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 ONYCH-IUM AURftTUM, 
 
NATURAL HISTOBY 
 
 NEW AND RARE 
 
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 THIS VOLUME OF 
 
 ''NEW AND RARE FERNS" 
 
 IS EESPECTPULLY DEDICATED^ 
 
 AS A SMALL TOKEN OF THE ESTEEM 
 IN WHICH THIS TEUE PHILOSOPHER IS HELD 
 
 BY 
 
 THE AUTHOR. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 Plate. Page. 
 
 Adiantum sulphureum . Ixi 145 
 
 Wilesianum . xxix 71 
 
 Anemia adiantifolia . xxxii 77 
 Aspidium angulare, 
 
 var. aristatum Ivi 131 
 
 var. oristatum xxvii 67 
 
 var. truncatum xlv b 110 
 caryotideum . xliii 105 
 
 deltoideum . xli 101 
 
 denticulatum . . lix 137 
 dilatatum, 
 
 var. lepidotum . liii 125 
 filix-mas, var. abbreviatum- 
 
 cristatum . xxviii 69 
 
 var. acrocladon liv 129 
 var. cristatum-angustatum 
 
 IvA 129 
 
 var. Willisonii xlviiis 116 
 oreopteria, 
 
 var. Nowellianum 99 
 
 remotum . . xxii 51 
 
 triangulum, var. laxum 143 
 
 Asplenium alatum . xii b 27 
 
 contiguum . . ivA 7 
 filix-foemina, 
 
 var. acrocladon . xl 97 
 
 var. corjrmbiferum xv 33 
 
 var. Doodioides 34 
 
 var. laciniatum Iv b 130 
 
 var. plumosum . xiv 31 
 
 foliolosum . . xliv 107 
 
 liastatum . xii A 26 
 
 heterodon . . iii 5 
 
 Plate. Page. 
 
 Aaplenium lanceolatum, 
 
 var. microdon . xiB 24 
 laserpitiifoHum xiii 29 
 
 marinum, 
 var.interruptumxlviiiA 115 
 var. ramosum xi c 25 
 
 nidus . . xxxvi 89 
 
 nitidum . . xviii 43 
 
 pinnatifidum . ivB 9 
 
 prsemorsum, 
 
 var. Canariense xixA 45 
 Bleohnum Isevigatum . Iviii 135 
 Ceratodactylis osmundioides xxx 73 
 Cbeilantlies Borsigiana xviA 35 
 Capensia . xxvii 61 
 
 Cyatopteris fragilis, 
 
 var. furcans . xlviiA 113 
 Gleiclienia furcata . . Ix 139 
 Gymnogramma Javanica vii 15 
 Peruviana, 
 
 var. argyrophylla vi 13 
 
 pulckella . . v 11 
 
 rutfefolia . . xlv a 109 
 
 trifoliata . xxxi 75 
 
 Hymenopbyllum caudioulatum 
 
 Ixviii 167 
 Chiloense . IxixA 169 
 
 cUiatum . Ixix c 171 
 
 crigpatum . Ixix b 170 
 
 dilatatum . . Ixx 173 
 flexuosum . 179 
 
 fuoiforme . . Ixxii 177 
 pulcherrimum Ixxi 175 
 
CUNTENTH. 
 
 Plate. Patjc. 
 
 Hymenophyllum scalmira 180 
 
 Hypolepis amaurorachis ii 3 
 
 Lastrea filix-mas, 
 
 var. Sclaofieldii xia 23 
 Lindsea cultrata . xvis 37 
 
 linearis . . xvl c 39 
 Lomaria spicant, 
 
 var. oontractum xx c 48 
 Tar. contractum- 
 
 ramosum . xx D 48 
 var. heteropliyllum 
 
 XX A 47 
 
 var. imbrlcatum xx B 47 
 
 var. ramoaum xxIa 49 
 
 var. subserratum six B 46 
 
 Lomariopsls longifolia xxxvii 91 
 
 Lygodmm Forsteri . xxxv 87 
 
 Marattia EanlfussU . xvii 41 
 
 Mohria thurlfraga, 
 
 var. aoliilliasfolia xlii b 104 
 Wiphobolus Gardnerl xxxviuB 94 
 Nipbopsis angustatus xxxviuA 93 
 Nothooblsena Havens . vlH 17 
 Onyobmm auratum . .11 
 Poly podium flexile . xIvIa 111 
 
 var. laciniatum xIvIb 112 
 phegopteris, 
 
 var. multifidum . 83 
 
 plebejum . . xxxiii 79 
 squamatum . xxxiv 81 
 vulgare, 
 
 var. cristatum xsvIb 63 
 var. margmatum 65 
 
 var. truuctatum 65 
 
 Pteris aquilina, 
 
 var. esoulenta xlix 117 
 
 areolata . . Ivii 132 
 
 argyrea . . x 21 
 
 asperioaulis, 
 
 var. tricolor . ix 19 
 cretica, 
 
 var. albo-lineata xxv 59 
 prolifera . . . 141 
 
 Plate. r,i,j,'. 
 
 Scolopendrium vulgare, 
 
 var. contractum Hi a 1'-!3 
 
 var. crenato-lobatum 56 
 
 var. crenato-multlfidum 124 
 
 var. cristatum . xxi b 50 
 
 var. fissile . . 84 
 
 var, jugosum . xxiv b 55 
 var. marginato- 
 
 irregulare xxxix b 96 
 
 var. papillosum 57 
 var. ramo-marginatum 
 
 xxiii 63 
 
 var. ramosum-majus 1 119 
 
 var. reniforme xlvii b 114 
 var. sagittato-oristatum 
 
 liB 122 
 
 var. Stansfieldii xxxix a 95 
 var. sublineato-striatum 
 
 Ha 121 
 var, submargiuatum 
 
 xxiv A 54 
 var. submarginatum- 
 
 multifidum 84 
 
 var. suprasoriferumblB 123 
 
 var. variabile . 58 
 
 Tricbomanes anceps Ixv 153 
 
 angustatum . IxvilA 157 
 
 attenuatum . Ixvi 155 
 
 Bojeri . . 165 
 
 elegans . , IxivB 152 
 
 exseotum . . IxivA 151 
 
 Kaulfussii . Ixiiis 150 
 
 Krausii . . . 164 
 
 pluma . . IxiiiA 149 
 
 pusillum . . . 163 
 
 pyxidiferum . 161 
 
 rigidum, var. pulobellum 
 
 IxilB 148 
 
 scandens . IxHa 147 
 
 spioatum . . Ixviic 159 
 
 trioboideum . IxviiB 158 
 
 Xipbopteris serrulata 
 
 (grammitis) xIua 103 
 
P EE F A C E. 
 
 Although the "Natural History of Britisli and Exotic 
 Ferus" contains coloured illustrations of between five and six 
 hundred species of Ferns cultivated in this country^ still so 
 many new ones have been introduced during its progress^ that 
 it has been deemed necessary to pubhsh a separate volume, 
 under the title of "New and Eare Perns/' to be had either 
 as an independent work, or as an addenda to the eight 
 volumes already published. This work has now also been 
 completed, and will be found to contain coloured plates or 
 wood-cut illustrations of one hundred and fifty-one new species, 
 or new varieties of species that have been already figured in 
 the preceding volumes. 
 
 No class of Ferns have received additions to so largely 
 during the last few years as the Symenophyllums and Trlcho- 
 mwnes, and these will be found figured and described in "New 
 and Eare Ferns." There is an especial beauty in these plants, 
 their thin, delicate fronds attracting universal attention. Until 
 lately it has only been the few who have been enabled to grow 
 them, because they require a special treatment; they delight in 
 a very humid atmosphere, and many of them in the temperature 
 of a stove. The newly-contrived Ward-case will suit their 
 requirements admirably; it is a miniature hot-house that can 
 be kept in a drawing-room; in fact it is a Ward-case that 
 has a cistern beloiv for hot water, all the care necessary being 
 to re-fill it with a kettle of hot water night and morning. 
 When generally known these cases will be found in aU good 
 houses. The Aquarium and the Ward-case are not only 
 
VUl PEBPACE. 
 
 beautiful to look into, but they are intellectual ornaments. 
 Of late years the drawing-room amusements, consequent upon 
 discovery, have taken a higher tone. Hundreds of miles away 
 from the ocean we can exhibit the various species of sea 
 anemone, crabs, star-fish, and other denizens of the salt water. 
 Thousands of miles away from the native rocks and woods of 
 New Zealand, or of the Bast and "West Indies, as instances, 
 we can grow the Hymcnoijhyllums and Trichomanes. As 
 advancement takes place in science^ we feel an advantage in 
 bringing its interesting features as much as possible before our 
 eyes : it is thus that Ferns have become so deservedly popular. 
 Many varieties of exceeding beauty have been added to the 
 Ferns of the British Isles, but their number is so great that 
 it would have swollen the "New and Eare Ferns" beyond 
 the ordinary limits of such a work to have described them 
 aU; they have, therefore, been reserved for the pages of "Our 
 Native Ferns." 
 
 The object had in view in venturing to publish the "British 
 and Exotic Ferns," was to give a pictorial illustration of each 
 species that was to be found in our gardens and in our hot- 
 houses, so that the cultivator might ascertain without much 
 trouble to himself, whether the name he used was right or 
 wrong. In order to render this task both easy and useful, 
 the index of reference of synonymes has been made as full as 
 possible, the eight volimies and the addenda containing five 
 thousand six hundred and sixty-eight references. The work 
 has been both difficult and tedious, and whatever imperfections 
 may have crept into its pages, still the author has had the 
 satisfaction of finding it has done some good, inasmuch as the 
 plants in our private gardens are now more correctly named 
 than was the case before there were coloured plates within the 
 reach of gardeners to which to refer them. 
 
 Observatory, Beeston, May 21th., 1862. 
 
NEW AND RARE FERNS. 
 
 Pinna of mature Frond, upper side. 
 
 ONYCHIUM AUEATUM. 
 
 Kaulfuss. Hooker. Moore. 
 
 PLATE I. 
 
 Lomaria aurea, 
 " caruifolia. 
 
 Allosorus aurafus, 
 
 Pteris chrysocarpa, 
 
 " siliculosa. 
 
 Wallich. 
 Wallioh. 
 Don? 
 Peesl. 
 
 HOOKEE AND GeEVILLB. 
 
 Desvatjx. 
 
 Onychium, — From onyx — a claw, in reference to the shape of the lobes. 
 Auratum — Golden, in reference to the colour of the involucres. 
 
 An evergreen stove species^ and very handsome. 
 Native of the East Indies, Malay Islands, Manilla, Luzon, 
 Java, Bootan, Nepal, and Khasya. 
 
2 ONYCHIUM AURATUM. 
 
 The fronds, which are sub-membranaceous, are ovate-lanceolate, 
 acuminate, glossy, very compound, the primary and secondary 
 divisions pinnated. Segments linear, and all pointing upwards, 
 the fertile ones elongated. 
 
 Pinnse opposite below, and alternate above. Stipes rounded 
 on the under side, and fluted above. 
 
 Sori linear-elongated, covering the back of the fertile segments. 
 Involucres golden. 
 
 Veins simple. 
 
 For a plant I am indebted to Mr. James Veitch, of the 
 Exotic Nursery, Chelsea j and for fronds to M. Schott, of the 
 Imperial Gardens, Schonbriinn, and to Mr. E. Sim, of Foot's 
 Cray. 
 

 HYPOLEPiS AMAURORSCHIS, 
 
Pinna of fertile Frond, under side. 
 
 HYPOLEPIS AMAUEORACHIS. 
 Hooker. Kunze. 
 
 PLATE II. 
 Cheilanthes amaurorachis, Kunze. 
 
 Hypolepis — From hypo — under, and lepis — a scale. AmauroracJiis- 
 
 Dark raohia. 
 
 A GREENHOUSE Specics. 
 
 Native of New Holland. 
 
 The- fronds, which are membranaceous and very hairy, are 
 ovate-acuminate, hi- or tri-pinnato-pinnatifid, being less divided 
 near the apex. The pinnse petiolate, the basal ones opposite. 
 The pinnules, primary ones decurrent and oblong-obtuse, the 
 secondary ones sinuato-incised. 
 
 Rachis and stipes purplish, rough, and very hirsute. 
 
 Rhizoma creeping. 
 
 Sori marginal, small, and sub-globose in form, situated in the 
 sinus of the lobes. 
 
 Veinlets forked and free. 
 
 A plant easily managed, and speedily making a pretty speci- 
 men with ordinary care, as the fast creeping rhizoma soon spreads 
 itself in all directions. 
 
 For a plant my thanks are due to Messrs. Booth, of Ham- 
 burg; and for fronds to Mr. R. Sim, of Foot's Cray, Kent. 
 
lt<r 
 
 ASPLENIUM HETERODON, 
 III 
 
Pinna of mature Frond, upper side. 
 
 ASPLENIUM HETEEODON. 
 
 Bldme. Hooker. Mettenius. Moore. Kunze. 
 {Not of MoBiTz or of Continental Gardens.) 
 
 PLATE III. 
 
 Asplenium — Spleenwort. 
 
 Heterodon — Different. 
 
 In the Section Euasplenium of Authors. 
 
 An evergreen stove Fern. 
 
 Native of Java. 
 
 A parasite, growing upon trees. 
 
 The fronds, which are coriaceo-membranaceous, are ovate- 
 pinnated, the pinna; petiolate and slightly scaly; the apex 
 acuminate and lengthy; base unequally cuneate. Pinnse sub- 
 opposite below, alternate above, the basal pinnae largest, 
 becoming smaller from the base to the apex of the frond. 
 
 Veins forked. 
 
 Sori costate and elongate, distant from the margin. Indusium 
 membranaceous. Caudex erect and scaly. 
 
 Length of frond from twelve to twenty-four inches; length 
 of pinnse from two to three inches; breadth of pinnte about 
 an inch; number of piunas from eight to ten pairs. 
 
 The fronds, which are eventually glabrous, are deep green 
 in colour. 
 
6 ASPLENIUM HETERODON. 
 
 The Asplenium heterodon of Moritz, is the A. nigrescens, 
 and that of Continental Gardens is the A. vulcanicum. 
 
 I am indebted to Mr. E. Sim, of Foot's Cray, for the frond 
 from which the present plate has been figured. 
 
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 ".m^ 
 
 • A 
 
 %\\Y//r; 
 
 x: 
 
 Hi// 
 
 
 
 ASPLEMIUM CONnCUU 
 
 IV 
 
 i PINHSTIFIDUM, 
 
Pinna of mature Frond, iipper side. 
 
 ASPLENIUM CONTIGUUM. 
 
 Kadlfuss. Hooker and Arnott. Brackenridge. 
 Mettenius. Moore. Sprengel. Presl. Gaudichadd. 
 
 PLATE IV. — A. 
 
 Asplenium filiforme, 
 it it 
 
 " lepturus, 
 
 TaracMa contigua. 
 
 Eaulfuss. Hookek and Abnott. 
 Mettenius. Bbackenkidqe. 
 J. Smith. 
 Peesl. 
 
 Asplenium — Spleenwort. 
 
 Contiguum — Contiguous. 
 
 In the Section Euasplenium of Authoks. 
 
 A stove species. 
 
 Native of Oahu, Sandwich Islands, Luzon, Neilgherries, and 
 Ceylon. 
 
 The fronds, which are pinnate, have linear -lanceolate attenuate 
 pinnsB, the pinnee being inciso-serrate; hase more or less cuneate. 
 Pinnae distant below, becoming approximate above; opposite or 
 sub-opposite below, alternate above, and of equal size except 
 near the apex. Petiolate. 
 
 Sori contiguous, or parallel with the costa. 
 
 Stipes and rachis slightly scaly. 
 
O ASl'LENIUM CONTIGUUM. 
 
 Fronds about twelve inches in lengthy the stipes occupying 
 the lower half. 
 
 Pinnae from one inch and a half to three inches in length. 
 
 There are several forms of this plant. 
 
 Variety Jiliforme (which is the Asplenium filiforme of Kaul- 
 fuss) has the serratures of the jjinnse more profoundly incisedj 
 and the apex of the frond is drawn out to a lengthy filiform 
 jioint. 
 
 Variety lepturus has larger pinnas, being five to six inches 
 in length. 
 
 My thanks are dae to Mr. K. Sim, of Foot's Cray, for the 
 present illustration. 
 
rortion of fertile Frond, under side. 
 
 ASPLENIUM PINNATIFIDUM. 
 
 NuTTALL. Hooker. A. Gray. Mettenius. Sprengel. 
 Presl. Fee. Kunze. 
 
 PLATE IV. B. 
 
 Asplenium rhizophyllum, var. pinnatifidum, 
 
 Barton. 
 
 Asplenium — Spleenwort. 
 
 Pinnatifidum — Pinnatifid. 
 
 In the Section Euasplenium of Authoks. 
 
 A GREENHOUSE species. 
 
 Native of the United States of America, Philadelphia, 
 AUeghanies, Southern Tennessee, North Carolina, and Missouri. 
 
 Sir W. J. Hooker remarks that this plant, although very dis- 
 tinct from Camptosorus rhizopTiyllus , (the Asplenium rhizophyl- 
 lum of Linnseus, see Plate xiv. — A, vol. v, and page 43 of same 
 volume of Ferns, British and Exotic,) nevertheless it has much 
 of its habit; the points of the fronds are not however as in that 
 plant rooting or viviparous. 
 
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10 ASPLENItTM PINNATIFIDUM. 
 
 Fronds almost membranaceous, flaccid, base subhastate, lan- 
 ceolate, profoundly pinnatifid, almost pinnate below, and sinuato- 
 lobate above. 
 
 Veins repeatedly dichotomous. 
 
 Sori brief, linear-oblong, and but few on each lobe, and 
 even solitary in tlie smaller ones. 
 
 Caudex short and creeping. 
 
 Length of frond from four to five inches, with a stipes, which 
 is caespitose and ebeueous at the base. 
 
 The illustration is from a frond forwarded by Mr. E,. Sim, of 
 Foot's Cray. 
 
Y H N R A M M J P U L C H E I Lft, 
 V 
 
Barren pinna. 
 
 GYMNOGRAMMA PULCHELLA. 
 
 Linden. Moore. J. Smith. 
 
 PLATE V. 
 
 Ch/mnofframma — Naked writing, in allusion to the naked sori. 
 Pulchella — Fair. 
 
 A VERY handsome species. 
 
 A stove evergreen Fern. 
 
 Native of Venezuela. 
 
 The form of the frond is triangular, tripinnate, and a marked 
 character in it is that it is frequently divided at the point, 
 and thus bearing twin fronds on the same stem. The fronds 
 are erect, spreading from four to eight inches wide, broad as 
 long, finely divided, deep green, and slightly powdered above, 
 and beneath very densely covered with a silvery-white farina. 
 
 The fronds rise from tufted crowns, that is, rhizoma upright 
 and fasciculate. 
 
 Veins forked. 
 
 Sori immersed in the white farinose powder. 
 
 For plants my thanks are due to Mr. Joseph Henderson, of 
 Wentworth, and to Mr. E. Cooling, Nurseryman, Derby. 
 
 It may be procured of any respectable Nurseryman. 
 
 The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. 
 

 
 GYM NO ORAM MB 'P E R U V I i 
 VI 
 
Fertile pinna, upper side. 
 
 GYMNOGRAMMA PERUVIANA, Var. Argyrophylla. 
 
 Moore. 
 
 PLATE VI. 
 
 Oymnogramma — Nated writing, in allusion to the naked sori. 
 Peruviana — Peruvian. A rgyrophylla — Silver-leaved. 
 
 An exceedingly handsome silver-frosted Fern, and perhaps 
 the handsomest of the white-powdered species. 
 
 An evergreen stove Fern. 
 
 Native of Peru and Central America. 
 
 The form of the frond is ovate, bipinnate, densely white- 
 powdered beneath, and copiously, although less so above; stalks 
 also covered with silvery white powder. 
 
 Veins frequently forked. 
 
 Rhizoma erect and fasciculate. 
 
 Length of frond eighteen inches. 
 
 This species was introduced amongst orchids by Mr. Pass, 
 gardener to Mr. Brocklehurst, of The Fence, near Macclesfield, 
 several years ago. 
 
 For plants my thanks are due to Mr. Pass, gardener to 
 Mr. Brocklehurst, of The Fence, near Macclesfield, and to Mr. 
 E. Cooling, of the Mile-ash Nursery, Derby. 
 
 It may be procured of any of the principal Nurserymen. 
 
 The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. 
 
CYMNOCRAMMA JAVANICA, 
 VII 
 
Portion of fertile pinna, under side. 
 
 GYMNOGRAMMA JAVANICA. 
 Blume. Moore. 
 
 PLATE VII. 
 
 Coniogramma Javanica, 
 Ch/mnogramma variegata, 
 
 Fee. J. Smith. 
 
 Of Continental Gaedens. 
 
 Oymnogramma — Naked writing, in allusion to the naked sori. 
 Javanica — Javanese. 
 
 A MAGNIFICENT Fern, worthy of being in every collection. 
 
 An evergreen stove species. 
 
 Native of Java. 
 
 The fronds, which are bipinnate and of good size, are tri- 
 angular in form, and spreading; pinnae distant, lower pinnules 
 petiolate, upper ones sessile. Pinnae entire, two inches wide 
 and eight inches long, smooth, colour light green, with yellowish 
 streaks above, pale beneath. Stem scaly at base, green above, 
 and brownish on under side. 
 
 Length of frond from five to six feet. 
 
 Veins forked and free, their apices club-shaped, and shewing 
 on the upper surface a row of pale yellowish-green dots near 
 the margin. 
 
16 GYMNOGKAMMA JAVANICA. 
 
 Rhizoma somewhat horizontal. 
 
 Sori covering all the veins except near their apices. 
 
 For a plant of this exquisite Fern my thanks are due to 
 M. Schott, Director of the Imperial Gardens of Schonbriinn, 
 Vienna; and for fronds to Mr. Joseph Henderson, of Wentworth. 
 
