri
Raddiana

speciosa

Polypodium emulum

album

alpinum
angustatum
anthriscifolium
Arvonicum

106
ive
151
iki
75,77
75

77

1d

65, 67

Polypodium barbatum

bulbiferum
cambricum
cordifolium
crinitum
crispum
cynapifolium
dentatum .
exaltatum
expansum .
fontanum .
fragile .

var. angustatum

fragilis .
fumarioides
hirsutulum
hyperboreum
ilvense
lachnopodium
laciniatum
lobatum
marantee
montanum
myrrhidifolium
obtusum
patens .
pedicularifolium
Perriniapa_
polymorphum
Pontederze
recedens
regium
rheticum
rivulare
semilacerum .
setosum
sufolium
tenue
trifidum
trifoliatum
triphyllum
viridulum .

vulgare var. cambricum

var. semilacerum
Polystichum acrostichoides

aculeatum .

non ws

@BQonroaonann w

bo bo Ot O1 NT LO
or

On

INDEX.

PAGE

Polystichum auriculatum 25

| falcinellum ‘ : 26
} hispidum. =. dS
lentum : : . 25, 26
| setosum ° d Side
\ triangulum ; 26
truncatum.. : see ae
Sagenia angulata : 29

aplfolia oe

coadunata . 27

var. 26

latifolia : 29

macrophylla . : ‘oo

pica . : : 28

platyphylla : 3

pteropus . : 3 20, 29

repandum. : : 3

Spherostephanos asplenioides 37
Stegnogramme Javanica . 5 Sh

Stenosemia aurita _. : 131

Tectaria crenata. ‘ 3

Tectaria trifoliata
Woodsia alpina

Brownii
Cumingiana
Caucasica
elongata
glabella

Guatemalensis

183

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65

33

61, 62
62

61, 62
61, 62
61, 62

hyperborea. Brown 61, 65, 66
ilvensis. Brown 61, 62, 66, 67

var.

incisa
Mexicana .
mollis. Smith
obtusa. Hooker
Perriniana
Peruviana
rufidula
Raiana

vestita .

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