 It may be procured of Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea; Sim, of 
 Foot's Cray; and Eollisson, of Tooting. 
 
 The illustration is from Mr. Henderson's fronds. 
 
i^v 
 
 NOTHOCHL/ENl F LAV ENS. 
 VIII 
 
Fertile pinna, upper side. 
 
 NOTIIOCHL^NA FLAVENS. 
 Moore. 
 
 PLATE Till. 
 
 Cincinalis flavens, Desvaus. J. Smith. 
 
 Acroslichum flavens, Swaetz. 
 
 Gymnogramme flavens, Eaulfuss. 
 
 Nothochlcena — From the Greek, nothos — spurious, and chlaina — a cloak, 
 in allusion to the sori. Flavens — YeUow. 
 
 A VERY fine gold Fern, tbe under side of the frond being 
 covered with, a rich yellow farinose powder. 
 
 An evergreen stove species. 
 
 Native of Central America. 
 
 The fronds are bipinnate, the lower pinnas bearing bluntly- 
 oblong pinnules, the superior ones becoming sessile and the 
 terminal one lobed; above a rigid green, below brilliant 
 yellow, from copious farinee. Branches sub-opposite, ascending. 
 
 Sori linear, continuous, and becoming after a time confluent, 
 and thus forming a broad dark margined belt of rounded sori, 
 
 D 
 
18 N0TH0CHL7ENA FLAVENS. 
 
 which give a fine appearance in contrast on the bright . yellow 
 frond. 
 
 Stipes ebeneous, with a plum-bloom upon it, and being re- 
 motely scaly. 
 
 For plants my thanks are due to Sir W. J. Hooker, Director 
 of the Royal Gardens, Kew, and to Mr. E. Cooling, Mile-ash 
 Nursery, Derby. 
 
 It may be procured of Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea; Sim, of 
 Foot's Cray; Eollisson, of Tooting; A. Henderson, of Pine- 
 apple Place; and Cooling, of Derby. 
 
 The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. 
 
PTERIS ASP ER I CAUL IS, 
 
 Yar. Tricolor. 
 
 IX 
 
Plant reduced, shewing the hahit of this Fern. 
 
 PTERIS ASPERICAULIS, Vab. Tricolor. 
 Moore. 
 
 PLATE IX. 
 
 Fteris — Brake. 
 
 Tricolor — Three-coloured. 
 
 One of the most charming Ferns yet introduced, being 
 graceful in habit, elegant in form, moderate in size, and splen- 
 didly variegated with green, white, and red, well contrasted. 
 
 Native of Malacca. 
 
 Introduced by M. Linden. 
 
20 PTERIS ASPEKICAULIS, VAE. TEICOLOR. 
 
 Fronds pinnate, the basal pinnfc posteriorly branched and 
 the pinnae pinnatifid. The upper portion of the segments is of 
 a vivid dark green, the basal portion being silvery grey, whilst 
 the rachis or rib is of a bright purplish colour, thus each pinna 
 has a wide silvery stripe down its centre, in the centre of which 
 is a well-marked red line. The young fronds are entirely red, 
 and the veins and hairy scales are also red. 
 
 In the form and habit of this plant it resembles Pteris as- 
 pericaulis so closely as to convince botanists that it is a variegated 
 form of that Fern. Pinnae opposite, usually four pairs and an 
 ultimate larger one; pinnules opposite and approximate, with a 
 very large ultimate one, which is attenuated, the others being 
 rounded at the apex. 
 
 Length of frond two feet. 
 
 From the young fronds being purplish red or bright rose, 
 afterwards changing to a red brown, and then to green, there is 
 a diversity of colours in the fronds at the same time on each 
 plant, which adds considerably to its beauty. 
 
 Veins very prominent and forked. 
 
 Sir W. J. Hooker considers the P. tricolor a variegated variety 
 of P. quadriaurita , and Mr. Thomas Moore a variety of P 
 aspericaulis. 
 
 For fronds my thanks are due to Mr. Edwin Cooling, of the 
 Mile-ash Nursery, Derby. 
 
 It may be procured from Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea; RoUisson, 
 of Tooting; or Cooling, of Derby; at the price of two guineas. 
 
 The illustration is from Mr. Cooling's fronds. 
 
PTERIS ARCVHEA, 
 
 X 
 
Fertile pinnule, under side. 
 
 PTERIS ARGYREA. 
 
 T. Moore. 
 
 PLATE X. 
 
 Pteris — Brake. 
 
 Argyrea — Silvery. 
 
 The present Fern is the first variegated one that has been 
 introduced to cultivators, and is extremely handsome. 
 
 Native of Central India. 
 
 Introduced by Messrs. Veitch and Son. 
 
 Fronds pinnate with pinnatifid pinnae, the basal ones producing 
 either one or two posterior branches, generally pinnate; the 
 segments above an inch in length, and bluntly linear-falcate 
 in form. A broad central silvery stripe down the centre of 
 each pinna makes it a beautiful Fern. 
 
 Length of frond five feet, width two feet and a half. 
 
 Caudex short and erect. Stipes long and stout, usually two 
 feet and a half long; base scaly. 
 
 The pinnae and branches end in a lengthy narrow tail-like 
 point. 
 
 A very handsome variegated Fern. 
 
 Mr. Moore regards this Fern as nearly allied to P. quadriaurita, 
 P. nemoralis, P. felosma, and P. longispinula. 
 
 My thanks are due to Mr. R. Sim, of Foot's Cray; and to 
 Mr. E. Cooling, of Derby, for fronds. 
 
 The illustration is from Mr. E. Cooling's fronds. 
 
LASTREA SCHOFIELDII, 
 
 ASPLENIUM MICRO-DON, 
 
 Xl 
 
 A, RAMOSUM, 
 
Apex of barren Frond, upper aide. 
 
 LASTREA FILIX-MAS, Var. Schofieldii. 
 
 PLATE XI. A. 
 
 Lastrea — ? Filix-mas — Male Fern. Schofieldii — 
 
 Schofield's. 
 
 This curious dwarf Fern has been considered a variety of 
 Lastrea dilatata, and also of L. spinulosa. It is permanent and 
 pretty, frequently ramose or multifid. 
 
 Found near Buxton, in DerbysMre. 
 
 Length of frond only two to four inches. 
 
 For a description of L. filix-mas see p. 41, vol. vi, of the 
 "Natural History of British and Exotic Ferns." 
 
 The fronds have been forwarded to me by Mr. R. Sim, of 
 Foot's Cray. 
 
Fertile pinnule, under side. 
 
 ASPLENIUM LANCEOLATUM, Var. Microdon. 
 
 Moore. 
 
 PLATE XI. B. 
 
 Asplenium marinum, var. microdon, MooEE. Hooker. 
 
 Aspleninm — Spleenwort. Lanceolatum — Lanceolate. 
 
 Microdon — Small-tootlaed. 
 
 At page 79, vol. v, of the "Natural History of British and 
 Exotic Ferns," Asplenium lanceolatum has been described, to 
 which reference is made. The present variety is a most remark- 
 able one, and was found in Guernsey in 1855 by Miss Wilkinson, 
 and an account of it published by Mr. Thomas Moore, of the 
 Chelsea Botanic Gardens. 
 
 When first discovered it was thought to be a variety of A. 
 marinum, owing to its being so little divided: larger fronds 
 have shewn it to be an undivided variety of A. lanceolatum. It 
 is well worthy of cultivation, both being handsome and distinct. 
 
 The fronds are pinnate, and more linear in form than linear- 
 lanceolate, and tapering to a point. The pinnae distinct below, 
 with a brief stalk, broadly-triangular in form, becoming adnate 
 above. Length of frond from nine to twelve inches. 
 
 Sori near the margin, oblong and small. 
 
 For fronds I am indebted to Mr. Thomas Moore, of Chelsea; 
 and to Mr. Sim, of Foot's Cray. 
 
Apex of fertile Frond, under side. 
 
 ASPLENIUM MARINUM, Yak. Kamosum. 
 
 Moore. 
 
 PLATE XI. C. 
 
 Asplenium — Spleenwort. Marinum — Sea-side. Hamosum — Branched. 
 
 At page 69, vol. v, of the "Natural History of British and 
 Exotic Ferns," will be found a description of A. marinum. The 
 variety now to be described bears twin fronds on the same stem, 
 or branched, and is a very distinct and pretty Fern. 
 
 The fronds are pinnate, the pinnae sub-undulate, crenate-lobate, 
 with blunt teeth on the lobes. 
 
 It was discovered in Dorsetshire by Mr. Wollaston. 
 
 Lena-th of frond from four to nine inches. 
 
 For fronds my thanks are due to Mr. Sim, of Foot's Cray. 
 
Barren pinna, upper side. 
 
 ASPLENIUM HASTATUM. 
 
 Klotzsch, Kunze. Mettenius. Hooker. 
 
 PLATE XII. 
 
 -A. 
 
 Asplenium fragrans, Hookee. (Not of Swaetz.) 
 
 " odoratum, Mooee. 
 
 " hastatum, var. pferocaulon, Hookee, 
 
 Asplenium — Spleenwort. Hastatum — Spear-sliaped. 
 
 In the Section Eitasplenium of Authors. 
 
 A PKETTY Fern, but little known amongst cultivators, and 
 closely allied to the Asplenium falx, of Desvaux. 
 
 An evergreen stove species. 
 
 Native of Caraccas, Venezuela, and Andes of Quito. 
 
 Fronds pinnate, oblong-ovate in form, the apex being caudate 
 and pinnatifid, petiolate, pinnee from two to three inches in 
 length, coarsely sinuato-serrate with apex entire, caudex short, 
 ferruginous and paleaceous above. Fronds scarcely coriaceous. 
 
 Veins forked, and immersed in the frond. 
 
 Sori linear, conspicuous, and almost parallel with the costa. 
 
 The-illustration is from fronds kindly sent to me by Mr. R. 
 Sim, of Foot's Cray, Kent. 
 
ASPLENIUM HASTATUM, 
 
 XII 
 
 A, ALATU M, 
 
Portion of fertile Frond, under side. 
 
 ASPLENIUM ALATIJM. 
 
 Hooker and Greville. Willdenow. Mettenius. 
 
 Humboldt and Bonpland. Moore. J. Smith. 
 
 PoiRET. Sprengel. Desvaux. Kunze. Klotzsch. 
 
 Fee. {Not of Sieber, or Berthelot. ) 
 
 PLATE XII. B. 
 
 Asplenium pterophorum, Peesl. 
 
 Asplenium — Spleenwort. Alutum — Winged. 
 
 A SINGULAR Fern, having broad herbaceous wings on either 
 side of the stipes, and between the pinnae on the rachis, with 
 a break where each pinna is attached. By no means a common 
 plant in cultivation. 
 
 An evergreen stove species. 
 
 Native of Tropical America, New Grenada, Venezuela, Peru, 
 Jamaica, Brazil, Sierra Leone, and St. Vincent. 
 
 The fronds, which are membranaceous and herbaceous, are 
 pinnate; pinnae distant and numerous, and equal in size except 
 near the apex of the frond, and from one to two inches in 
 length, almost sessile, base briefly wedge-shaped, the superior 
 base auriculate. The form of the frond is broadly-lanceolate, 
 acuminate, and frequently proliferous at the apex. Stipes and 
 
28 ASPLENIUM ALATUM. 
 
 rachis brown beneath, green above, and winged with a broad 
 green margin. 
 
 Length of frond from twelve to eighteen inches j colour bright 
 green. 
 
 Veins forked. 
 
 Sori linear, oblique, and situated nearer the costa than the 
 margin. Indusium narrow and membranaceous. 
 
 My thanks are due to Mr. E. Sim, of Foot's Cray, for fronds 
 of this species, from which the present illustration is taken. 
 
A S P L E I! I U M L A S E R P t T 1 1 F L 1 U 1 
 
Pinna of mature Frond, upper side. 
 
 ASPLENIUM LASERPITIIFOLIUM. 
 
 Lamarck. Swartz. "Willdenow. Blume. Hooker. 
 Brackenridge. Mettenius. Moore. 
 
 PLATE XIII. 
 
 Asplenium rohustum, 
 " tripinnatum, 
 
 " riparium, 
 
 " patens. 
 
 Blume. 
 eoxbuegh. 
 
 BEACKfiNEIDGB, (not LeIBMANN.) 
 
 Kaulfuss. Hookee and Aenott. 
 Mettenius. Mooee. 
 
 Asplenium — Spleenwort. Laserpitiifolium — Benzoin-leaved. 
 
 In the Section Euasplenium of Authors. 
 
 A VERY handsome Fern, and closely allied to the Asplenium 
 cuneatum of Lamarck. 
 
 An evergreen stove species. 
 
 Native of the East Indies, Mexico, China, Java, Luzon, 
 Malay Islands, etc. 
 
 Fronds ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, membranaceous, tripinnate ; 
 the primary pinnae petiolate; ultimate pinnules and segments 
 cuneate and small. Caudex stout, the base scaly. 
 
30 ASPLENIUM LASERPITIIFOLIUM. 
 
 Length of frond from four to thirty-six inches. Colour vivid 
 green. 
 
 Veins flabelliform. 
 
 Sori linear, brief, and from two to four on each segment or 
 pinnule. 
 
 For fronds my thanks are due to Mr. K. Sim, of Foot's Cray. 
 
I S P L E N I U M P L 11 1,1 S 1); I 
 XIV 
 
Portion of pinna, under side. 
 
 ASPLENIUM FILIX-FCEMINA, Var. Plumosdm. 
 
 Moore. 
 
 PLATE XIV. 
 
 Asplenium — Spleenwort. Filix-fae.mina — Female Fern. 
 
 Flumosum — A feather. 
 
 In the Section Athyrium of Authors. 
 
 Asplenium filix-foamina has been fully described in my 
 ''Natural History of British and Exotic Ferns," page 85, vol. 
 V, and the handsome multifid variety IcnoTrn as Asplenium 
 Jilix-fcemina, var. multifidum, figured at Plate XXX of the same 
 volume; and at page 89 there is a woodcut illustration of 
 another variety, depauperatum. The present variety, which is 
 exceedingly beautiful, was found about Skipworth, in Yorkshire, 
 and is in the possession of Mr. Stansfield, Nurseryman, of 
 Todmorden. 
 
 The pinnules are more slender, and the whole frond, as 
 its name implies, resembles a vivid green feather. 
 
 The length of frond is from two to three feet. 
 
 For the illustration I am indebted to Mr. Stansfield, of 
 Todmorden. 
 
\ ^■ a? V^ ''I i\ A '\ *\ •■* *'. 
 
 ^*v? '•■^* *• \» • * 
 
 ftSPLENIUM CORYMBIFEiRUl 
 XV 
 
Fertile pinna, under side. 
 
 ASPLENIUM FILIX-FCEMINA, Vak. Corymbiferum. 
 
 PLATE XV. 
 
 Asplenium — Spleenwort. Mlix-fcemina — Female Fern. 
 
 Corymbiferum — From corymhus — a corymb, and fero — to bear. 
 
 In the Section Athyeium of Authors. 
 
 This most charming multifid variety of the "Lady Fern" 
 was found in Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands, several 
 years ago, by Mr. J. James, of Vauvert, and is a valuable 
 addition to our hardy Ferns. The fronds are moderately large, 
 and in habit this Fern closely resembles the normal form of the 
 above species. Being very readily propagated by spores, this 
 lovely variety has rapidly found its way into all good collections. 
 
 The apex of each frond is widened out and developed into 
 a large corymbosely fan-shaped tasseled tuft, frequently densely 
 tufted, whilst the apex of each pinna or side division is simi- 
 larly (although in a less degree) symmetrically tasseled, the 
 whole outline of the frond being fringed. The pinnules are 
 larger, and the tassels broader than in any other variety. It 
 is flat-pinnuled, and has a red tinge. 
 
 Length of frond from twelve to twenty inches. 
 
 My thanks are due to Mr. J. James, of Vauvert, for fertile 
 fronds of this elegant Fern, from the spores of which many 
 plants have been raised. 
 
 The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. 
 
Apex of Frond, under side. 
 
 ASPLENIUM FILIX-FCEMINA, Vae. Doodioides. 
 
 This variety was found in Sussex, and is exceedingly beau- 
 tiful and distinct, and to all appearance quite constant. It is 
 named doodioides , from the pinuas resembling in some degree 
 the frond of a Doodia. The pinnules are short and irregular, 
 making the pinnEE very narrow, whilst the segments are much 
 toothed at their apices. 
 
 Length of frond eighteen inches. 
 
 It is in the possession of Mr. Stansfield, of Todmorden, from 
 whom the frond for illustration has been received. 
 
-CHEILMITHES B R S I C I A N A, 3,-LINDSytS CULT RAT 
 C-LinOS/EA LI HEAR I Sf 
 
 XVI 
 
Lowest pinna, upper side. 
 
 CHEILANTHES BORSIGIANA. 
 
 Reichenbach. 
 
 PLATE XVI. A. 
 
 Cheilanthes — From cheilos — a lip, and anthos — a flower, in reference 
 to the form of the indusium. Borsigiana — ? 
 
 One of the most beautiful Ferns of recent introduction, 
 dwarf-growing, and to all appearance somewliat delicate. Quite 
 new, and very rare. 
 
 An evergreen stove species. 
 
 Native of Peru. 
 
 The frond is twice pinnate, or pinnato-pinnatifid; the lower 
 pinnse bipartite, and the lower segments largest, decreasing in 
 length towards the apex; the under surface is densely covered 
 with a rich yellow farinose powder, whilst the upper surface 
 is sparingly farinose with yellow, especially along the veins. 
 
 Rachis triangular; stipes ebeneous and slightly scaly. 
 
 Length of frond three inches. 
 
 For fronds I am indebted to Mr. J. Henderson, of Wentworth, 
 and Mr. R. Sim, of Foot's Cray. 
 
 This species may be procured of Messrs. Sim, of Foot's 
 Cray, and Veitch, Jun., of Chelsea. 
 
 The illustration is from a frond sent by Mr. J. Henderson, 
 of Wentworth. 
 
Portion of fertile Frond, under side. 
 
 lindsj:a culteata. 
 
 SWARTZ. WiLLDENOW. SCHKUHR. HoOKER AND GREVILLE. 
 
 PLATE XVI. B. 
 
 Adiantum cuUratum, Willbenow. 
 
 LmAstBa — Named after Mr. Lindsay, an English cryptogamic botanist. 
 CuUrata — Shaped like a plough coulter. 
 
 A BEAUTIFUL Adiantum-lookmg Fern. 
 
 An evergreen stove species. 
 
 Native of the East Indies, Java, Ceylon, Luzon, and Phil- 
 ippine Islands. 
 
 The fronds are pinnate, and of a lengthened lanceolate form. 
 
 The pinnae ovate, upper base truncate, the apex briefly lobed. 
 Submembranaceous and horizontal. 
 
 Sori oblong, and situated on the superior margin of the 
 pinnse. Indusium opening outwardly. 
 
 Stipes almost black; rachis pale brown. 
 
 Caudex creeping. Length of frond from six to nine inches. 
 Caudex pale green. 
 
 Sir W. J. Hooker describes several varieties: — 
 
 Minor. — Smaller, with more obtuse pinnae. 
 
 Fallens. — More flaccid, upper margin more lobed, sori smaller 
 and more numerous. 
 
38 UNDS.HA CULTRATA. 
 
 Attenuatd. — Piunse longer, and nearly acuminated; tall and 
 rigid. 
 
 Lucens. — Pinna? very obtuse, tall; sori extending to the 
 apex; oj)aque and glossy. 
 
 Assamira. — Somewhat resembling lucciis, but not glossy. 
 
 For a frond my thanks are due to Mr. Joseph Henderson, 
 of W'entworth. 
 
Apex of Frond, upper side. 
 
 lindstEA linearis. 
 
 SwARTz. Brown. Kunze. Hooker. Moore. 
 
 PLATE XVI. — C. 
 
 Lindseea lunaia, Wilidenow. 
 
 " imbricafa, Desvaux. 
 
 Adiantum lineare, Poieet. 
 
 Lindscsa — Named after Mr. Lindsay, an Englisli oryptogamio botanist. 
 Linearis — Linear. 
 
 A PRETTY, very distinct, small, and rare species. 
 
 An evergreen greenhouse Fern. 
 
 Native of New Holland, Tasmania, New Zealand, and West 
 Australia. 
 
 The fronds, which are pinnated, are linear-acuminate and 
 membranaceous. Pinnae small, rigid, sessile, and flabellatej 
 sub-opposite near the base. 
 
 Stipes long and shining; rachis and stipes purple. 
 
 Sori situated on the anterior margin, and uninterrupted. 
 
 Caudex creeping. 
 
 Length of frond from two to twelve inches. 
 
 For the frond illustrated my thanks are due to Mr. R. Sim, 
 of Foot's Cray. 
 
I! HAITI A nULfUSSII, 
 XVII 
 
Portion of fertile Frond, under side. 
 
 MARATTIA KAULFUSSII. 
 
 KUNZE. 
 
 PLATE XVII. 
 
 Marattia Icevis, Katti,fit38. Martens and Galleotti. 
 
 Link. (iVbi! of Smith.) 
 " Weinmannicrfolia, Lbibmann. 
 
 Eupodium Kaulfiissii, J. Smith. Hookbe. 
 
 Marattia — Named in honour of J. F. Maratti, a Tuscan botanist. 
 Kaulfussii — ^ISTamed after the celebrated oryptogamist, Kaulfuss. 
 
 In the Section Eupodium of Authors. 
 
 A VERY distinct noble Fern, the fertile fronds being ex- 
 ceedingly beautiful. 
 
 A stove species, — evergreen. 
 
 Native of Brazil. 
 
 The fronds are bi-tripinnate ; pinnae opposite, the secondary- 
 alternate. Venation fasciculate, subarboreous, and erect, the 
 fronds proceeding from between two stipulajform fleshy appen- 
 dages. Base of the stipes clavate. 
 
 Veins forked and free. 
 
 G 
 
42 MAKATTIA KAULFTJSSII. 
 
 The present species differs from the other members of this 
 family in the spore-cases being pedicellate. 
 
 Length of frond from three to six feet. 
 
 For the frond illustrated my obligations are due to Mr. J. 
 Smith, Curator of the Royal Gardens, Kew. 
 
A S r L E N I U M M I T I D U M. 
 XVill 
 
Portion of mature Frond, under side. 
 
 ASPLENIUM NITIDUM. 
 
 SwARTZ. Hooker. Sohkdhr. Willdenow. 
 Blume, in part. Mettenius, in part. Poiret. Moore. 
 Sprengel. Desvaux. Kunze. (Not of Blume, which is 
 Asplenium cuneatum of Lamarck and Hooker; nor of 
 Mettenius, which is Asplenium spathulinum of J. Smith 
 and Hooker; nor of Wallich, which is Asplenium affine 
 of SwARTZ and Asplenium laserpitiifolium of Lamarck; nor 
 of Wight, which is Callipteris ambigua.) 
 
 PLATE XVIII. 
 
 Asplenium insigne, 
 
 " pulcliellum, 
 
 Tarachia nitida, 
 
 " msignis, 
 Asplenium cuneatum, 
 
 Blitme. (Not of Lbibmann, which is 
 
 Asplenium serra of Langsdoefp & Fischee.] 
 
 Wallich. {Not of Kaddi, •vrhich is 
 Asplenium pulcliellum of Hookee.) 
 
 Peesl. 
 
 Pebsl. 
 
 Op some Enalish Collections. 
 
 Asplenium — Spleenwoi't. 
 
 Nitidum — Bright. 
 
44 ASPLENITJM NITIDUM. 
 
 A PRETTY Fern. 
 
 An evergreen stove species. 
 
 Native of India, Java, Ceylon, Moluccas, and Mascaren 
 Islands. 
 
 The fronds, ■which, are deltoid, are bipinnate, with pinnae 
 alternate above, sub-opposite below; pinnules petiolate, the 
 base rounded below, and rhomboid-ovate-angled above. Apex 
 serrato-dentate. Lowest pinnules pinnatifid. Fronds glabrous, 
 paler on the under side. 
 
 Sori contiguous, near the costa, and nearly straight. 
 
 Stem ebeneous. 
 
 A very variable species. 
 
 ■Length of frond from two to three feet, stipes from twelve 
 to fifteen inches. 
 
 For fronds my thanks are due to Mr. R. Sim, of Foot's Cray. 
 
A S P L E n U H C A N A li 1 L N S E, 
 
 LQKARIA SU BSERRAIU !,'. 
 
 XIX 
 
Portion of mature Frond, under side. 
 
 ASPLENIUM PE^MOESUM, Var. Canariense. 
 
 Moore. 
 
 PLATE XIX. — A. 
 
 Asplenium — Spleenwort. Vrmmorsum — Jagged-pointed. 
 
 Canariense — Canary Islands. 
 
 Asplenium Canariense of Willdenow, Poiret, Sprengel, Presl, 
 Fee, and J. Smith, is found in the Canaries and Madeira, and 
 I believe is becoming scarce in those Islands. 
 
 It is more dwarf and compact than the more tropical forms 
 of Asplenium prcemorsutn, and being a permanent variety and 
 very handsome, it has been thought desirable to give a figure 
 of it. 
 
 For a description of Asplenium praniorsum and its varieties, 
 the reader is referred to pages 23-25, vol. v, of my "Natural 
 History of British and Exotic Ferns." 
 
 The illustration is from a plant in my own collection, im- 
 ported from Madeira. 
 
Portion of fertile Frond. 
 
 LOMARIA SPICANT, Yar. Scbserratum. 
 
 PLATE XIX. — B. 
 
 Lnmaria — From loma, an edge, in reference to the position of the 
 spore-casea. Spicant — Spiked. Subserratum — Ahnost serrated. 
 
 An interesting variety found near Malton, in Yorkshire, by 
 Mr. Charles Monkman, of Malton. 
 
 The pinnules are very narrow and the frond slender; oppo- 
 site below, alternate above; horizontal below and curving upwards 
 above. The sterile fronds are about five inches in length, and 
 the fertile ones ten inches. 
 
 Variety of a British species, and constant. 
 
 The fronds illustrated are from a plant in the possession of 
 Mr. Stansfield, of Todmordeu. 
 
J.-LO MARIA H ETtROP H YLLU i.'i, 
 C.-l, CONTRACTU fci, 
 
 XX 
 
 B -L, I M BR ICATU M, 
 n,-L. CONTRACTU M-R AMOS U 1.1. 
 
47 
 
 LOMARIA SPICANT, Var. Heterophyllum. 
 Moore. 
 
 PLATE XX. — A. 
 
 Iiomaria — From loma, an edge, in reference to the position of the 
 spore-cases. 8picant — Spiked. Heterophyllum — Diflferent-leaved. 
 
 Found at Tunbridge Wells, by Mr. "WoUaston, and subse- 
 quently on Ben Lawers, Scotland, by Mr. James Horsfall. 
 
 On this variety are produced fronds in which, the lobes are 
 wholly or partially absent, and frequently becoming semicircular 
 in form; inciso-dentate. 
 
 Length of sterile frond four inches. 
 
 Another variety of a British species. Constant. 
 
 The frond for illustration was forwarded by Mr. Stansfield, 
 of Vale Gardens, Todmorden. 
 
 LOMARIA SPICANT, Var. Imbricatdm. 
 
 PLATE XX. — B. 
 
 Lomaria—Fmm loma, an edge, in reference to the position of the 
 spore-cases. Spieani— Spiked. J»s6Hcai«»!— Imbricated. 
 
 Found in 1858, in the Vale of Todmorden, by Mr. J. 
 
 Horsfall. 
 
 Pinnules approximate and even crowded, so much so that 
 there are fifty pairs on a frond three inches in length; they 
 are exceedingly narrow at the base, and become largest in the 
 centre of the frond. 
 
 Base scaly. 
 
 A hardy constant variety of a British Fern. 
 
 The frond for illustration was forwarded by Mr. Stansfield, 
 of Todmorden. 
 
48 
 
 LOMARIA SPICANT, Var. Contractum. 
 Lowe. 
 
 PLATE XX. C. 
 
 Lomaria — From loma, an edge, in reference to the position of the 
 spore-cases. Spicant — Spiked. Contractum — Shortened. 
 
 Discovered in July, 1859, iu Conway Valley, North Wales, 
 by Mr. J. Holmes. 
 
 This variety is quite constant. In beauty it is a gem. 
 
 Pinnules remarkably narrow for the lower half of the frond, 
 above larger, irregular, and somewhat triangular in form; the 
 apex attenuated; the basal contracted pinnules incised. 
 
 Length of sterile frond five inches. 
 
 For a description of Lomaria spicant see page 131, vol. iv, 
 of a "Natural History of British and Exotic Ferns," by E. J. 
 Lowe. 
 
 The frond for illustration was forwarded by Mr. Stansfield, 
 of Todmorden. 
 
 LOMARIA SPICANT, Var. Contractum-ramosum. 
 
 Lowe. 
 
 PLATE XX. — D. 
 
 Lomaria — From loma, an edge, in reference to the position of the 
 
 spore-oases. Spicant — Spiked. Contractum — Shortened. 
 
 Iiam,osum — Branching. 
 
 Discovered in the Clova Mountains, Scotland, in September, 
 1859, by Mr. J. Horsfall. 
 
 Another very handsome Fern. 
 
 The lower portion of the frond much contracted, but scarcely 
 incised; the pinnules in the middle of the frond somewhat 
 larger, irregular in form, but more or less triangular; at two 
 inches from the apex branched, the pinnules larger, irregular, 
 and the apex of the frond narrow and elongated. 
 
 For a frond my thanks are due to Mr. Stansfield, of Tod- 
 morden. 
 
A-LOMUU SPICANT, V, RAMOSUM. 
 B,-SCOLOPENDRIlJ M V U L C A R E, V, CRIST AT UM, 
 
 XXI 
 
49 
 
 LOMARIA SPICANT, Var. Ramosum. 
 
 MOOKE. KiNAHAN. 
 
 PLATE XXI. A. 
 
 Lomaria — From loma, an edge, in reference to the position of tlae 
 spore-cases. Sjpicant — Spiked. Samosum — Branched. 
 
 The present variety is perhaps the handsomest form of 
 Lomaria spicant of ■which we are acquainted. It is exceedingly 
 rare. 
 
 It has been found in Ireland, near Wicklo-w, by Dr. Kinahan, 
 and in Mayo, by Captain Eden; in England, at Windermere, 
 by Mr. Hudhart. 
 
 This variety has the rachis divided into two or three branches, 
 and the apices of the divisions closely multifidly crisped into 
 convex tufts or tassels; the branches being normal below, and 
 the pinnee contracted towards the base. 
 
 Length about six inches. 
 
 For fronds my thanks are due to Mr. C. Monkman, of 
 Malton, and Mr. Stansfield, of Todmorden, from which the 
 present illustrations have been made. 
 
 H 
 
50 
 
 SCOLOPENDEIUM VULGAKE, Var. Cbistatdm. 
 
 Moore. 
 
 PLATE XXI. B. 
 
 Scolopendrium — Hart's-tongue. Yulgare — Common. 
 
 Cristatum — Crested. 
 
 A VERY handsome variety of the Scolopendrium vulgare. 
 
 The fronds are multifid, very much divided, and forming 
 large tasseled heads; the divisions at the apex angular. 
 
 Length of frond six or eight inches. 
 
 There are several sub-forms of this Fern in cultivation. 
 
 For a description of the normal form of Scolopendrium 
 vulgare see page 155, vol. v, of my "Natural History of British 
 and Exotic Ferns," and for woodcuts of the varieties laceratum, 
 multiforme, and acrocladon, see page 158 of the same book. 
 
 For fronds my thanks are due to Mr. Wollaston, of Chisel- 
 hurst, and Mr. Stansfield, of Todmorden. 
 
 The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. 
 
i 
 
 
 C^.^^-' 
 
 ASPIDIUM REMOTUM, 
 XXII 
 
Portion of fertile pinna, under side. 
 
 ASPIDIUM REMOTUM. 
 
 A. Bkaun. Kunze. Fee. Mettenius. 
 
 PLATE XXII. 
 
 Lastrea remota, 
 
 Aspidium rigidum, var. remotum, 
 
 Polystichum remotum. 
 
 MooBE. 
 A. Bbatjn. 
 KooH. 
 
 Aspidium — The Shield Fern. 
 
 Semotum — Distant. 
 
 In the Section Lastrea of Authors. 
 
 The Aspidium remotum is a handsome Fern. It was first 
 discovered in the summer of 1859, in Westmorland, by Mr. 
 F. Clowes, of Windermere, who looked upon it as a form of 
 Lastrea spinulosa. To Mr. Thomas Moore, of the Chelsea 
 Botanic Gardens, we are indebted for bringing the present 
 species before the public. This well-known authority on Ferns 
 received fronds of this plant from Mr. Clowes, and recognised 
 it as the Aspidium remotum of Braun, announcing the discovery 
 to the Linnaean Society on the 15th. of December, 1859. Thus 
 another species has been added to our British Ferns. 
 
 A hardy deciduous species. 
 
52 ASPIDIUM REMOTUM. 
 
 Native of Southern Germany, and Windermere, Westmorland. 
 
 The fronds, which are erect, are narrow, oblong-lanceolate, 
 smooth, and sub-tripinnate ; the pinnte ascending, opposite or 
 sub-opposite, distant below, and ovate-acuminate in form. 
 Pinnules an inch and a quarter in length, briefly stalked, 
 almost pinnate, serrated, and more especially at the apex; ovate 
 below, and linear-oblong at their greatest distance from the 
 main rachis. Veins branched. 
 
 Sori medial and conspicuous, consisting of two rows near the 
 costa. 
 
 The fructification covering the whole under side of the frond. 
 Indusium kidney-shaped and persistent. 
 
 Stipes and rachis stout, and covered with numerous scales; 
 stipes twelve inches in length. Lower pinnse three to four 
 inches in length, central pinnae six inches. 
 
 Length of frond from three to four feet. 
 
 For fronds my thanks are due to ]\Ir. Stansfield, of Vale 
 Gardens, Todmorden. 
 
 The illustration is from a frond of the original plant, sent 
 by Mr. Stansfield. 
 

 .y-ym\ 
 
 SCOLOPENDRIUM V U L C A R E, V R A M 0-M ft R C I N AT U M. 
 XXIll 
 
53 
 
 SCOLOPENDRIUM VULGARE, Var. Eamo-marginatum. 
 
 Moore. 
 
 PLATE XXIII. 
 
 Scolopendrium — Hart's-tongue. Valgare — Common. 
 
 Bamo-marginai tim — Margin-branolied. 
 
 This very singular Fern was raised from spores by Mr. A. 
 Clapham, of Scarborough, a gentleman who has been more 
 successful than any one else in obtaining remarkable varieties 
 of British species from spores. It is exceedingly beautiful, and 
 very distinct. 
 
 The lower portion of the frond is very much narrowed, the 
 leafy part being often all but wanting, except at the base itself, 
 where it becomes dilated; above it is ramose, forming multifid- 
 crisped tassels, which are marginate. At the apex the form 
 is that of a large spreading tassel. 
 
 Length of the frond usually about nine inches, and width of 
 the apex (that is, of the tassel) about six inches. 
 
 There are two forms, the one branching into two distinct 
 fronds at the base. 
 
 For the simple form I am indebted to Mr. Stansfield, of 
 Todmorden, and for the double form to Mr. C. Monkman, of 
 IMalton, both of whose forms I have figured. 
 
54 
 
 SCOLOPENDRIUM VULGARE, Var. Submarginatum. 
 
 Moore. 
 
 PLATE XXIV. — A. 
 
 Scolopendrium — Hart's-tongue. Vulgare — Common. 
 
 Submarginatum — Partially margined. 
 
 An interesting variety, found in several places in Great 
 Britain and Guernsey. 
 
 The fronds, which vary, are frequently bifurcate or ramose, 
 partially margined, the margin either crenato-lobate, lobate, 
 narrowed and trebly dentate, or truncate and obliquely cornute. 
 
 It has a thin skin-like irregular line just beneath the jagged 
 margin of the frond, which, however, is not always continuous. 
 
 The sori are bold and lengthy within the skin-like line, 
 having also a short sori outside this line. 
 
 Length of frond from eighteen to twenty-four inches. 
 
 The frond from which the illustration is taken was found 
 at Oldstead, Yorkshire, and kindly communicated by Mr. C 
 Monkman, of Malton. 
 
H,-SCOLOPENDRIUM VULCARE V, 8 U B M A R C I N AT U M, 
 B,-S. VULCARE, V, J U CO SUM, 
 XXiV 
 
55 
 
 SCOLOPENDRIUM VULGAKE, Var. Jugosum. 
 
 Moore, 
 
 PLATE XXIV. — B. 
 
 Scolopendrmm — Hart's-tongue. Vulgare — Common. 
 
 Jugosum — Full of ridges. 
 
 This singular Fern was found in Guernsey by Mr. James, 
 of Vauvert, and Mr. Jackson. 
 
 It differs in having the soriferous veins thickened, and thus 
 producing on the upper surface of the fronds a series of ridges, 
 or leafy sorus-like excrescences. 
 
 The length is from twelve to fourteen inches. 
 
 There are several forms in cultivation. 
 
 For the specimen illustrated I am indebted to Mr. C. 
 Monkman, of Malton. 
 
SCOLOPENDEIUM VULGARE, Var. Ckenato-lobatum. 
 
 Moore. 
 
 Scolopendrium — Hart's-tongue. Vufgare — Common. 
 
 Creuato-hbatum — Jagged-lobed. 
 
 Another interesting variety, found in Guernsey by Jlr. C. 
 Jackson; Dorsetshire, by Mr. Wollaston; Oldstead, Yorkshire, 
 by ]\Ir. C. Monkman; Devonshire, by the Eev. J, M. Chanter; 
 and in Kent, by My. Brent. 
 
SCOLOPENDRIUM VULGARE, VAR. PAPILLOSUM. 
 
 57 
 
 The size and outline of this Fern is normal, sometimes, 
 however, as in the Oldstead examples, being widest at the 
 centre of the frond. 
 
 The margin (and more especially in the upper portion) is 
 distinctly crenato-lobate, and occasionally sub-undulated. 
 
 Sori abundant and prominent beneath, and distinctly supra- 
 soriferous above, the latter often large. 
 
 Length of frond from twelve to fifteen inches. 
 
 The specimen illustrated was found at Oldstead, Yorkshire, 
 and communicated by Mr. C. Monkman, of Malton. 
 
 SCOLOPENDEIUM VULGARE, Var. Papillosum. 
 
 MOOKE. 
 
 Scolopendrium — Hart's-tongue. Vulgare— Common. 
 
 Papillosum — Bearing protuberances. 
 
 A PRETTY, curious Fern, discovered in Guernsey, by Mr. 
 Jackson. 
 
 The distinctive feature is a series of distinct wart-like ex- 
 crescences on the upper surface of the frond, near the margin, 
 forming a kind of border. 
 
 Sori oval. 
 
 Length from six or eight inches to eighteen inches. 
 
58 
 
 SCOLOPENDRIUM VULGAEE, VAR. VAEIABILE. 
 
 For the frond illustrated I am indebted to Mr. Stansfield, of 
 Todmorden. 
 
 SCOLOPENDEIUM VULGAEE, Var. Variabile. 
 
 Moore. 
 
 Scolopendrium — Hart's-tongue. Vulgare — Common. 
 
 Variabile — Variable. 
 
 A VERY variable Fern, both in size and form. 
 
 Found in several localities. 
 
 The fronds either consist of two distinct reniform-stalked 
 lobes or branches, or one reniform lobe and a longer branch, 
 or destitute of the reniform lobe. The branch usually divided 
 into one or two round lobes, sometimes multifid at the apex. 
 
 Length of frond from nine to eighteen inches. 
 
 The specimen for illustration was obligingly furnished by Mr. 
 C. Monkman, of Malton. 
 
PTERIS CRETICft, VA R, A L B 0- L 1 N E AT A. 
 XXV 
 
59 
 
 PTEEIS CRETICA, Var. Albo-lineata. 
 Hooker. 
 
 PLATE XXV. 
 
 Pteris hicolor, London Nuksebymen. 
 
 Pteris — Brake. Cretica — Cretan. Albo-lineata — White-lined. 
 
 There are now several variegated-fronded Ferns in cultivation. 
 "We have already described and figured Pteris aspericaulis , 
 var. tricolor, a magnificent Fern, requiring careful attention, 
 and a close warm stove; and Pteris argyrea, another beautiful 
 Fern, of large size, but only bearing a few fronds at the same 
 time; and now we have the Pteris cretica, var. albo-lineata, 
 which, with very little management, produces a handsome 
 specimen. 
 
 Introduced into England in 1860, having been received from 
 the Botanic Gardens of Java. 
 
 Very dwarf in habit, bearing from thirty to fifty fronds at 
 the same time, which remain for a length of time in perfection. 
 The sterile fronds are smaller than the fertile ones, and the 
 pinnse are broader, the former being from eight to twelve 
 inches, and the latter from fourteen to twenty inches long. 
 
 The form is the same as in the Pteris cretica, being pin- 
 nate, with usually three pairs of lanceolate-sessile pinnse, and 
 a terminal much larger one. The longer pair of pinnae are 
 bifid, producing on their lower side a secondary pinnule of 
 about one half of their own length, the next pair sometimes 
 producing on their lower side a lobe. 
 
 The sterile fronds, as well as the sterile portion of the 
 fertile fronds, are spinulose-serrate. 
 
60 PTEEIS CKETICA, VAR. ALBO-LINEATA. 
 
 The colour is green, with, a broad belt of a whitish colour 
 down the centre of each pinna, occupying one half the width 
 of the frond. 
 
 Mr. Crocker, who has the management of the Ferns at the 
 Royal Gardens, Kew, has raised some hundreds of plants 
 from spores, and every one is quite true, not a single normal 
 green frond to be seen amongst them. 
 
 My thanks are due to Mr. Smith, the Curator of the Royal 
 Gardens, Kew, for the fronds from which the present illustration 
 was produced. 
 
CHElLftNTHES CAPENSIS, 
 
 POLYPODIU M VULCARE, V A R, CRISTATU M, 
 XXVI 
 
Fertile pinna, under Bide. 
 
 CHEILANTHES CAPENSIS. 
 SwARTz. Moore. 
 
 PIRATE XXVI. — A. 
 
 Cheilanthes prcetexta, Eaulfuss. 
 
 Adiantum Capense, THnNBEB&. 
 
 Adiantopsis Capensis, Fee. 
 
 Hypolepis Capensis, Hookek. 
 
 Cheilanthes — From the Greek, a lip and a flower. Capensis — Cape 
 of Good Hope. 
 
 In the Section Adiantoidea. 
 
 An exceedingly pretty dwarf Fern, with, characters partaking 
 of CJieilanthes, Hypolepis, and Adiantum. In habit and nature 
 it is very dissimilar to either Cheilanthes or Hypolepis, and 
 indeed no nearer allied to Adiantum, in all three of which 
 families it has been placed by various authorities. It is rare 
 in cultivation in this country. 
 
 An evergreen greenhouse species. 
 
 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
 
 The fronds, which are membranaceous and glabrous, are 
 deltoid and bi-tripinnate ; the pinnules obovate and decurrent. 
 
 Sori approximate, membranaceous, copious, and semiovate, 
 giving the edge of the frond an Adiantum look. 
 
62 CHEILANTHES CAPENSIS. 
 
 Stipes from four to six inches in length, and rachis four 
 inches. Stipes slender, ebeneous, and polished; colour reddish 
 brown; base slightly scaly. 
 
 Caudex creeping and scaly. 
 
 Veins slender and forked. 
 
 For fronds my thanks are due to Mr. Downes, of Hillsboro 
 Terrace, Ilfracombe. 
 
 The illustration is from Mr. Downes' frond. 
 
63 
 
 POLTPODIUM VULGARE, VaR. Cristatdm. 
 Perry, MS. 
 
 PLATE XXVI. — B. 
 
 Folypodium — Polypody. Vulgare — Common. Cristatum — Crested. 
 
 This very beautiful Fern is as yet rare in cultivation. 
 
 It was discovered in Ireland by Mr. Henry S. Perry, of 
 Eock Lodge, Monkstown, County Cork. 
 
 Like Aspidium filix-mas, var. cristata, the present plant has 
 multifid or tasseled apices on each pinna, the midrib of the frond 
 dividing and branching about an inch below the apex of 
 the frond, as well as the mid-vein of each pinna about a 
 quarter of an inch below the apex of each pinna. 
 
 Sori large and prominent. 
 
 Mr. R. Sim, of Foot's Cray, purchased the stock of this 
 very distinct Fern, from whom it can be procured. 
 
 For a description of Polypodium vulgare the reader is 
 referred to page 111, vol. i, of my "Natural History of British 
 and Exotic Ferns." The present variety, from the points of 
 each frond being branched and crested, and all its divisions 
 terminating in crested tufts, so as to form a frilled margin, is 
 both distinct and beautiful. 
 
 My thanks are due to Mr. Perry, the discoverer, for fronds 
 of this variety. 
 
 The illustration is from Mr. Perrv's frond. 
 
TOLYPODIUM VULGARE, YaR. TrUSCATUM. VaR. MARGINATUM. 
 
65 
 
 POLYPODIUM VULGARE, Var. Truncatum. 
 Moore. 
 
 Polypodium — Polypody. Vulgare — Common. Truncatum — Truncated. 
 
 An interesting variety, well worthy of cultivation. Rare. 
 
 Discovered at Windermere, by Mr. Clowes. 
 
 In this variety the lobes are profoundly serrated, the lobules 
 being minutely serrated. 
 
 The fronds are occasionally truncate, the leafy portion being 
 absent, and the veins projecting so as to form irregular points. 
 
 The pinnaa are alternate. 
 
 Length twelve inches, or more. 
 
 The frond for illustration was kindly forwarded by Mr. 
 Clowes, of Windermere. 
 
 POLYPODIUM VULGAEE, Var. Marginatum. 
 
 Folypodium — Polypody. Vulgare — Common. Marginatum — In 
 
 reference to the margin. 
 
 A DISTINCT variety. 
 
 This Fern differs in having the epidermis of the under 
 surface of the frond split away, as it were, from the margins 
 of the lobes, and receding towards the mid-vein. 
 
 Variety marginatum is very rare. 
 
 My thanks are due to Mr. Monkman, of Malton, for the 
 frond which is here figured. 
 
ASPIDIU M ANOULARE, V A R, GRIS-TATUM, 
 
 mm 
 
67 
 
 ASPIDIUM ANGULARE, Var. Cristatum. 
 Lowe. 
 
 PLATE XXVII. 
 
 Polystichum angulare, var. cristatum, Mooee. 
 
 Aspidium — Shield Fern. Angulare — An angle. Cristatum — Crested. 
 
 In the Section Polystichum of Authors. 
 
 Another beautiful variety of a British species, which in its 
 general features resembles the crested forms of Aspidium Jilix- 
 mas and Asplenium filix-foemina. During the last three or four 
 years great progress has been made in the raising from spores 
 of varieties of the British Ferns, many of which are so dis- 
 similar as to be scarcely recognised as belonging to the parent 
 from which they have sprung. Their beauty and distinctness 
 will quite revolutionize the English Ferneries, and, being hardy, 
 is a matter of the greatest moment to cultivators of these 
 charming plants. From the present varieties will spring countless 
 other varied forms, as, although it is with the greatest difficulty 
 that a variety can be raised from the normal form, nevertheless 
 it is comparatively easy to multiply endless forms when they 
 are raised from the spores of the varieties. In the normal 
 forms the fronds are more or less alike, whilst in the varieties 
 they have a tendency to differ, and the plan to be adopted 
 is to save spores from those fronds which are the most beautiful 
 and distinct; from these, plants will spring up that will amply 
 repay the care and attention requisite in their cultivation. 
 
 The present variety was first discovered near Bristol, by 
 Mr. Hillman, and subsequently in Devonshire, by the Eev. J. 
 
68 ASPIDIUM ANGULARE, VAK. CEISTATUM. 
 
 M. Chanter and Mr. "Wollaston, and in Somersetshire, by Mr. 
 Elworthy. 
 
 The apices of the fronds branch out into multifid curly 
 tufts, whilst the apices of the pinnae, though less developed 
 than those of the fronds, also end in multifid curly tufts. 
 
 The pinnse are opposite below and alternate above, in short, 
 the frond in other respects bears a strong resemblance to the 
 normal form. 
 
 For fronds my thanks are due to Mr. Monkman, of Mai ton. 
 
 The illustration is from Mr. Monkman's frond. 
 
ASPIDIUM flLIX-MftS, V ft R, ft BB R E V I AT U:M-C R 1 S T AT U M, 
 
 XXVIII 
 
69 
 
 ASPIDIUM FILIX-MAS, Var. Abbreviatum-cristatum. 
 
 Lowe, 
 
 PLATE XXVIII. 
 
 Lastrea fiUx-mas abbreviata-cristata, Clowes. 
 
 Aspidium — Shield Fern. 
 Filix-mas — Male Fern. Abhremalam-cnstatttm — Abbreviated-crested. 
 
 In the Section Lastuea of Authors. 
 
 This new multifid variety of the Male Fern, although not so 
 dwarf as the Aspidium pumilum, (figure 15, vol. vi, of ray 
 "Natural History of British and Exotic ferns,") is nevertheless 
 of dwarf compact habit, and an interesting addition to our hardy 
 Ferns. 
 
 It was found in Borrodale, Cumberland, by Mr. R. D. 
 Harrison. 
 
 The pinnae are opposite below and sub-opposite above, dis- 
 tant, and from an inch and a half to two inches in length, 
 their apices being branched and tasseled. The pinnules are 
 opposite. 
 
 The midrib very scaly. 
 
 Sori usually one on each pinnule, and in the larger and 
 broader pinnules two, the whole forming a single line close to 
 the midvein. 
 
 Length of frond from twelve to eighteen inches. 
 
 For a frond of this beautiful and rare Fern I am indebted 
 to Mr. Clowes, of Windermere. 
 
 The illustration is from Mr. Clowes' frond. 
 
AOIANTUM WILESUNUM, 
 XXIX 
 
Portion of fertile Frond, under side. 
 
 ADIANTUM WILESIANUM. 
 Hooker. Fee. Moore. 
 
 PLATE XXIX. 
 Adiantum crenatum? Willdenow. 
 
 Adiantum — Dry. Wilesianum — Named after Mr. Wiles, the 
 
 discoverer of the Fern in Jamaica. 
 
 An interesting species, well worthy of general cultivation. 
 
 An evergreen stove Fern. 
 
 Native of Jamaica and Mexico. 
 
 The fronds are large, quadripinnate, with lanceolate-acuminate 
 pinnae, which are distant; pinnules ovate-lanceolate, falcate, base 
 obliquely wedge-shaped, superior base truncate. Upper margin 
 crenato-lobate. Pinnules alternate. 
 
 Sori situated in the crenature or sinus of the lobe; indusium 
 reniform; sori about five, sometimes six, on each pinnule. 
 
 Stipes ebeneous, glabrous, and shining. 
 
 Rachis on under side pubescent. 
 
 Colour of frond dark brown green. 
 
 For fronds my thanks are due to Mr. J. Smith, Curator of 
 the Royal Gardens, Kew. 
 
 The illustration is from one of Mr. Smith's fronds. 
 
C E R A T D A C T V L I S S M U N D I I D E S, 
 XXX 
 
Barren pinna. 
 
 CERATODACTYLIS OSMUNDIOIDES. 
 J. Smith. Fee. 
 
 PLATE XXX. 
 
 Llavea cordifolia, Lagasca. Hookbe, (not Liebmann.) 
 
 Allosorus Karwinskii, KuNZE. Bentham. Hookeb. 
 
 Botryogramme Karwinslcii, Fee. 
 
 Ceratodactylis — From Keras — a horn, and dactylos — a finger, alluding to 
 the divisions of the fronds. Osmundioides — Osmunda-like. 
 
 A VEET handsome, delicate-fronded, Osmunda-looking Fern. 
 
 An evergreen stove species. 
 
 Native of Mexico. 
 
 Frond large and tripinnate, the fertile and sterile pinnules 
 diiferent. Sterile pinnules ovate-cordate, thin but firm, having 
 a thickened narrow margin; the veins closely pinnated and 
 forked, the margin finely spinulose-serrate; fertile pinnules, which 
 are situated only on the upper portion, forming a panicle, are 
 narrow, elongated, nearly terete, the margins membranaceous, 
 involute, and forming the involucres. 
 
 Caudex brief, stout, flexuous, and scaly; stipes long, flexuous, 
 slender, and scaly; rachis flexuous and slender. 
 
 Sori linear-oblong, and occupying nearly the entire length of 
 the pinnated veins of the upper pinnules of the frond. 
 
 L 
 
74 CERATODACTYLIS OSMUNDIOIDES. 
 
 A large rambling-habited Fern, if not scandent. 
 A solitary species in this genus, very distinct. 
 My obligations are due to Mr. J. Smith, Curator of the Royal 
 Gardens, Kew, for the fronds illustrated. 
 
CYMNOCRAMMA T R 1 F L I AT l\,-A P E X OF FROND, 
 XXXI 
 
Portion of barren Frond, under side. 
 
 GYMNOGRAMMA TRIFOLIATA. 
 
 Desvaux. J. Smith. Sprengel. Moore. 
 
 PLATE XXXI. 
 
 Acrostiehum trifoliatum, LlNN^us. 
 
 Hemionitis trifoliata, Humboldt. 
 
 Gymnogramma — Naked writing, in allusion to the son. 
 Trifoliata — Three-leaved. 
 
 A BEAUTIFUL golden-powdercd Fern, rare in cultivation. 
 
 Native of the West Indies and South America. 
 
 Fronds pinnate, pinnse linear, from two to three inches in 
 length; sterile fronds everywhere very smooth; basal pinnse tri- 
 foliate, higher on the frond usually bifoliate, opposite or sub- 
 opposite; pinnse short-stalked. 
 
 Stipes and rachis reddish. 
 
 Veins forked. 
 
 Sori along the veins, naked, and eventually confluent. 
 
76 GYMNOGEAMMA TRIFOLIATA. 
 
 Lengtii of frond about two feet; above dark green, beneatb 
 densely covered with a pale greenish yellow powder. 
 
 Sprengel remarks in his description of this Fern, that it is 
 white-powdered beneath, but all the fronds which I have seen 
 have been yellow-powdered. 
 
 For fronds I am indebted to Mr. J. Smith, Curator of the 
 Royal Gardens, Kew, and to Mr. E. J. Gray, of St. Thomas', 
 Exeter. 
 
 The illustration is from Mr. Smith's frond. 
 
ANEMIA l\ D I A N T I F L U, 
 XXXIl 
 
Barren pinna. 
 
 ANEMIA ADIANTIFOLIA. 
 
 SWARTZ. MOOUE. WiLLDENOW. SPRENGEL. DeSVAUX. 
 
 KuNZE. Presl. Klotzsch, {not of Schlechtendal.) 
 
 PLATE XXXII. 
 
 Anemia cicuiaria, 
 
 " caruifoUa, 
 
 " asplenifolia, 
 Osmunda adiantifolia, 
 " asplenifolia, 
 Anemirliiza adiantifolia, 
 Ornitlwpteris adiantifolia. 
 Anemia adiantifolia, var. caruifoUa, 
 
 " " var. asplenifolia, 
 
 MOOKE AND HOULSTON, 
 
 [not of KuNZE.) 
 Pbesl. Spebngel. 
 
 SWAKTZ. 
 LlNN^US. 
 
 Lamaeck. 
 J. Smith. 
 Beenhaedi. 
 
 MOOEE. 
 WiLLDENOW. 
 
 Anemia — From tlie Greek, naked, in reference to the naked inflorescence. 
 Adiantifolia — Maidenhair-leaved. 
 
 An exceedingly handsome Fern. 
 
 An evergreen stove species. 
 
 Native of the "West Indies — in Jamaica, Cuba, St. Domingo, 
 Bahamas, Porto Rico, and Guadaloupe; South America — in 
 Mexico, Guatemala, and Tobasco. 
 
(» ANEMIA ADIANTIFOLIA. 
 
 Fronds bipinnate, except at the base, where tripinnate. 
 Pinnae, two together at the base of the frond, then alternate, 
 apex of the frond attenuate. Pinnules, basal ones deeply 
 divided, wedge-shaped at the base, and sharply dentate on the 
 margin, the other pinnules acutely wedge-shaped at base, their 
 apices rounded. Fertile frond tripartite, the two opposite seg- 
 ments contracted, erect, constituting two sporangiferous racemes. 
 The pair of fertile pinnse at the base of the frond are situated 
 on long slender stalks, and usually there is a third fertile pinna 
 situated immediately above with a sterile pinna, the rest of the 
 pinnse being barren. 
 
 Rachis and stipes very slender, and copiously hirsute. 
 Pinnules also hirsute. 
 
 Length of frond twelve inches. 
 
 Veins forked and free. 
 
 Sporangia oval, attached to the base, opening vertically on 
 the exterior side. 
 
 I am indebted to Mr. J. Smith, of the Royal Gardens, Kew, 
 for the fronds from which the present illustration has been 
 made. 
 

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 POLYPODIUM PLEBEJUI/, 
 XXXIll 
 
Portion of fertile Frond, xmder side. 
 
 POLYPODIUM PLEBEJUM. 
 
 SCHLECHTENDAL. J. SmITH. LiEBMANN. KuNZE. 
 
 PLATE XXXIII. 
 Polypodium — Polypody. Plehejum — Common. 
 
 An interesting rare species. 
 
 An evergreen stove Fern. 
 
 Native of Mexico, which it has been found in the temperate 
 and cold regions, at a height of from two to seven thousand 
 feet above the sea, by Schiede and Liebmann. 
 
 In form it is very like Polypodium vulgare. 
 
 The peculiar feature of this handsome Fern is that the 
 under side is dotted over with conspicuous brown scales, which 
 are a great contrast on the pale green of the frond. 
 
 Length of frond ten inches; width two inches and three 
 quarters. Colour bright bluish green. 
 
 Eound the edge of the frond there is a thickened rim, and 
 on the upper side along the margin, there is a row of cir- 
 cular white scales. 
 
 Sori a single row on each side the midrib, very large, 
 reddish, usually about ten or twelve pairs; eventually confluent 
 and joining each other. 
 
 The frond for illustration was kindly communicated by Mr. 
 J. Smith, Curator of the Royal Gardens, Kew. 
 
XXXIV 
 
Pinna of fertile Frond, under Bide. 
 
 POLYPODIUM SQUAMATUM. 
 
 LlNNiEUS. PlUMIER. 
 
 PLATE XXXIV. 
 
 Lepicystis squamata, 
 
 J. Smith. 
 
 Poll/podium — Polypody. 
 
 Squamatum — Scaly. 
 
 In the Section Lepicy.stis of Authors. 
 
 There are several species which Mr. Smith has formed into 
 a genus, under the name of Lepicystis. They consist of the 
 Polypodium incanum of Swartz, the Polypodium sepultum of 
 Kaulfuss, and the Polypodium squamatum of Linnaeus, (the 
 present species.) These species have pinnatifid fronds, which 
 are densely squamose. The veins are anastomosing, the lower 
 exterior venule of each fascicle being free, and bearing the 
 sporangia on its apex, within the costal areoles. The sori are 
 circular, and protrude through the dense squamfc. 
 
 The Polypodium squamatum is very handsome, and rare in 
 cultivation. 
 
 An evergreen stove species. 
 
 Native of the West Indies. 
 
 M 
 
82 
 
 POLYPODIUM SQUAMATUM. 
 
 Fronds pinnatifid. PiniiEe narrow, lessening to the apex, 
 ■where pointed; alternate below, and opposite above; very 
 hirsute above and below, approximate, and usually fifty pairs. 
 
 Sori a single row on either side the midrib, small, reddish, 
 and usually about thirty pairs. 
 
 Length of frond about thirty-three inches, the lowest six 
 inches being naked. Width of frond eight inches in the 
 widest part. Colour rich green above, and whitish below. 
 
 For fronds my thanks are given to Mr. J. Smith, Curator of 
 the Royal Gardens, Kew. 
 

 Apex of Frond. 
 
 POLYPODIUM PHEGOPTERIS, Var. Multifidum. 
 
 Lowe. 
 
 Polypodium — Polypody. Pkegopteris — Beech Fern. 
 
 Multifidum— MuW^i^A. 
 
 This interesting variety was found by myself in great 
 abundance in 1857, near Stockghyll Force, Ambleside. 
 
 In form it resembles the normal form of Polypodium 
 pkegopteris, the distinctive feature consisting in its being 
 irregularly niultifid. 
 
84 
 
 SCOLOPENDRIUM VULGARE, Var. Fissile. 
 
 Scolopendrium — Hart's-tongue. Vulgare — Common. Fissile — Split. 
 
 A HANDSOME form of the above Fern. 
 
 Discovered at Castle Howard, by Mr. C. Monkman. 
 
 A dwarf Fern, and a very irregular-edged variety, with a 
 beautifully cut margin. 
 
 Sori small; sometimes supra-soriferous. 
 
 Length of frond from nine to twelve inches. 
 
 My thanks are due to Mr. C. Monkman, of Malton, for the 
 frond illustrated. 
 
 SCOLOPENDRIUM VULGARE, 
 
 Variety Submarginatum-multifidum. 
 
 Scolopendrium — Hart's-tongue. Vulgare — Common. 
 
 Submarginatum — Submarginal. MuUiJidum — Multifid. 
 
 A dwaef Fern raised by Mr. Stansfield, of the Vale Gardens, 
 Todmorden. 
 
 Fronds irregular and submarginal, their apices multifid into 
 compact divisions. 
 
 Sori small, almost circular. 
 
 Length of frond from eight to nine inches. 
 
 My thanks are due to Mr. Stansfield, of Todmorden, for the 
 frond illustrated. 
 
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 SCOLOPENDRIUM VULGARE. 
 Var, Fissile, 
 
 SCOLOPENDRIUM VULGARE. 
 Yar. Submarginatum-multifldura. 
 
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 LYCODIUM FliRSTBRI, 
 XXXV 
 
Portion of fertile Frond, under side. 
 
 LYGODIUM FOESTERI. 
 
 Lowe. 
 
 PLATE XXXV. 
 
 LygoAictyon forsteri, 
 Lygodium reticulatum, 
 Hydroglossum polycarpus, 
 Ophioglossum scandens. 
 
 J. Smith. 
 
 ScHKUHE. 
 
 WiLLDENOW. 
 
 FOESTEE, (not LiNNJEUS.) 
 
 Lygodium — From lygodes, flexible, in allusion to the twining habit of 
 the plants. Forsteri — Named after Forster. 
 
 In the Section Lygodictyon of Authors. 
 
 This charming climbing-habited plant differs from all other 
 species in having its venation reticulated. Mr. Smith has, on 
 this account, separated it, and formed a new genus, which he 
 has called Lygodictyon. It is rare in cultivation. 
 
88 LYGODIUM FORSTEUI. 
 
 A warm greenhouse species. 
 
 Native of the Polynesian Islands. 
 
 In general habit it is similar to the Lygodium, in which 
 family it was placed by Schkuhr. 
 
 Fronds scandent, twining, and conjugate; usually three 
 (sometimes four) pairs of pinnaB, with an ultimate double 
 pinna, (which is sometimes single.) Pinnae broadest at the 
 base, and narrowing to the apex; an inch and a half in 
 length, and thin in texture. Colour bright green. 
 
 Sori consisting of indusiate cysts, making an interesting row 
 of spore-cases beyond the margin of the frond. 
 
 For the fronds illustrated my thanks are due to Mr. J. 
 Smithj Curator of the Royal Gardens, Kew. 
 
A S P L E N 1 U !,! NIDUS, 
 XXXVI 
 
Portion of fertile Frond, under side. 
 
 ASPLENIUM NIDUS. 
 
 Linnj:ds. Hooker. Willdenow. {Not of Brown, 
 Eaddi, Wallich, Mueller, or Moritz.) 
 
 PLATE XXXVI. 
 
 NeoUopteris nidus, 
 TAamnopteris nidus, 
 
 " orientalis, 
 
 " Mauritiana, 
 
 J. Smith. Hookbb. Feb. 
 
 Peesl. Mooeb. 
 
 Pebsl. 
 
 Pebsl. 
 
 Asplenium — Spleenwort. Nidus — A nest, in allusion to the 
 
 manner of growth. 
 
 In the Section Thamnopteris of Authors. 
 
 According to our leading botanists several somewliat similar 
 Ferns in some respects, but differing considerably in others, 
 may be considered as forms of the same Fern, and that Fern 
 the Asplenium nidus. These consist of the following: — 
 
90 ASPLENIUM NIDUS. 
 
 Asplenium nidus, Linnseus, with fronds from two to six feet 
 long; A. muscefoUmn, Mettenius, with fronds from four to six 
 feet long, and one foot broad; A. Australasicum, Hooker, 
 with fronds from two to six feet long. 
 
 In A. nidus the frond is usually narrower. In A. muswfolium 
 the great size, and especially breadth of its simple or un- 
 divided frond, makes it, as Sir W. J. Hooker says, "unques- 
 tionably the most noble of all the genus Asple?iium." A. 
 Australasicum, which is distinguished by the very acute keel 
 to the costa, is the form figured in my "ISTatural History of 
 Ferns," vol. v, Plate XV. — A, u.nder the name of A. nidus, 
 and this Fern must therefore be called the A. nidus var. 
 Australasicum; the present species being the normal form of 
 A. nidus. 
 
 An evergreen stove Fern. 
 
 Native of the East Indies — Malay Islands, Mauritius, Elizabeth 
 Island, Oahu, Sandwich Islands, Society Islands, China, Chusan, 
 Benin Isles, Australia, Norfolk Island, and Madagascar. 
 
 Fronds ample, spathulato-lanceolate, acuminate at the apex, 
 and tapering to the base; decurrent on a brief stipes. Costa 
 semiterete at the back. 
 
 Sori extending from the costa to about half-way towards the 
 margin. 
 
 For fronds my thanks are due to Mr. J. Smith, Curator of 
 the Royal Gardens, Kew. 
 
L M A R I P S I S L N C I F L I A, 
 XXXVII 
 
Fertile pinna, under side. 
 
 LOMARIOPSIS LONGIFOLIA. 
 J. Smith. 
 
 PLATE XXXVII. 
 
 Lomarin longifoUa, Kaulfuss. Speengel. 
 
 Acrostichum sorbifolium, Vahl. (Not o/' LiNNa;irs.) 
 
 Lomariopsis — From loma, the edge, and opsin, appearance, in allusion 
 to the marginal frond. Longifolia — Long-fronded. 
 
 An interesting rare Fern. 
 
 A stove s'pecies. 
 
 Native of Tropical America, Martinique, and Porto Eico. 
 
 Fronds dimorphous and pinnate; the pinna3 articulate with 
 the rachis. The fertile pinnas contracted, sub-opposite below, 
 alternate above, from six to ten pairs and a terminal one; 
 length, of pinnte six inches, breadth one inch and a half; 
 oblong-lanceolate in form, pointed at the apex, cuneate at the 
 base, and paler underneath. 
 
 Veins uniform, part simple and part forked, direct, parallel, 
 free, and conspicuous. 
 
 Fertile pinna smaller and narrow, sporangiferous, on the 
 under side covering the whole frond; length three inches 
 and a half; breadth not half an inch; margin membranous, 
 narrow, and sub-iudusiform. 
 
92 LOMAKIOPSIS LONGIFOLIA. 
 
 Sori superficial, and without an indusium. 
 
 Length of frond two feet. 
 
 Ehizoma scandent. 
 
 A similar genus to Stenochlcena, as regards its habit, but 
 differing in the absence of the costal areole, and of the 
 marginal gland near the base of the pinnae. 
 
 For fronds my thanks are due to Mr. J. Smith, Curator of 
 the Royal Gardens, Kew. 
 
 The illustration is from fronds sent by Mr. J. Smith. 
 
N I P H P S I S A N C U S T A T U S, 
 
 XXXVII 
 
 NIPHOBOLUS GARDNER! 
 
Portion of 11311611 Frond. 
 
 NIPHOPSIS ANGUSTATUS. 
 Smith. 
 
 PLATE XXXVIII. A. 
 
 NipJioholus spharoceplialus, 
 " macrooarpus, 
 
 " angustatus, 
 
 Polypodium angustatum, 
 
 " sphmrocephalum, 
 
 Pleopeltis angustata, 
 
 Phymatodes sphcerocepJialus, 
 
 hookbb and grbetille. 
 
 Hooker and Aenott. 
 
 Speenobl. Mooeb. 
 
 swaetz. schkuhe. 
 
 Wallich. 
 
 Pbesl. 
 
 Pkesl. 
 
 JVipJwpsis — Snowy appearance, (from the Greek,) in allusion to the stellate 
 • pubescence. Angustatus — Narrow-frouded. 
 
 A PRETTY, rare Fern. 
 
 An evergreen stove species. 
 
 Native of the Malay Archipelago. 
 
 Fronds simple, linear -lanceolate, opaque, coriaceous, and 
 densely covered with a reddish stellate pubescence; sometimes 
 the apex of the frond is bifid. 
 
 Veins compound anastomosing, internal, and obscure; primary 
 veins indistinct. 
 
 Sori oval, large and bold, and transverse-uniserial, about 
 thirty pairs on each frond, reddish in colour, and conspicuously 
 visible on the upper side of the frond. 
 
 Length fifteen inches; fertile frond narrower. 
 
 The illustration is from fronds kindly forwarded by Mr. J. 
 Smith, Curator of the Koyal Gardens, Kew. 
 
Portion of Frond. 
 
 NIPHOBOLUS GAKDNERI. 
 
 J. Smith. Kuxze. Moore. 
 
 PLATE XXXVIII. — B. 
 
 Niphohohis acrosticlioides, 
 Polypodium Garclneri, 
 
 J. Smith. (Not of Foestee.] 
 Mettenius. 
 
 Niplioholus — From niplioholos, covered with snow, in allusion to the 
 stellate pubescence. Gardneri — Named after Gardner. 
 
 A FINE stove Fern. 
 
 Native of Ceylon. 
 
 Frond simple^ linear -lanceolate^ apex pointed, thick, pubescent 
 ■with, a reddish pubescence. 
 
 Veins internal and obscure; pinnate from a central costa; 
 venules anastomosing. 
 
 Sori non-indusiate, circular, multiserial, confluent, and even- 
 tually covering the whole under side of the frond except the 
 base. 
 
 Length of frond fifteen inches. 
 
 Ehizoma creeping. 
 
 My thanks are due to Mr. J. Smith, of the Royal Gardens, 
 Kew, for fronds from which the present illustration has been 
 made. 
 
S C L P E N D R 1 U M V U L C A R E, 
 
 Var. Stansfieldi:. 
 
 XXXIX 
 
 S, VULGARE, 
 
 Var, Margmato-irreguiare. 
 
95 
 
 SCOLOPENDRIUM VULGAEE, Var. Stansfieldii. 
 Stansfield, MS. 
 
 PLATE XXXIX. A. 
 
 Soolopendrium — Hart's-tongue. Vulgare — Common. 
 
 Stansfieldii — Named after the successful raiser of many varieties of British 
 
 Ferns, Mr. Stansfield. 
 
 This magnificent, and, as yet, very rare variety, was raised 
 from spores in the fernery of Messrs. Stansfield, of Todmorden, 
 in the year 1859. It is quite constant, and when the fronds 
 are in perfection it is the most beautiful of all the varieties 
 of this protean species. 
 
 The fronds are densely undulated, in the manner of Scolo- 
 pendrium vulgare, var. crispum; the undulations, however, in 
 the variety Stansfieldii are lobed and profoundly laciniated, 
 the projections being long-pointed and variously crisped and 
 twisted, giving the whole frond the singular appearance of a 
 fringed frill, if it is allowable to use this pleonastic phrase. 
 
 The stipes is from two to three inches in length, and the 
 fully-grown fronds twelve inches or more long, and about 
 two inches broad. 
 
 My thanks are due to Messrs. Stansfield, of the Vale Gardens, 
 Todmorden, for the frond illustrated. 
 
Portion of fertile Frond, under side. 
 
 SCOLOPENDRIUM YULGARE, 
 Var. Marginato-irregulaee. 
 
 Clapham. 
 
 PLATE XXXIX. B 
 
 Scalopendrium — Hart's-tongue. Vulgare — Common. 
 
 Marginato-irregulare — Irregular-margined. 
 
 An interesting and desirable variety of our English Scolopen- 
 drium vulgare, raised by Mr. Clapham, of Scarborough, a 
 gentleman well known for the many remarkable varieties he 
 has added to our British Ferns. 
 
 The present species is most variable, the fronds being irreg- 
 ularly margined, and their apices multifid. 
 
 So variable is the form of the fronds of this Fern, that no 
 two are alike. 
 
 Length of frond nine to twehe inches. 
 
 For the fronds illustrated I am indebted to Mr. Clapham, of 
 Scarborough. 
 
97 
 
 ASPLENIUM FILIX-F(EMINA, Var. Acrocladon. 
 Clapham, MS. 
 
 PLATE XL. 
 
 Asplenium — Spleenwort. Filix-foemina — Lady Fern. 
 
 Acrocladon — From tlie Greek, branching at the extremity. 
 
 An extremely handsome variety of the Lady Tern, raised by 
 Mr Clapham, of Scarborough. 
 
 In habit and general appearance this variety partakes more 
 of the character of the variety " corymbiferum," found in the 
 Channel Islands, than of any other; the multifid apices 
 are, however, much more finely cut and divided. 
 
 Length of frond twelve inches. Colour pale green. 
 
 The frond illustrated was kindly sent by Mr. Clapham, of 
 Scarborough. 
 
Apex of Frond. 
 
 ASPIDIUM OREOPTERIS, Var. Nowellianum. 
 
 Lowe. 
 
 Lastrea monfana, var. Nowelliana, 
 
 MOOEE. 
 
 Aspidium — The Shield Fern. Oreopteris~-M.o\mtam Fern. 
 
 Nowellianum— IS a.medi after Mr. Nowell, one of the discoverers. 
 
100 aspidium oreoptebis, var. nowellianxtm. 
 In the Section Lastrea of Authors. 
 
 The Lastrea montana is one of the least variable of the 
 British Ferns, and this variety is by far the most extraordinary 
 hitherto discovered. It was found by Mr. J. Nowell, and Mr. 
 A. Stansfield, of Todmorden, near Lake Gyrionedd, in North 
 Wales, September 12th., 1860, and has been tested in the 
 fernery at the Vale Nurseries, Todmorden, and proves perfectly 
 constant. 
 
 The fronds are pinnate, the pinnae linear, very narrow, and 
 terminating- much more abruptly than in the normal species. 
 The rachis or midrib of the frond frequently terminates in a 
 horn-like projection near the apex of the frond. 
 
 The pinnules are very short, generally only about one third 
 of the length of those in the ordinary formj they are deeply 
 cut and serrated, and in this respect the variety Noioelliana 
 differs entirely from the normal type, and indeed has quite 
 as much the appearance of an Ailiyriiim as a Lastrea. 
 
 The sori bold and conspicuous. 
 
 Tlie fronds are from twelve to twenty-four inches in length. 
 
 For a description of this Fern the reader is referred to 
 Aspidium oreopteris of Swartz, section Lastrea, page 53, vol. 
 vi, of my "Natural History of British and Exotic Ferns." 
 
 My thanks are due to Messrs. Stansfield, of Todmorden, for 
 the frond illustrated. 
 

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 ftSPIDiUM DELTOIDEUM. 
 XLI 
 
Pinna of mature Frond, under side. 
 
 ASPIDIUM DELTOIDEUM. 
 
 SWAHTZ. 
 
 PLATE XI.I. 
 
 Lastrea deltoidea, Mooee. 
 
 Aspidium— Shield Fern. Beltoideum—DdtoiAiA. 
 
 In the Section Lastrea of Authors. 
 
 A SINGULAR-LOOKING Fern, as yet rare in cultivation. 
 
 An evergreen stove species. 
 
 i^ative of the West Indies, and imported from Jamaica. 
 
 The fronds, which are stiiF, are erect, smooth, thickish- 
 textured, and pinnate; the pinate on the lower half of the 
 frond are very small and deltoidal, descending, and making 
 the lower half of the frond remarkably narrow; the pinnae 
 on the upper half of the frond very large in proportion to 
 those below, ascending, profoundly -pinnatifid, and narrowing 
 to the apex. Pinnee at the base, and also upper portion of 
 the frond, rounded at the apex, the large pinnaj pointed. 
 The largest pinnae four inches in length, below where deltoid 
 only half an inch. Stem very hirsute; base scaly. 
 
 Rhizoma very slow creeping, (decumbent,) and stout. 
 
 Veins forked. 
 
102 ASPIDIUM DELTOIDEUM. 
 
 Length of frond from nine to twelve inches. Colour deep 
 green. 
 
 For the frond illustrated my thanks are due to Mr. R. 
 Sim, Nurseryman, Foot's Cray, Kent. 
 
XIPHOPTERiS SERRULftT/l. 
 
 (QiaiTimit.s. 
 
 XLII 
 
 M.OHRU THURlFRACt, 
 
 Vo-T. AchiUise folia. 
 
103 
 
 XIPHOPTERIS SERRULATA (GRAMMITIS.) 
 
 Kaulfuss. 
 
 PLATE XLII. — A. 
 
 Acrostichum serrulatum, Swaetz. 
 
 Orammitis serrulata, Hookee. 
 
 Xiphopteris — From the Greek, Sword Fern. Serrulata — Saw-edged. 
 
 A MOST singular little Fernj rare in cultivation. 
 
 An evergreen stove species. 
 
 Native of the West Indies, and imported from Jamaica. 
 
 The barren and fertile fronds different, the latter longer, 
 and the apices, which alone are fertile, a little flattened out 
 in breadth; the soriferous part of the fertile frond minute. 
 
 Rhizoma tufted, spreading by its filiform stolons, by which 
 means it is increased. 
 
 Length of sterile frond one inch and a half; of fertile 
 frond three inches; width one sixteenth of an inch. 
 
 For fronds my thanks are due to Mr. R. Sim, of Foot's Cray, 
 Kent. 
 
Pinna of mature Frond. 
 
 MOHRIA THUEIFRAGA, Var. AcHiLLiiEFOLiA. 
 
 Moore. 
 
 PLATE XLII. — B. 
 
 Mohria — Named after Mohr, a German botanist. 
 Thurifraga — Prankinoense. Achillicefolia — Aohillia-leaved. 
 
 A MOST beautiful variety of the Mohria thurifraga, (figured 
 on Plate LXX, vol. viii, of my "Natural History of British, 
 and Exotic Ferns") having the barren fronds from four to 
 six inches in length, and the fertile fronds from six to nine 
 inches, the barren being two inches, and the fertile from two 
 inches and a half to three inches wide. The lower parts of 
 the fertile fronds (which are erect) are like the barren ones, 
 the upper part alone being fertile, and much like the fertile 
 frond of the normal form Mohria thurifraga. 
 
 Rhizoma slow creeping. 
 
 One of the greatest proofs that this charming Fern is only 
 a variety of M. thurifraga, is that spores carefully saved and 
 sown have only produced the ordinary form of M. thurifraga. 
 
 For a plant my thanks are due to Mr. Henderson, of 
 Wentworth ; and for the fronds illustrated, to Mr. R. Sim, of 
 Foot's Cray. 
 
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 XLIII 
 
Pinna of fertile Frond, under side. 
 
 ASPIDIUM CARYOTIDEUM. 
 
 Wallich. 
 
 }'LATB XLIII. 
 Cyrtomium caryotideum, Mooeb. 
 
 Aspidium — Shield Fern. Caryotideum — ? 
 
 In the Section Cyrtomium op Authors. 
 
 A handsome rare Fern, said to be as large as Cyrtomium 
 falcatum. 
 
 An evergreen stove species. 
 
 Native of the East Indies. 
 
 Raised from spores by Mr. Nilson Saunders, of Reigate, 
 Treasurer of the Royal Horticultural Society. 
 
 Fronds pinnate; two ascending pinnae, and a wider ultimate 
 one. Habit similar to that of Cyrtomium falcatum. 
 
 Rhizoma erect and brown-scaled. 
 
 Length of frond twenty-four inches; length of pinnae from 
 four to six inches. 
 
 The fronds for illustration were forwarded by Mr. R. Sim, 
 Nurseryman, Foot's Cray, Kent. 
 
rSPLENIUM FOLIOLOSUM 
 XLIV 
 
Pinna of mature Frond. 
 
 ASPLENIUM FOLIOLOSUM. 
 
 Wallich. 
 
 PLATE XLIV. 
 
 Athyrium fuliolosum, 
 Asplenium macrocarpum, 
 
 " decipiens, 
 
 Aspidium foliolosum, 
 " duhium, 
 
 " fimhriatum, 
 " squarrosum, 
 
 " lanceum, 
 
 Polystichum fimhriatum, 
 Lastrea macrocarpa. 
 
 MOOEE. 
 
 Bltjmb. Hookbe. J. Smith. 
 (Not of Desvattx, Fee, or Telpaie.; 
 Mettenius. 
 Wallich. 
 Wallich. 
 Wallich. 
 Wallich. 
 
 KUNZE. 
 
 Peesl. 
 
 MoOEE. 
 
 Asplenium — Spleenwort. 
 
 Foliolosum — Leafy. 
 
 A DISTINCT, rare species. 
 An evergreen stove Fern. 
 Native of the East Indies, Java, and Ceylon. 
 Raised at Foot's Cray, from East Indian spores. 
 Fronds bipinnate, subcoriaceous, and glabrous, with ovate- 
 lanceolate, lax -habited, almost pendant fronds, which are stout 
 
108 ASI'LENIUM FOLlOLOSUM. 
 
 in texture, shining, and smooth. Stipes longish. Pinnnles 
 sessile; apex obtusely crenate. 
 
 Rhizoma stout, erect, and clothed with dark brown scales. 
 
 Length of frond from twelve to eighteen inches; width about 
 six inches. Length of pinnae about three inches. 
 
 Sori serial and large. 
 
 For fronds I am indebted to Mr. R. Sim, of Foot's Cray, 
 Kent. 
 
C Y M N C R fi M M A R U T £ F L 1 A, 
 
 ASPIDIUM AN CU LA RE, 
 Var. Tninoatutn, 
 
 XLV 
 
Mature Frond, under side. 
 
 GYMNOGRAMMA RUT^EFOLIA. 
 Desvaux. Hooker and Greville. Moore. 
 
 PLATE XLV. A. 
 
 Oymnogramme rutcefolia, 
 Grammitis nitcefolia, 
 
 3. Smith. 
 E. Brown. 
 
 Gymnogramma — Naked writing, in allusion to the sori. 
 RiUcefolia — Eue-leaved. 
 
 A CURIOUS dwarf Fern, having somewhat the appearance 
 of our British Asplenium ruta-muraria. 
 
 An evergreen greenhouse species. 
 
 Native of Australia. 
 
 Raised from spores both by Mr. Joseph Henderson, of 
 Wentworth, and Mr. Young, of Taunton. 
 
 The fronds are simple, hirsute, and pinnate, having flabellato- 
 cuneate pinnae, lobed and cuneated. 
 
 Ijength of frond from two to three inches. 
 
 Sori in several lines, sometimes forked on either side of the 
 small pinnae. 
 
 For a plant and fronds my thanks arc due to Mr. Joseph 
 Henderson, of Wentworth, Yorkshire. 
 
110 
 
 ASPIDIUM ANGULARE, Var. Truncatum. 
 Lowe. 
 
 PLATE XLV. — B. 
 
 Polystichum angulare, var. truncatum, Mooee. 
 
 Aspidium — Shield Fern. Angulare — Angular. Truncatum — Truncate. 
 
 In the Section Polystichum of Authors. 
 
 This remarkable variety of a handsoine British species was 
 originally found in Ireland, but has since been raised from 
 spores in various ferneries. Its distinguishing features are the 
 truncated form of the fronds and pinnte. 
 
 The frond terminates abruptly. The pinnae are short, with 
 from three to four pairs of pinnules, terminating with a fan- 
 shaped pinnule, the remainder of the pinnules being palmately 
 lobed and deeply toothed. 
 
 Veins ramose; venules simple or furcate. 
 
 Sori sub-medial, almost marginal. 
 
 Length of frond from nine to eighteen inches, breadth from 
 two to three inches. Colour deep green above, much paler 
 beneath. Stipes very scaly. 
 
 The coriaceous texture of the fronds, and their abrupt ter- 
 mination, as well as those of the pinns and the palmately 
 lobed pinnules, render this highly interesting Fern very distinct. 
 
 For fronds my thanks are due to Mr. Stansiield, of Todmorden. 
 
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Portion of mature Frond, under side. 
 
 POLTPODIUM FLEXILE. 
 
 Moore. Henfret. 
 
 PLATE XLVI.- 
 
 Polypodium alpestre, var. flexile, 
 Pseudathyrium flexile, 
 Phegopteris flexilis. 
 
 LiNDLET AND MoOEB. 
 
 Newman. 
 J. Smith. 
 
 Polypodium — Polypody. 
 
 Flexile — Bending. 
 
 A VERY pretty and distinct hardy British Fern, more slen- 
 der and flaccid than Polypodium alpestre, narrower fronded, 
 the pinnae being shorter, and the pinnules much less numerous. 
 
 Pinnae brief, spreading, deflexed, having six to eight pairs 
 of pinnules. Pinnules oblong and narrowing below; distantly 
 toothed. 
 
 Stipes very brief. 
 
 Sori chiefly at the base of the frond, six or eight on a 
 pinnule. Apex barren. 
 
 Length of frond from six to sixteen inches. 
 
 Found in Glen Prosen, Clova Mountains, by Mr. Backhouse. 
 
 For fronds my thanks are due to Mr. Stansfield, of the Vale 
 Gardens, Todmorden. 
 
11;. 
 
 POLYPODIUM FLEXILE, Var. Laciniatum. 
 Stansfield, MS. 
 
 PLATE XI.VI. B. 
 
 Polypodium — Polypody. Flexile — Bending. Laciniatum — Folded. 
 
 This very pretty variety of Polypodium flexile, is quite dis- 
 tinct. 
 
 It "was raised from spores in 1858, in the fernery of Messrs. 
 Stansfield, Todmorden, near Manchester. 
 
 It is easily distinguished from Polypodium flexile, by its 
 densely set and laciniated pinnse. 
 
 The pinnse are recurved towards the base of the stipes, brief, 
 and rounded at the end; the pinnules decurrent, variously 
 toothed or laciniated, and densely set. 
 
 Veins branched; venules simply furcate. 
 
 Sori medial and covered with an indusium, as in the 
 Athyrium family; indeed this and the normal form seem to be 
 as closely connected with Athyrium as with Polypodium. 
 
 Length of frond from four to nine inches, and about an 
 inch broad. 
 
 For fronds my thanks are due to Messrs. Stansfield, of 
 Todmorden. 
 
OVSTOPTE^ilS FRJCIUS, 
 
 Var. Furcaiii. 
 
 SCOLOPENDRlllM VULGAR £, 
 
 Var. E-enitbriiiO. 
 
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113 
 
 CYSTOPTERIS FRAGILIS, Var. Furcans. 
 
 MOOEE. 
 
 PLATE XL VII. — A. 
 Cystopteris — Bladder-Fern. Fragilis — Frail. Furcans — Forked. 
 
 This charming, distinct, and constant Fern was found on 
 Ben Lawers, in 1858, by Mr. James Horsfall, of Todmorden. 
 It is distinguished from the normal form by the furcations of 
 the fronds and pinnse. 
 
 The fronds are once or twice forked at their apices. 
 
 The pinnae, which are pinnatifld, are forked at their apices, 
 the pinnules are obtusely-ovate, toothed, and sometimes furcate. 
 
 The venation and sori as in Cystopteris fragilis. 
 
 Fronds from four to nine inches in length, and from one to 
 two inches broad. 
 
 For the illustration my obligations arc due to Mr. Stansfield, 
 of Todmorden. 
 
114 
 
 SCOLOrENDRIUM VDLGAEE, Var. Reniforme. 
 
 MOOEE. 
 
 PLATE XLVII. B. 
 
 Scolopendrium — Hart's-tongue. Vulgare — Common. Seniforme — 
 Kidney-shaped. 
 
 The Scolopendrium reniforme is one of the curious and highly 
 capricious forms of the variety variahile of Moore. 
 
 It was gathered in Devonshire, in 1850, by Mr. D. Hillman, 
 and has also been found at Oldstead, by Mr. C. Monkman, and 
 in the Channel Islands, by Mr. James, of Vauvert. 
 
 The fronds are abrupt, and often truly kidney-shaped. Other 
 forms of fronds are occasionally produced variously lobed, and 
 others again approaching the normal form. 
 
 The veins radiating from the top of the stipes, twice furcate, 
 and free. 
 
 Sori normal. 
 
 Length of frond from one to four inches, breadth from one 
 to two inches. 
 
 For plants my thanks are due to Mr. James, of Vauvert, 
 and for fronds to Mr. Stansfield, of Todmorden. 
 

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 ■"ar. Interruptum. 
 
 ASPIDIU M Fl L IX-MJ! 
 
 Var. WiUiaonii. 
 
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 ASPLENIUM MARINUM, Var. Interruptum. 
 
 MONKMAN, MS. 
 
 PLATE XLVIH. — A. 
 Asplenium — Spleeiiwort. Marinum — Sea. Inierr upturn — Interrupted. 
 
 This plant was found along with the variety trapeziforme, 
 (of which it is a sport,) some five or six miles north of 
 Scarborough, on the high moorland cliff of that very wild part 
 of the Yorkshire coast. 
 
 Like Asplenium marinum, var. trapeziforme, the variety 
 interruptum has a somewhat more dwarf habit than that of the 
 normal form of the species. It is thick and leathery in texture, 
 whilst in general outline it is exactly analogous to Oystopteris 
 interrupta. 
 
 Length of frond nine or ten inches; breadth in the normal 
 parts one inch and a half to one inch and three quarters. 
 
 The pinnse are very irregular in form, some being much 
 depauperate, occasionally a mere midrib, and frequently wanting. 
 
 Every frond vaiies, usually about half the pinna is of the 
 type of the variety trapeziforme. 
 
 The venation resembles that in the normal form, except in 
 being confused in the depauperate portions, as is always the 
 case. Fertile. 
 
 For fronds my thanks are due to Mr. C. Monkman, of Malton, 
 Yorkshire. 
 
116 
 
 ASPIDIUM FILIX-MAS, Vae. Willisokii. 
 Lowe. 
 
 PLATE XLVIII. — B. 
 
 Lastrea filix-mas, var. Willisonii, Staksfieid, MS. 
 
 Aspidinm — Shield-Fern. Fih'x-mas — Male Fern. Willisonii — ISTamed 
 
 after Mr. Willison, the discoverer. 
 
 In the Section Lastrea of Authors. 
 
 This singular variety of the British Male Fern was discovered, 
 in 1859, near Whitby, Yorkshire, by Mr. Willison. 
 
 The fronds are narrow and attenuated, the pinnas are also 
 narrow and prolonged. Pinnules short, somewhat eroded, and 
 decurrent. 
 
 Length of frond from twelve to twenty-four inches. 
 
 My thanks are due to J\L-. C. Monkman, of Malton, for a 
 frond of this variety. 
 
P T E R 1 S A Q U I L 1 
 
 Vfir. Edculcnta. 
 
 XLIX 
 
Ill 
 
 PTERIS AQUILINA, Var. Escdlenta. 
 
 Hooker. 
 
 
 PLATE XLIX. 
 
 Pterig esculenta, 
 
 FOESTBE. SwABTZ. LaBILLAEDIEEB, 
 
 t( li 
 
 ScHKtTHE. WiLLDENOW. BkOWN. 
 
 (( It 
 
 Blumb. Endltchee. Aqaedh. 
 
 " semihastata. 
 
 Wallich. Agaedh. 
 
 " densa. 
 
 Wallich. 
 
 " araclinoides, 
 
 Kaulfuss. Kunzb. Agaedh. 
 
 " lorigera. 
 
 Wallich. 
 
 Pteris — Brake. 
 
 Aquilina — Eagle-like. 
 
 Esculenta — Eatable. 
 
 A PEETTY, narrow, slender variety of the Common Brakes, 
 more especially abundant in the southern hemisiDhere. 
 
 Native of Australia, Ne^' Zealand, Society Islands, Tasmania, 
 Norfolk Island, Feejee Islands, Tropical America, Jamaica, Peru, 
 Venezuela, Guiana, Galipagos, Brazil, India, Borneo, and the 
 Indian Archipelago. 
 
 In this variety the fronds are usually glabrous, the pinnules 
 distant, narrow-linear, the superior pinnules mostly decurrent 
 and confluent, the portion that is decurrent forming a shallow 
 rounded auricle. 
 
 Length from twelve to twenty-four inches. 
 
 For fronds my thanks are due to i\Ir. J. Smith, Curator of 
 the Royal Gardens, Kew, and to Mr. G. Norman, of Hull. 
 
SCOLOPENDRIUM VULGflRE, 
 
 Var. Raniosum-rQajus, 
 
119 
 
 SCOLOPENDRIUM VULGARE, Var. Ramosdm-majds. 
 
 Moore. 
 
 PLATE I.. 
 
 Soolopendrmm — Hart's-tongue. Vulgare — Common. 
 
 Ramosum-majus — Large-branched. 
 
 A HANDSOME vigorous-growing variety, ramose in habit, two 
 or tliree united by their stipes into one compound or ramose 
 frond. Stipites thick. A constant permanent variety. The 
 frond usually undulate or subundulate, and the margin slightly 
 crenate. 
 
 Sori long and narrow. 
 
 Length of frond twelve or more inches, breadth one to two 
 inches. 
 
 Raised from spores in the Fernery of Mr. Clapham, of 
 Scarborough. 
 
 For fronds I am indebted to Mr. Clapham, of Scarborough; 
 Mr. Monkman, of Malton; and Messrs. Stansfield, of Todmorden. 
 
S C L P E N D R I U M V U L C A R E, 
 
 Var. Subliiieato-sbnatum. 
 
 3. VULCARE, 
 
 Sagittate -CI i^tatum. 
 
121 
 
 SCOLOPENDRIUM VULGAEE, 
 Vau. Sublineato-striatum. 
 
 PLATE LI. 
 
 Scolopendrium — Hart's-tongue. Vulgare — Common. 
 
 Suhlineato- striatum — Almost linear-striated. 
 
 A VERY interesting variety, much cut, and very irregular on 
 the margin. 
 
 The fronds are crenately lacerated on the edges, and mar- 
 gined with a line along the under surface of the frond. 
 
 This Fern differs from the other submarginate varieties in 
 having raised lines and striae across the upper surface of the 
 frond. 
 
 Sori bold, near the mai'gin, with small detached portions 
 almost marginal. 
 
 Length about twelve inches, breadth from one to two inches. 
 
 Veins darker, giving the frond a striped appearance. Apex 
 of frond pointed. 
 
 It was gathered in Devonshire by Mr. Hillman, a well-known 
 collector of Ferns. 
 
 For fronds my thanks are dae to Messrs. Stansfield, Vale 
 Gardens, Todmorden. 
 
12;^ 
 
 SCOLOPENDRIUM VULGARE, 
 
 Var. Sagittato-cristatdm. 
 
 PLATE LI. — B. 
 
 Scolopendrium — Hart's-tongue. Vulgare — Common. 
 
 Saffittato-cristatum — Arrow-shaped and cristate. 
 
 A HANDSOME Variety, arrow-shaped at the base. 
 
 The fronds are slightly undulated or wavy, and dichotomously 
 divided, the apices multifid, broad, and somewhat cristate and 
 striate. Basal lobes sagittate. Somewhat inconstant. 
 
 It was found by Mr. A. Clapham, near Scarborough. 
 
 A much finer and quite constant form has since been found in 
 Devonshire, in 1859, by Mr. Hillman. In this variety the lobes 
 are truly sagittate, and sometimes cristate, and the fronds are 
 terminated by a corymbose tassel, frequently nine inches across. 
 
 Mr. Clapham's form is about twelve inches in length, and 
 three inches in breadth at the apex. 
 
 My thanks are due to Mr. Stansfleld, of Todmorden, for 
 fronds. 
 
SCOLOPENORIUM VULCtRE, 
 
 ""af. Suprftporiferum.. 
 
 Lll 
 
 S, VllLCftRE, 
 
 Var. Contractuna. 
 
SCOLOPENDRIUM VULGARE, Var. Contractum. 
 
 PLATE LII. A. 
 
 Scohpendrium — Hart's-tongue. Vulgare — Common. 
 
 Contractum — Contracted. 
 
 In this singular Fern the fronds are multifidly tufted at their 
 apices. Below the apex the frond is contracted to one half the 
 usual breadth, or even less. 
 
 Sori in the crenatures, slightly above, as well as on the under 
 surface of the frond. 
 
 Length from nine to twelve inches, breadth two inches. 
 
 Found in the Island of Guernsey by Mr. Jackson, and at 
 Nettlecombe by Mr. Elworthy. 
 
 My thanks are due to Mr. Stansfield, of Todmorden, for 
 fronds. 
 
 SCOLOPENDRIUM VULGARE, Var. SuPRASoaiFERUM. 
 
 PLATE LII. B. 
 
 Scolopendrium — Hart's-tongue. Vulgare— Common. 
 
 Suprasoriferum — Soriferous above. 
 
 A FORM of the variety crenato-lohatum of Moore. Crenately 
 lobed on the margin, bearing sori on the upper as well as on 
 the under surface of the frond; below the sori bold. 
 
 Crenately lobed. Fronds broad. 
 
 Length twelve or more inches, breadth from one to two 
 inches. 
 
 Forms of this Fern have been found in many places in 
 Great Britain. 
 
 My thanks are due to Mr. Stansfield, of Todmorden, for 
 fronds. 
 
'.y::^ 
 
 Apex of Frond. 
 
 SCOLOPENDRIUM VULGARE, 
 
 Var. Crenato-multifidum. 
 
 Scolopendrium — Hart's-tongue. I'ulgare — Common. 
 
 Crenato-multifidum— CxejisXe multifid. 
 
 A HANDSOME form of tlie Hart's-tongue Fern, gathered by- 
 several persons in various limestone districts. 
 
 Crenate on the margins, with a marginal line on the under 
 surface, and multifidly furcate at the apex. Narrow, and apices 
 pointed. Very scaly, especially near the midrib. 
 
 Length from twelve to twenty-four inches, and from one 
 inch to one inch and a quarter broad. 
 
 To Mr. Stansfield, of Todmorden, my thanks are due for 
 fronds. 
 
\SPICIUM DiLftTATUM, 
 
 Var L<-i_>ijl>,!i:.a".. 
 
 Llll 
 
125 
 
 ASPIDIUM DILATATUM, Vae. Lepidotum. 
 
 PLATE LIII. 
 
 Lastrea dilatata, var. lepidota, Mookb. 
 
 Aspidium — Shield Fern. Dilatatwm — Spread out, Lepidotum — Scaly. 
 
 In the Section Lastrea of Authors. 
 
 A VERY remarkable variety of the Broad Prickly-toothed 
 Buckler Fern. 
 
 It was found in Yorkshire six or seven years ago, and 
 procured from Mr. Stark, of Edinburgh. 
 
 The fronds are very broadly ovate in form, quadripinnate, 
 the ultimate pinnules being pinnatifid, toothed, and small in 
 size. 
 
 Stipes and rachis densely scaly. 
 
 So different is this Fern, that Mr. Moore gave it the MS. 
 name of Lastrea lepidota, believing it to be a distinct species. 
 
 Length of frond eighteen inches. 
 
 It is a more divided Fern than any other British Aspidium. 
 
 My thanks are due to Mr. Edwin Cooling, of Derby, for the 
 frond from which the illustration is taken. 
 
ftSPIDlU M F 1L1X-M AS, 
 
 Vav AcTocladon. 
 
 LIV 
 
127 
 
 ASPIDIUM FILIX-MAS, Vab. Aceocladon. 
 
 PLATE LIV. 
 
 Lastrea fllix-mas, var. acrocladon, Clapham, MS. 
 
 Aspidium — SHeld Fern. Flix-mas — Male Fern. 
 
 Acrocladon — Branched ends. 
 
 In the Section Lastrea or Authors. 
 
 A VERY beautiful variety of the male Fern, raised from 
 spores by Mr. Clapham, of Scarborough. The fronds are 
 elegant in shape, the pinnules deeply incised, and the apices 
 of the pinnae multifid, being most so at the base of the frond, 
 and scarcely so at the upper portion, near the apex. 
 
 Length of frond two feet. 
 
 My thanks are due to Mr. Clapham, of Scarborough, for the 
 frond figured. 
 
.^ 
 
 h'h'^Tt 
 
 >X- 
 
 ftSPIOIUM FILIX-MAS, 
 
 Var. Cristatnm-angustatrLm. 
 
 LV 
 
 ASPaENlUM FILIX-FIM I Ni, 
 
 Var, Lacmialuixi, 
 
129 
 
 ASPIDIUM FILIX-MAS, Vau. Cristatum-angustatum. 
 
 PLATE LV. — A. 
 
 Lastrea fiUx-mas, var. cristata-angustata, Mooee. 
 
 Aspidium — Shield Fern. FiUx-mas — Male Fern. 
 
 Cristatum-angustatum — Narrow-crested. 
 
 In the Section Lastrea of Authors. 
 
 The present variety is exceedingly distinct from the beautiful 
 multifid variety, cristatum. The frond is remarkably narrow, 
 nearly linear, being only from an inch to an inch and a half 
 in width. The pinnse are crested, except the upper portion 
 of the frond, and the extreme point is tasseled. 
 
 The stem is covered with reddish brown scales. 
 
 Length of frond twelve to eighteen inches. 
 
 This variety was raised from spores by Mr. E,. Sim, of Toot's 
 Cray, and is quite constant. 
 
 My thanks are due to Mr. Cooling, Nurseryman, Mile Ash, 
 
 Derby, for the frond figured. 
 
130 
 
 ASPLENIUil FILIX-FCEMINA, Var. Laciniatum. 
 
 PLATE LV.- 
 
 Athyrium filix-fcemina, var, laciniata, MooBE. 
 
 ^ipZeniam— Spleenwort. Filix-faimina—Lnij Fern. 
 
 Lacin iatu m — Laciniated. 
 
 In the Section Athyrium of Authors. 
 
 This curious variety of our Lady Fern was found at 
 Nettlecombe by Mr. Elworthy. 
 
 For further information regarding the varieties of the Lady 
 Fern, see vol. v, pages 87 to 89, of Lowe's "Natural History 
 of Ferns," and pages 31, 33, 34, and 97 of the present 
 volume. 
 
 It is small in size, and irregular in form. The pinnae 
 are sometimes caudate, sometimes preemorse, and at others quite 
 short. The pinnules are also very variable in size and form; 
 they are decurrent, and very irregularly laciniated. 
 
 For fronds my thanks are due to Mr. Edwin Cooling, of 
 the Mile Ash Nursery, Derby. 
 
A S P I D 1 U M ft N C U U R E, 
 
 Var. Anstatiim. 
 
i:31 
 
 ASPIDIUM ANGULAEE, Var. Aristatum. 
 
 PLATE LVI. 
 
 Polystichum angulare, var. aristatum, MooEE. 
 
 Aspidium — Shield Fern. Angulare — Angled. Aristatum — Awned. 
 
 In the Section Polystichum of Authors. 
 
 The above Fern was found in Sussex by Mr. Wollaston, 
 and subsequently near Burnley, Lancashire, by Mr. Stansfield. 
 
 Its distinctive feature is in the bristly points of the serra- 
 tures being more developed than usual, and turning upwards. 
 The stipes is proliferous. 
 
 It is a pretty Fern. 
 
 For additional information on the varieties of angulare, see 
 vol. vi, pages 68 to 71, of Lowe's "Natural History of Ferns," 
 and pages 67 and 110 of the present volume. 
 
 My thanks are due to Mr. Stansfield, of Todmorden, for 
 the frond figured. 
 
P T E R I S U E L ft T 1, 
 LVII 
 
Pinna of barren Frond. 
 
 PTERIS AREOLATA. 
 
 Lowe. 
 
 PLATE LVII. 
 
 Litohrochia areolata, MooEE. 
 
 Pteris — Brake. Areolata — Name in reference to the areoles. 
 
 In the Section Litobrochia op Authors. 
 
 A NEW and rare species, introduced by Mr. R. Sim, of 
 Foot's Cray, having been raised from East Indian spores in 
 1858. It is considered by Mr. Moore to be an undescribed 
 species. 
 
 The fronds are nearly erect, and about eighteen inches in 
 length J pinnato-pinnatifid; sparingly proliferous on the rachis. 
 Stipes long, namely, nine inches. The crown slightly scaly, 
 the scales being greyish in colour. The basal pinnae are 
 bipartite. Pinnte opposite; the segments of the pinnas falcate, 
 bluntish, and somewhat distant. 
 
 Width of frond five inches; colour very bright green. 
 
134 PTERIS AREOLATA. 
 
 The fronds are remarkable for the large areoles along the 
 costa, and also along the costules. 
 
 Sori linear, continuous, and marginal. Fertile fronds more 
 contracted, and pretty. Veins reticulated. 
 
 For fronds I am indebted to Mr. R. Sim, of Foot's Cray, 
 Kent. 
 
I L E C H N U M L /E V I G ft T U I 
 LVIII 
 
Pinna of fertile Frond, 
 
 BLECHNUM L^EVIGATUM. 
 
 Cavanilles. Hooker. Swartz. Willdenow. Desvaux. 
 E. Brown. Moore. Sprengel. Kunze. 
 
 PLATE LVITI. 
 
 Lomaria scabra, 
 Orthogramma Icevigata, 
 Blechnum ambiguum, 
 Parahlechnum ambiguum, 
 Lomaria ambigua. 
 
 Kaulfuss. Pebsl. Fee. 
 
 Pebsl. 
 
 Kauifitss. Peesl. 
 
 Peesl. 
 
 Fee. 
 
 Blechnum — From Blecknon, the Greek name for a Fern. 
 LcBvigatum — Smooth. 
 
 A MOST interesting species from Port Jackson, New South 
 Wales. 
 
 Introduced into this country by Mr. E,. Sim, of Foot's Cray, 
 in 1859. 
 
 The fronds are oblong-ovate, truncate at the base, and pinnate j 
 the sterile fronds spreading, and the fertile ones erect; the 
 pinnae spreading, sub-opposite below, alternate above; sessile 
 and dentate-serrate. There are from fifteen to twenty-one 
 pinnse, the terminal one large. The sterile pinnae elliptical, 
 and obtusely acuminate, rosy in colour while young; the fertile 
 pinnse erect, much contracted, being linear and more distant; 
 
136 BLECHNUM L^VIGATUM. 
 
 also pinnate, their width varying from one eighth to a quarter 
 of an incli. 
 
 Veins simple^ or once or twice forked. 
 
 Sori broad and costal, with broad involucres. 
 
 Caudex stout, erect, and covered with large, shaggy, lanceolate, 
 pale ferruginous scales. 
 
 Stipes light brown, scaly at the base, and from six to twelve 
 inches in length. 
 
 Fronds from ten to eighteen inches in length. Length of 
 pinnae from two to two and a half inches, except the ultimate 
 pinna, which is twice this length. 
 
 The copious pellucid dots on the pinnse render this an 
 interesting object for the microscope. 
 
 For fronds my thanks are due to Mr. R. Sim, of Foot's 
 Cray Nursery, Kent. 
 
f 
 
 
 iSPIDIUM DENTICU.UTUM, 
 LIX 
 
Pinna, under side. 
 
 ASPIDIUM DENTICULATUM. 
 
 SwARTZ. (Not of Wallich.) 
 
 PLATE LIX. 
 
 Lastrea denticulata, Mooee. J. Smith. Peesl. 
 
 Polystichum denticulatum, J. Smith. 
 
 Aspidium — ^The Shield Fern. Denticulatum — ^Toothed. 
 
 In the Section Lastrea of Authors. 
 
 This very handsome, dwarf, Dacallia or Poli/siichum-looking 
 Fern is a native of Jamaica. 
 
 A stove species, introduced into this country by Mr. R. 
 Sim, of Foot's Cray, in the year 1859. 
 
 Fronds tripinnate, cuneate in form. Habit more spreading 
 than erect; crown erect, and freely covered with reddish or 
 brownish scales. 
 
 Length of frond from nine to twelve inches, of which the 
 stipes occupies one half. 
 
138 
 
 ASPIDIUM DENTICULATUM. 
 
 Pinnae sub-opposite below, alternate above; pinnules cuneate 
 at the base, and sharply dentate at their apices. 
 
 The pinnas and fronds narrowing to a point at their apices. 
 
 Colour bright green; glabrous. 
 
 Rachis and stipes greenish; rounded below and fluted above. 
 
 Veins branching. 
 
 For fronds my thanks are due to Mr. R. Sim, of Foot's 
 Cray Nursery. 
 
1 L E I G H E N I t F U R C ft T l\, 
 LX 
 
Frond reduced. 
 
 GLEICHENIA FURCATA. 
 
 SwARTz. J. Smith. 
 
 PLATE LX. 
 
 
 Oleicheiila pubescens, var. glabra. 
 
 HOOKEE. 
 
 Mertensia furcata, 
 
 SWAETZ. 
 
 Acrostichum furcatum, 
 
 LlNN^US, 
 
 Polypodium furcatum. 
 
 SwAETZ. 
 
 OleicJienia — Named in lionour of Baron P. F. Von Gleichen, a German 
 Botanist. Furcata — Forked. 
 
 In the Section Mertensia of Authors. 
 
140 GLEICHENIA ri'RCATA. 
 
 A VERY interesting, handsome, stove species from tlie West 
 Indies. Introduced by Mr. R. Sim, of Foot's Cray, and also 
 received at the Royal Gardens, Kew, at about the same time. 
 Mr. Smith announced this Fern as the Gleiclienia furcata of 
 Swartz; but Sir W. J. Hooker has figured it in his "Species 
 Filicum" as a glabrous variety of G. puhescens of Willdenow. 
 
 Tlie rhizomes of this species are nearly as robust as, and by 
 no means unlilce those of, G. jlabellata. 
 
 It is a large species, probably attaining the height of four 
 or five feet, and the abundant dichotomes are very leafy. 
 
 Stipes round; fronds repeatedly dichotomous leafy; pinnae 
 pinnatifid, ascending; lanceolate-acuminate in form; segments 
 horizontal and linear obtuse. Somewhat glabrous beneath. 
 
 For fronds my thanks are due to Mr. R. Sim, of Foot's 
 Cray Nursery, Kent. 
 
Frond reduced. 
 
 PTERIS. PEOLIFERA. 
 
 Lowe. 
 
 Pteris cretica, var. proUfera, 
 
 MooEB. 
 
14;3 rXERIS PROLIFERA. 
 
 Pteris — Brail c. Proltfera — Proliferous. 
 
 According to Mr. T. Moore, this is a variety of the Pteris 
 cretica, figured in vol. iii, Plate XLIII, of my "Natural 
 History of Ferns;" there are, however, characters about it so 
 markedly different from Pteris cretica, that I think it may at 
 all events be provisionally raised to the rank of a species; and 
 as I believe there is no Pteris prolifera, I have adopted Mr. 
 Moore's name in part. 
 
 A stove Fern from the East Indies. 
 
 Introduced by Mr. R. Sim, of Foot's Cray, in 1858. 
 
 Crown erect; scales few, small, close, and greyish. Stipes 
 glandular. 
 
 The seedling plants, and the tiny bulbils on the costse of 
 the pinnae, are streaked like those of Pteris aspericaulis, P. 
 tricolor, etc. 
 
 Length of barren frond six to nine inches, of fertile frond 
 nearly twelve inches. Colour pale green, red when young. 
 
 Fronds pinnate. Sori marginal. 
 
 For fronds my thanks are due to JNIr. R. Sim, of Foot's 
 Cray, Kent. 
 
ASPIDIUM TRIANGULUM, Var. Laxum. 
 
 Hooker. 
 
 Polystklium Iriangidum, var. laxum, 
 
 MooEE. J. Smith. 
 
1-l-i ASPIDIUM TRIANGULUJl, VAR. LAXUM. 
 
 Aspidium — Shield Fern. Triangulum — Triangular. 
 
 Var. laxum — Lax variety. 
 
 In the Section Polystichum of Authors. 
 
 An exceedingly handsome, stove, very scaly Fern, introduced 
 into this country in 1859, from spores, by Mr. E.. Sim, of 
 Foot's Cray, from .Jamaica. 
 
 The habit is pretty, and tufted. The fronds are narrow, 
 linear, with small, sharp-pointed, triangular, or sub trap eziform 
 pinnte, and having a few large, sj^iny, recurved segments at 
 the base. 
 
 It resembles Polystichum triangulum but has more divided 
 fronds. 
 
 Crown erect, stout, and fawny-scaled. 
 
 Sparingly proliferous. 
 
 Length of frond from fifteen to eighteen inches. Colour 
 rich green. Width in widest part an inch. 
 
 The normal form of this Fern is figured on Plate XXXI — 
 B, vol. vi, of my "Natural History of Ferns," under the 
 name of Aspidium mucronatum, Swartz. 
 
 For fronds my thanks are due to Mr. R. Sim, of Foot's 
 Cray, Kent. 
 

 ADIANTUM SULPHUREUM, 
 LXI 
 
145 
 
 ADIANTUM SULPHUREUM. 
 Kaulfuss. Hooeer. Kunze. 
 
 PLATE LXI. 
 Adiantum — Dry. Sulphureum — Sulphureous. 
 
 A LOVELY very rare Pern. 
 
 Native of Chili, Conception, and Peru. 
 
 The fronds, which are ovate in form, are tripinnate; the 
 pinnules, which are small, are obovate-reniform, petiolulate, 
 glabrous, membranaceous; deep green on the upper surface^ 
 and covered with a shining yellow pulverulent substance 
 underneath. 
 
 Sori copious, contiguous, situated in the notch, and somewhat 
 reniform in shape. 
 
 Stipes and rachis glabrous and ebeneous. 
 
 There are two varieties; in the one (var. minus) the pinnules 
 are small, and the sori reniform, the length of frond being 
 from four to five inches; in the other (var. majus) the pinnules 
 are larger, the sori oblong-reniform, and the length of frond 
 twelve inches. 
 
 I believe this species is not in any collection in a living 
 state in this country except in that of Mr. Backhouse, of York. 
 
 The frond illustrated was kindly sent by Mr. Backhouse. 
 
k 
 
 TRICHOMftNES SCA ND ENS, 
 
 T, RICIDUM, 
 Var. PTilchelhim. 
 
 LXII 
 
14T 
 
 TRICHOMANES SCANDENS. 
 
 LiNN^us. Hooker. Swartz. Willdenow. Sloane. 
 {Not of Hedwig or Plumier.) 
 
 PLATE LXII. A. 
 
 Trichomanes — From the Greek, soft hair. Scandens — Climbing. 
 
 A LOVELY delicate stove species, climbing very rapidly on 
 trees. 
 
 Native of Jamaica and Mexico. 
 
 The fronds are bipinnate, ovate-acuminate in form, and 
 curving; the pinnae, which are lanceolate, are bipinnatifid, the 
 iiltimate pinnae decurrent; segments oblong, margin ciliated; 
 involucres small, and quite buried in the brief lateral segments. 
 Obscurely two-lipped, the lips spreading. 
 
 Costa, rachis, and stipes covered with tawny hairs; caudex 
 long, brownish, creeping, and tomentose. 
 
 Length of frond from fifteen to eighteen inches. Colour 
 very pale green. 
 
 Cultivation. A humid airy atmosphere, with a temperature 
 of from 50° to 70°. 
 
 Found creeping on Tree Ferns and palms. 
 
 My thanks are due to Mr. Backhouse, of York, for the 
 frond illustrated. This well-known Nurseryman has a magnifi- 
 cent collection of Trichomanes and HymenopJiyllums , many of 
 them exceedingly handsome, and not to be found in any other 
 collection in this country. 
 
148 
 
 TRICHOMANES RIGIDUM, Var. Pulchellum. 
 
 SwARTz. Hooker. Hedwig. 
 WiLLDENOw. {Not of Klotzsch, Raddi, Or Wallich.) 
 
 PLATE IXII. — B. 
 
 Tiichomaves pyramidale, 
 " achiUaifolivm, 
 
 " Mandiuccanum, 
 
 " ohscurum. 
 
 Wallich. 
 
 WiLLBENOW. 
 
 Kaddi. 
 
 BiTJME. J. Smith. 
 
 Tricliomanes- — Prom the Greet, soft hair. 
 
 Eigidum — Eigid. 
 
 A FIXE tropical Fern, from Jamaica, Dominica, Martinique, 
 Brazil, Peru, Quito, Mauritius, Islands in the Pacific, Philippine 
 Islands, and Ceylon. 
 
 The fronds, which are broadly ovate, thick, and rigid, are 
 bipinnate; the pinnules lengthy lanceolate, cuneate; ultimate 
 segments varying in size, subacute, and either simple or bifid, 
 very narrow and rounded. 
 
 Involucres supra-axillary on the inner margin of the lower 
 segments, free, the mouth entire, and not two-lipped. 
 
 Eachis terete, wingless, or with a narrow wing. 
 
 Fronds nine to twelve inches in length; the stipes from four 
 to six inches, sometimes more, being half the length of the 
 whole frond. Colour dark green. 
 
 Sori numerous. 
 
 Fronds erect, on round wiry stalks. 
 
 Requires a very humid but airy atmosphere, with a tem- 
 perature varying between 55° and 80°- 
 
 There is a variety with broader and more crowded divisions. 
 The typical form has nearly flat and somewhat dense fronds. 
 
 My thanks are due to Messrs. J. Backhouse and Son, of 
 York, for the frond illustrated. 
 
TRICHO MANES P L U M A. 
 
 T, KAULFUSSII, 
 
 LXIII 
 
149 
 
 TRICHOMANES PLUMA. 
 Hooker. 
 
 PLATE LXIII. — A. 
 Trichomanes — From the Greek, soft hair. Pluma — A feather. 
 
 This exceedingly beautiful rare species was found near 
 Sarawak, in Borneo, by Mr. Thomas Lobb, the indefatigable 
 traveller of Messrs. Veitch, of the Exotic Nurseries, Exeter 
 and Chelsea. 
 
 The fronds, which are lanceolate, are tripinnate to quadri- 
 pinnate, the branches minutely reticulated, and beset with 
 brief rigid hairs. The segments are all hair-like, and stand 
 out on all sides, forming a thickened mass. The involucres 
 are very small, and the receptacle unusually long and thick. 
 
 Caudex creeping, thick, short, and setaceo-squamose. 
 
 Stalks wiry and erect; fronds rigid. 
 
 Length of frond from nine to fifteen inches. 
 
 Found growing amongst decayed logs and moss. 
 
 Requires an exceedingly humid atmosphere, and a temper- 
 ature ranging between 50° and 70°. 
 
 My thanks are due to Messrs. J. Backhouse and Son, 
 Nurserymen, York, for the frond illustrated. 
 
150 
 
 TRICHOMANES KAULFUSSII. 
 
 Hooker and Gretille. 
 
 PLATE LXIII. B. 
 
 Trichomanes lucens, Hookeb and Gbeville, (exol. syn.) 
 
 Trichomanes — From the Greek, soft hair. Zaulfassii — Named after 
 
 Kaulfuss, a celebrated cryptogamic botanist. 
 
 This handsome erect species is from Jamaica, St. Vincent, 
 British Guiana, Dominica, and St. Thomas. 
 
 It requires a very moist firm soil and a humid close 
 atmosphere, with a range in temperature from 65° to 85°. 
 
 The fronds are narrow, approximate, somewhat hairy, sub- 
 bipinnatifid, rachis broadly winged. Segments approximate, 
 horizontal, lanceolate, rigid, lobato-dentate ; lobes brief and 
 blunt. Pinnee mostly opposite. 
 
 Involucres abundant, cylindrical, cup-shaped, entirely sunk in 
 the segments, the mouth slightly spreading. Receptacles filiform 
 and much exserted. Stalks hairy; stipes winged; rhizoma 
 thick and very short. 
 
 Length of frond from nine to eighteen inches. Colour dull 
 green. 
 
 My thanks are ofiered to Messrs. Backhouse aud Son, of 
 York, for the frond illustrated. 
 
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 TRICHOMANES EXSECTUM. 
 KuNZE. Hooker. 
 
 PLATE LXIV. — A. 
 Trichomanes — From the Greek, soft hair. E.csectum — Cut out. 
 
 A MOST lovely creeping Fern, hanging pendent from the 
 roofs of damp caverns. 
 
 Native of Juau Fernandez and Southern Chili. 
 
 The fronds are extremely delicate and membranaceous, and 
 resemble thin, flat, much branched, green sea-weed; flaccid, 
 oblong -pinnate, the pinnse being bipinuatifid; segments narrow, 
 linear, smooth, and simple or bifid obtuse. Stalks slender and 
 vriry. 
 
 Involucres oblong, buried in the frond; mouth spreading, 
 almost two-lipped. 
 
 Rachis and stipes winged above, naked below. 
 
 Caudex creeping. 
 
 Length of frond from four to fourteen inches, width some- 
 times six inches; vivid green in colour. 
 
 Cultivation. A very humid rather close atmosphere, with a 
 temperature ranging from 40° to 65°. 
 
 To Messrs. Backhouse and Son, Nurserymen, York, I am 
 indebted for the frond illustrated. 
 
Portion of barren Frond. 
 
 TRICHOMANES ELEGAFS. 
 RuDGE. Hooker. 
 
 PLATE LXIV. — B. 
 
 Hymenostachys diversifrons, BoET. 
 
 Triohomanes — From tte Greet, soft hair. Elegans — Elegant. 
 
 A MOST distinct Fern, from Guiana, Gorgona, Panama, and 
 Pacific side of Central America. 
 
 This most elegant and singular species forms tufts of very 
 deep green, drooping, shining, sterile fronds; which are 
 pinnatifid, about four inches in length, with a stipes of two 
 or three inches, being much shorter than the fertile fronds. 
 The form is broadly lanceolate, segments almost horizontal, 
 crowded, lanceolate, subfalcate, the edge serrated. Frequently 
 caudate and proliferous at the apex. Width of frond an inch and 
 a quarter to an inch and a half. Tufted. Veins reticulated. 
 
 The fertile fronds, which are from six to twelve inches in 
 length, are very different to the sterile ones, being extremely 
 narrow and undivided; situated on erect stalks. Width not half 
 an inch, having forked transverse veins and closely-united invol- 
 ucres, forming the edge on each side, which is fringed with 
 the coarse hair -like, abundant, slender, lengthy, filiform recep- 
 tacles. Length of stipes about half that of the frond. 
 
 Colour deep green, and glistening. 
 
 Requires a very humid close atmosphere, with a range of 
 temperature from 65° to 80°. 
 
 My thanks are due to Messrs. Backhouse for fronds. 
 
TRICHO MANES J N C E P S, 
 LXV 
 
153 
 
 TRICHOMANES ANCEPS. 
 
 HooKEE. {Not of Wallich.) 
 
 PLATE LXV. 
 
 Trichomanes elegans, 
 " rigidum, 
 
 " achillecBfolium, 
 
 " mllosum? 
 
 ElCHAED. 
 
 Klotzsch. 
 
 J. Smith. (Not of Willdenow.) 
 
 Wallich. 
 
 Trichomanes — From the Greek, soft hair. 
 
 Anceps — Doubtful. 
 
 A MOST magnificent species. 
 
 A stove Fern. 
 
 Native of Brazil, Dominica, Guiana, Gorgona, Singapore, 
 East Indies, and Philippine Islands. 
 
 The fronds are pinnate, and broadly ovate in form; the 
 pinnae bi-tripinnatifid and distant; segments linear, simple, or 
 bifid. Pinnae remote, sometimes six inches in length. 
 
 Stipes from six to eight inches in length, erect and hairy, 
 and more or less winged. Rachis very broad. 
 
 Fronds from twelve to twenty-four inches in length; dark 
 green, almost black, opaque, dense, firm, and nearly smooth 
 and rigid. 
 
 Involucres supra-axillary and free, cylindrical in shape, 
 tapering below. Mouth entire, much spreading, and not two- 
 lipped. 
 
 Requires a very humid close atmosphere, with a temperature 
 ranging between 55° and 80°. 
 
 My thanks are due to Mr. J. Smith, of Kew, for fronds. 
 
TRICHOMftNES MTENUftniM, 
 LXVI 
 
155 
 
 TRICHOMANES ATTENUATUM. 
 Hooker. 
 
 PLATE LXVI. 
 Trichomanes — Prom tlie Greek, soft tair. Attenuatum — Attenuated. 
 
 An elegant Fern, growing on the trunks of trees. Very 
 distinct. 
 
 Native of Jamaica, Dominica, and St. Vincent. 
 
 Somewhat resembling Trichomanes alatum and T. Kaulfussii, 
 but smaller. 
 
 The fronds, which are erect, translucent, and tufted, are 
 ovate-lanceolate in shape, acuminate, and pinnatifid almost to 
 the rachis; segments spreading, linear-lanceolate, attenuated and 
 pinnatifid, membranaceous, flaccid, and shining. 
 
 Stipes densely hairy; rachis narrowly winged. 
 
 Involucres cuneate and cup-shaped, quite buried in the 
 segment of the frond; the mouth wide-spreading and two-lipped. 
 Receptacles much exserted. 
 
 Length of frond from four to six inches. Colour pale green. 
 
 Habit gracefully drooping. 
 
 Readily cultivated in a very moist close atmosphere, in a 
 temperature ranging between 55° and 80°. 
 
 My thanks are due to Mr. J. Smith, of the Eoyal Gardens, 
 Kew, and to Mr. James Backhouse, of York, for the fronds 
 for illustration. 
 
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 T, T R i C H 1 £ U I 
 LXVII 
 
 T, SPI CATII M. 
 
157 
 
 TRICHOMANES ANGUSTATUM. 
 Carmichael. Hooker and Greville. {Not of J. Smith.) 
 
 PLATE LXVII/ 
 
 Trichomanes fulvum, Klotzsch. 
 
 " tenerum, Sphengbl. 
 
 Trichomanes — From the Greek, soft hair. Angustatum — Narrow. 
 
 A VERY slender, delicate, creeping stove species. 
 
 Native of Tristran d' Acunha, Brazil, Esmeraldas, El Ecuador, 
 Picliincha, Peru, and Gonga Sakoo. 
 
 Caudex creeping, slender, and matted. Fronds pinnate, 
 lanceolate in form, very flaccid, and graceful; the pinnse 
 bipinnatifid; segments very narrow, smooth, simple or bifid. 
 
 Rachis and stipes slender, filiform, terete, naked, and hair -like. 
 
 Fronds from three to five inches in length. 
 
 Involucres urceolato-cylindrical, and sunk in the frond; the 
 mouth spreading and obscurely two-lipped. 
 
 Requires a very humid close atmosphere, with a temperature 
 ranging from 60° to 80°. 
 
 My thanks are due to Mr. J. Smith, of the Royal Gardens, 
 Kew, for fronds. 
 
158 
 
 TRICHOMANES TRICHOIDEUM. 
 
 SWARTZ. WiLLDENOW. HoOKER AND GrEYILLE. 
 
 PLATE LXVII. B. 
 
 Tricliomanes pyxidiferum, Schkuhe. 
 
 " tenellum, Hedwig. 
 
 Trichomanes — From tlie Greek, soft hair. Trichoideum — Sea-weed-liie. 
 
 A MOST lovely, delicate-looking, slender, minute, thread-like 
 Fern; resembling the finest hair -like sea-weed. 
 
 Native of Trinidad, Jamaica, Mexico, Vera Cruz, Xalapa, 
 and St. Domingo. 
 
 Caudex elongated and creeping. 
 
 Fronds broadly lanceolate, tripinnate ; segments linear-capillary, 
 bifid or forked, very fine, scarcely as broad as the filiform 
 rachis. 
 
 Stipes very slender, from one to two inches in length. 
 Filiform. 
 
 The fronds from three to six inches in length. Colour pale 
 green. 
 
 Involucres terminal, on brief lateral segments, stipitate, 
 iirceolato-cylindrical, and large for the size of the frond. The 
 mouth spreading and entire. 
 
 Requires a close, very humid atmosphere, with a temperature 
 ranging from 55° to 80°. 
 
 The specimen illustrated was from the Island of Trinidad, 
 very narrow and minute in all its parts, and only one inch in 
 length. I am indebted for it to Mr. J. Smith, of the Royal 
 Gardens, Kew. 
 
159 
 
 TRICHOMANES SPICATUM. 
 R. Hedwig. Hooker. 
 
 PLATE LXVII. — C. 
 
 Trichomanes elegans, Eudge, (in part.) Hookeb. 
 
 " spicisorum, Desvaux. 
 
 " osmundioides, BoET. 
 
 Feea polypodina, Bory. 
 
 Trichomanes — From the Greek, soft hair. Spicatum — Spiked. 
 
 A LOVELY Fern, resembling Trichomanes elegans, but smaller 
 in all its parts. 
 
 Native of Guiana, St. Vincent, Trinidad, Guadaloupe, and 
 Jamaica. 
 
 The sterile and fertile fronds dissimilar, the sterile ones shorter 
 than the fertile ones, pinnatifid, and broadly lanceolate in form; 
 segments almost horizontal, oblong in shape, the margin sinuato- 
 crenate; veins pinnate and free. Fertile frond linear, and a 
 spike; having distichous, free to the rachis, urceolate, stipitate 
 involucres. Fronds from three to six inches in length. 
 
 Climate required, airy and very humid, temperature from 55° 
 to 75°. 
 
 My thanks are due to Mr. Smith, Curator of the Royal 
 Gardens, Kew, for fronds. 
 
Fertile Fronds, natural size. 
 
 TRICHOMANES PYXIDIFERUM. 
 
 LlNN^US. SWARTZ. WlLLDENOW. HeDWIG. 
 
 Hooker and Greville. (Not of Hudson or Schkuhr.) 
 
 Trichomanes pedicellatum, 
 " lacerum, 
 
 " Brasiliense, 
 
 Desvatjx. 
 Destatjx. 
 Desvaux. 
 
 Trichomanes — From the Greek, soft hair. Pyxidiferum — ? 
 
 \ VAKiABLE creeping Fern, growing on the trunks of palms 
 
 and other trees. 
 
 Native of the West Indian Islands, Brazil, and Peru. 
 
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■^"••' TEICHOMANES PYXIDIFERUM. 
 
 The fronds oblong-ovate, bi-tripinnatifid, membranaceous, 
 shining, and almost transparent; segments linear, firm, flat, 
 smooth, and entire, the apices frequently emarginate. 
 
 Stipes winged. Length of frond from three to six inches. 
 
 Involucres solitary, subcylindrical, the base attenuated, axillary, 
 wholly buried in the segment; mouth broadly concave, scarcely 
 two-lipped; the receptacles filiform, of great length, and 
 considerably exserted. 
 
 Requires a rather close humid atmosphere, with a temperature 
 varying between 55° and 75°. 
 
 There are several varieties more divided than in the normal 
 form; in one the segments are crowded, and in another they 
 are broader. 
 
 My obligations are tendered to Mr. Smith, of Kew, for fronds. 
 
Mature fertile Fronda, natural size. 
 
 TRICHOMANES PUSILLUM. 
 
 SwARTz. Hedwig. Willdenow. Hooker. 
 
 Didymoglossum pusillum, Destaux. 
 
 Trichomanes — From tlie Greek, soft hair. Pusillum — Small. 
 
 The species is allied to Trichomanes muscoides, but is smaller 
 in size, being, in fact, a very minute Fern, creeping on the 
 stems of palms and otlier exotic plants. 
 
 Native of Jamaica and Trinidad. 
 
 The fronds, which are erect, are somewhat cuneate, narrowing 
 into a brief stipes; they are sub-bipinnatifido-lobate, costate, 
 and crowded together. 
 
 Caudex creeping and tomentose. 
 
 Veins dichotomous and subpinnated. Margins having stellated 
 hairs. 
 
 Involucres two-lipped, half buried in the lobe, cylindrical 
 and narrowing; exserted slightly. 
 
 Cultivation in a damp atmosphere, with a temperature ranging 
 between 55° and 75°. 
 
 My thanks are due to Mr. Sim, Curator of the Royal 
 Gardens, Kew, for plants. 
 
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 TRICHOMANES KEAUSII. 
 
 Hooker and Greville. 
 
 Trichomanes — Prom the Greek, soft liair. Krausii — Named 
 
 after Dr. Kraus. 
 
 A SMALL, elegant, creeping Fern, growing on the trunks of 
 trees. 
 
 Native of Guiana, Trinidad, Dominica, St. Vincent, Jamaica, 
 Guadaloupe, Porto Rico, and Berbice. 
 
 Fronds profoundly pinnatifid almost to the rachis, oblong 
 in form, segments linear-oblong, obtuse, sinuate, occasionally 
 again pinnatifid; stellato-pillose in the sinuses; sessile or 
 stipitate; somewhat wedge-shaped at the base. 
 
 Involucres subcylindrical, base attenuated, much sunk in the 
 frond, two-lipped, the lips being semiorbicular, exserted, of 
 large size, and usually tipped with red. 
 
 Caudex creeping and very tomentose. 
 
 Fronds from one to three inches in length. 
 
 Requires a humid airy atmosphere, ranging from 50° to 75° 
 of temperature. 
 
 My thanks are due to Mr. Smith for plants of this Fern. 
 
''Mi 
 
 Mature Fronds, natural size. 
 
 TRICMOMANES BOJERI. 
 
 Hooker and Greville. 
 
 Trichomanes undulatum, Wallich. 
 
 Tnchomanes — From the Greek, soft hair. Bojeri — After Bojer. 
 
 A VEKY small species, clothing the trunks of Tree Ferns and 
 palms. 
 
 Native of the Mauritius. 
 
 Fronds erect, simple, membranaceous, flabelliform, and lobed; 
 the lobes rounded, subcrenate, and soriferous; the margins 
 perfectly glabrous. 
 
 Veins flabellate and dichotomous. Stipes elongated. 
 
 Involucres subcylindrical, the base attenuated; entirely buried 
 in the frond, the mouth concave, spread out, scarcely two-lipped; 
 the receptacles considerably exserted. 
 
 Caudex creeping and tomentose. 
 
 Requires a very humid atmosphere, ranging in temperature 
 between 60° and 80 . 
 
 My thanks are due to Mr. J. Smith, of Kew, for fronds. 
 
HYWENOPHYLLU M CftUDICUlJTUM, 
 LXVlll 
 
167 
 
 HYMENOPHYLLUM CAUDICULATUM. 
 
 Martius. Hooker. 
 
 PLATE LXVIII. 
 
 Hymenoplipllum — Membrane-leaved. Caudiculatum — From the 
 
 long caudate apices of the primary divisions, and of the fronds themselves. 
 
 A VERY handsome, erect-growing, large species, found in 
 Chili and Brazil, on mossy trees, and among decaying vegetable 
 matter. 
 
 The fronds, which are erect, smooth, translucent, and shining, 
 are ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, and tripinnatifid; the primary 
 divisions lanceolate, and, as well as the apices of the fronds, 
 long-caudate J pinnae alternate; segments brief and entire. 
 
 Length of frond from nine to fifteen inches. Stipes slender 
 and broadly winged almost to the base. Colour of frond bright 
 green. 
 
 Involucres supra-axillary, large, orbicular, and free, two-valved 
 to the base, and entire. 
 
 Cultivated in an atmosphere rather close and very humid, 
 with a temperature ranging between 40° and 65°. 
 
 My thanks are due to Messrs. Backhouse, of York, for the 
 plant illustrated. 
 
J,-HYMENOPHYLLUM C H I L E N S E, 
 
 C-H, CILIATU M, 
 LXIX 
 
 B,-H, CRISPATUI 
 
169 
 
 IIYMENOPHYLLUM CHILOENSE. 
 Hooker. 
 
 PLATE LXIX. A. 
 
 Hymenophyllum — Membrane-leaved. Chiloense — ChiU. 
 
 A SMALLj pendent, densely-tufted species, carpeting trees 
 and rocks in woods of Southern Chili. 
 
 The fronds are broad at the base, lanceolate, sub-bipinnatifid ; 
 segments broadly linear-obtuse, smooth above. 
 
 Involucres axillary, free, ovate, and toothed; valves semi- 
 orbicular. 
 
 Stipes glabrous and not winged. 
 
 Colour of frond dull green. 
 
 Requires a very humid atmosphere, with a temperature 
 ranging between 40° and 65°. 
 
 My obligations are oifered to Messrs. Backhouse, of York, 
 for the plant illustrated. 
 
170 
 
 HYMENOPHTLLUM CRISPATUM. 
 
 Hooker and Greville. Wallich. 
 
 PLATE LXIX. — 13. 
 
 Symenophyllum sanguinolenium, J. Smith. {Not Swabtz.) 
 
 " fiahellatum, Bbown. (Not Labillaedieee.) 
 
 " atrovirens, Colenso. 
 
 Mymenopliyllum — Membrane-leaved. Crispatum — Curled. 
 
 This pretty species clothes the trunks of Tree Ferns, etc., 
 in Tasmania, and New Zealand. Also a native of Nepal, 
 Ceylon, and Luzon. 
 
 The fronds are broad, erect or curving, smooth, somewhat 
 dense, ovate, acuminate, and tripinnatifid ; the segments linear- 
 obtuse. The fronds crisped, on winged stalks. 
 
 Length of frond from five to seven inches; colour deep 
 green. 
 
 Involucres terminal, occasionally on lateral segments, ovate 
 in form, copious, sessile, free, entire, and two-valved to the 
 base; valves convex. 
 
 Ehizoma as in Hymenophyllum flabellatum, but less elongated. 
 
 There are several forms of this Fern: — 
 
 Var. minus. — Has contracted-oblong fronds, with small fruc- 
 tification. It is from Ceylon. Smaller fronds. 
 
 Var. majus. — Broader fronds and larger fructification. From 
 Luzon. 
 
 Var. Tasmanicum. — From Tasmania. Having shorter and 
 broader involucres. 
 
 Requires to be cxiltivated in a very humid, but airy atmosphere, 
 with a temperature ranging between 40'^ and 65°. 
 
 To Messrs. Backhouse, of York, my thanks are due for the 
 fronds illustrated. 
 
171 
 
 HYMENOPHYLLUM CILIATUM. 
 
 SwARTZ. Hedwig. Willdenow. Hooker. 
 
 (Not of SCHLECHTENDAL.) 
 
 PLATE LXIX. C. 
 
 Hymenophyllum — Membrane-leaved. Ciliatum — Hairy. 
 
 A STOVE Fern from the West Indies, Brazil, Surinam, and 
 Mexico. 
 
 The fronds, which are bi-tripinnatifid, are somewhat oblong- 
 ovate in form, the segments linear-obtuse, hairy throughout, 
 especially along the margin of the fronds, and on the costa. 
 
 Stipes mostly brief, but varying in length, winged, sometimes 
 almost to the base. 
 
 Fronds ranging from two to six inches in length. 
 
 Involucres broader than the segments, suborbicular, obliquely 
 cordate at the base. 
 
 Similar in habit to Hymenophyllum chiloense of Hooker, but 
 double the size. Fronds dense. 
 
 Requires a very humid atmosphere, ranging in temperature 
 from 50° to 75°. 
 
 I am indebted to Mr. J. Smith, Curator of the Royal Gardens, 
 Kew, for the plant illustrated. 
 
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 LXX 
 
173 
 
 HYMENOPHYLLUM DILATATUM. 
 
 SWARTZ. SCHKUIJR. WiLLDENOW. HoOKER AND GrEVILLE. 
 
 PLATE LXX. 
 Trichomanes dilatatum, Foestee. Blume. 
 
 Hymenophyllum — Membrane-leaved. Dilatatum — Dilated. 
 
 One of the largest and most beautiful of this lovely genus, 
 growing among moss, decaying vegetable matter, and on rocks 
 and trunks of trees in woods of New Zealand and Java. 
 
 The fronds are large, broad, and oblong; erect, and tripin- 
 natifid; the primary divisions ovate-lanceolate; the segments 
 attenuated, gracefully drooping, and entire. 
 
 Stipes and rachis erect, pale green in colour, and winged. 
 
 Length of frond from fourteen to twenty inches; colour pale 
 green. 
 
 Involucres abundant on the upper half of the frond, ter- 
 minal, orbicular, the lower half cuneate, and buried in the 
 frond; the valves semi-orbicular and entire; receptacles clavate. 
 
 Rhizoma smooth, and brownish straw-coloured. 
 
 Eeq^uires a very humid, shady, close atmosphere, ranging in 
 temperature from 40° to 65°. 
 
 For fronds my thanks are due to Messrs. Backhouse, of 
 York. 
 

 
 
 
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 LXXI 
 
175 
 
 HYMENOPHYLLUM PULCHERRIMUM. 
 
 CoLENSO. Hooker. 
 
 PLATE LXXI. 
 Hymenophyllum — Membrane-leaved. Pulcherrimum — Most beautiful. 
 
 An erect-growing, large, handsome species, found on the 
 trunks of trees in New Zealand. 
 
 The fronds are smooth, tri-quadripinnatifid, ovate-lanceolate 
 in form; segments brief, somewhat spreading, entire, bifid, the 
 margins waved. 
 
 Stipes compressed, and winged to the base; secondary rachis 
 flexuous. 
 
 Length of frond from ten to fifteen inches; colour pale 
 green. The rachis and stipes of the same colour as the frond. 
 
 Involucres sessile, axillary, small, orbicular, free, two-valved 
 to the base; valves entire and convex. Receptacles included. 
 
 Climate very humid; temperature from 40° to 65°. 
 
 To Messrs. Backhouse, of York, I am indebted for the 
 frond illustrated. 
 
HYMENOPHYLLUM FUCIFORME, 
 LXXII 
 
177 
 
 HYMENOPHYLLUM FUCIFORME. 
 
 SwARTz. Hooker. Willdenow. 
 
 PLATE LXXII. 
 
 HymenopTiyllum fucoides, Catanilles. CNot of Swaetz.) 
 
 Hymenophyllum, — Membrane-leaved. Fuciforme — ? 
 
 The most magnificent Hynienophyllum known, growing in 
 shady woods, on trunks of trees in Chili and Juan Fernandez. 
 
 The fronds, which are broad, rigid, erect, smooth, and 
 shining, are tripinnatifid ; segments broadly linear-obtuse, rounded, 
 and bifid, ultimate ones attenuated. 
 
 Rachis broadly winged. Stipes stout, rigid, and pale in 
 colour. 
 
 Length of frond from eighteen to thirty inches; and eight 
 inches or more broad. Colour bluish green , or glaucous. 
 
 Involucres supra-axillary, marginal, minute, ovate, two-valved 
 to the base, and free; valves entire. Receptacles exserted. 
 
 Requires a very humid airy atmosphere, with a temperature 
 from 40° to 65°. 
 
 My thanks are due to Mr. Backhouse, of York, for the 
 frond illustrated. 
 
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IIYMENOPHYLLUM FLEXUOSUM. 
 A. Cunningham. Hooker. 
 
 Hymenophyllum — Membrane-leaved. Flexuosum — Bending. 
 
 A BEAUTIFULLY Crisped and undulated Fern from New 
 Zealand, allied to Hymenopliyllum crispatum, hut having larger 
 and more divided fronds. A Selaginella-looking species. 
 
 Fronds erect, stiff, almost deltoid, tri-quadripinnatifid, broadly 
 ovate, with narrow, linear, entire, undulated segments. 
 
 Stipes and rachis winged. 
 
 Length of frond ten or twelve inches. 
 
 Involucres broader than the segments, terminal, free, orbicular, 
 entire, and two-valved to the base. 
 
 Ehizoma like Hymenophyllum crispatum, but still shorter. 
 
 Requires a very humid atmosphere, with a temperature of 
 from 40° to 65°. 
 
 The plant was kindly communicated by Mr. Backhouse, of 
 York. 
 
Portion of Frond. 
 
 HYMENOPHYLLUM SCABRUM. 
 A. KiCHARD. Hooker. {Not of Less.) 
 
 Hymenophyllum — Membrane-leaved. Scabrum — Eough. 
 
 A BEAUTIFUL, TricJiomanesAooWn.^, greenhouse Fern from 
 New Zealand. 
 
 The fronds, which are rigid and erect, are pinnate, ovate 
 in form, and acuminate; the pinnae are bi-tripinnatifid and 
 acuminate, the segments entire and narrow; stems rough with 
 pale chaffy hairs. 
 
 Length of frond twelve to eighteen inches. 
 
 Involucres small, terminal, somewhat orbicular, sessile, free, 
 and two-valved. 
 
 Allied to Hymejiophyllum demissum. 
 
 Requires a very humid, rather airy atmosphere, with a 
 temperature ranging between 40° and 65°. 
 
 Fronds were kindly communicated by Mr. Backhouse, of 
 York. 
 
ADDENDA. 
 
 NEW HYMENOPHYLLUMS AND TRICHOMANES. 
 
 The following Hymenophyllums and TricJiomanes have been recently 
 introduced by Mr. Backbouse, but although I have been unable as yet to 
 procure fronds of them, it has been deemed advisable before finishing the 
 volume, to briefly enumerate each. 
 
 HYMENOPHYLLUM ABEUPTUM, Eoolcer —A dwarf Fern, with 
 broad, blunt, pinnatifid fronds, on wiry stalks. Native of Jamaica, densely 
 carpeting mossy trunks and rooks. Fronds an inch and a half to two 
 inches in length. Figured by Sir W. Hooker, plate 31 — B, vol. i, "Species 
 Filicum." 
 
 HYMENOPHYLLUM ^RUGINOSUM, Carmichael, BooTcer. (Hy. 
 menophyllum franklinianum, Colenso, Trichomanes seruginosum, Thours.) — 
 A well-marked species, with ovate, dense, tripinnatifid fronds, covered with 
 a whitish pubescence. Native of New Zealand. Pendent from rocks and 
 trunks of trees. Fronds four to eight inches in length. There is a variety 
 with more acuminate fronds, and with more distinct pinnse and divisions, 
 which is named var. franlclinianum. Figured by Sir W. J. Hooker, plate 
 34 — A, vol. i, "Species Filicum.'' 
 
 HYMENOPHYLLUM ASPLENIOIDES, Simrtz, Willdenoio, Hooker, 
 Sedwig. (Hymenophyllum palmatum, Klotzsch.) — A delicate and pretty 
 Fern, with narrow, shining, pinnatifid fronds, on wiry stems. Native of 
 Jamaica and Brazil. Pendent from mossy rocks and trunks of trees. Length 
 of frond from two to five inches. 
 
 HYMENOPHYLLUM BLEPHAEODES (?) P)-e«Z.— A pendent species, 
 with broad, attenuated, dense, bi-pinnatifid fronds. Native of the West 
 Indies. Length from three to five inches. 
 
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 ADDENDA. 
 
 HYMENOPHYLLUM DICHOTOMUM, Cavanilles, Swartz, Willde- 
 tiow, Hooker. (Hyraenoplayllum plicatum, Kaulfuss.)—A- beautifully crisped 
 and transparent species, with broad, much-divided fronds. Native of Chili, 
 Juan Fernandez, and Java; on mossy trees. Length of frond from four 
 to six: inches. Figured by Sir W. J. Hooker, plate 36 — A, vol. i, "Species 
 Filicum." 
 
 HYMENOPHYLLUM FLABELLATTJM, Lalillardiere, WilJdenow, 
 HooTcer, not Brown. (Hymenophyllum nitens, Brown.) — A lovely Fern, 
 with dense, glistening, pinnate fronds. Pendent from trunks of Tree Ferns, 
 other trees, and from holes in rocks and roots of trees. Native of Tasmania 
 and New Zealand. Length of frond from six to twelve inches. 
 
 HYMENOPHYLLITM HIESXTTITM, Sioartz, Willdenow, Raddi, 
 Sedwig, Hooher. (Hymenophyllum venustum, Desvaux. Trichomanes 
 hirsutum, Linnceus.) — A very delicate small species, with narrow, pinnatifid, 
 transparent fronds, hairy. Pendent from trunks of trees. Native of 
 Jamaica, Trinidad, and Organ Mountains. Length of frond from three to 
 nine inches. 
 
 HYMENOPHYLLUM NUDUM (?) Besvaux.—A. small Fern, with 
 erect, broad, bipiunate fronds, fringed with hairs. Native of the West 
 Indies. Length of frond from an inch and a half to three inches. 
 
 HYMENOPHYLLUM PLUMIERI, Soolcer and GreviUe. (Filicula 
 digitata, etc., Plumier.) — Nearly allied to Hymenophyllum ciliatum; fronds 
 larger and more remote. A handsome Fern. Native of Hispaniola and 
 Columbia. 
 
 HYMENOPHYLLUM EARUM, Brown, Hooher. (HymenophyUum 
 fumarioides, Bory, Kaalfass, Kunze. H. australe, Willdenow. H. semi- 
 bivalve. Hooker and GreviUe. H. imbricatum, Colenso.) — Small pendent 
 fronds, bipinnatifid, densely matted, somewhat resembling Hymenophyllum 
 Tanhridgense. Native of Tasmania, New Zealand, Chili, South Africa, 
 Bourbon, and Mauritius. Variety imbricatum has pellucid fronds, with 
 overlapping pinnae. 
 
 HYMENOPHY'LLUM VALVATUM, Hooker and Gremlle.—PL lovely 
 species, growing on trunks of trees, with ovate, attenuated, dark green, 
 tripinnatifid fronds, beautifully undulated. Stalks black and wiry. Native 
 of Columbia, at an elevation of from three to six thousand feet above the 
 sea. Length of frond from sis to twelve inches. 
 
 TEICHOMANES ACHILL^IFOLIUM, WiUdenoio. (Trichomanes 
 rigidum, Swartz, Hedxoig. T. mandioccanum, jRaddi. T. pyramidale, 
 Wallich. T. obscurum, Blume.) — A handsome tufted Fern, with quadripin- 
 natifid, erect, smooth fronds. Native of Jamaica, Dominica, Brazil, Peru, 
 Quito, Mauritius, Philippine Islands, Ceylon, etc. Length of frond from 
 twelve to eighteen inches. 
 
 TRICHOMANES ALATUM, Swartz, Willdenow, Hooker and GreviUe. 
 — A handsome tufted Fern, growing on trunks of trees, having lanceolate, 
 deep green, subtripinnatifid fronds. Native of Jamaica, St. Vincent, Trinidad, 
 and Hispaniola. Length of frond from nme to fifteen inches. 
 
ADDENDA. 183 
 
 TEICHOMANES COEIACEUM (?) Kunze.—L most lovely Fern, 
 allied to Trichomanes hancroftii. Its fronds, however, are larger, and 
 there are more involucres. Tripianatifid and excessively crisped. A native 
 of the West Indies, growing among moss and on trees. 
 
 TRICHOMANES CRINITUM, Swartz, Willdenow, Sedwig, Hoolcer.— 
 A lovely-fronded Fern, having linear-ovate, very glaucous, thin, membra- 
 naceous, pinnate fronds, covered with white hairs. Stems very hairy. 
 Native of Jamaica and St. Vincent. Fronds from four to five inches in 
 length. 
 
 TEICHOMANES ELON&ATUM, Cunningham, Soolcer.—K tufted 
 Fern, with very dense, triangular-ovate, dark green, rigid fronds, with 
 erect wiry stems. Inoiso-pinnatifid. Native of New Zealand. Fronds from 
 six to twelve inches in length, of which more than a half is occupied by 
 the stipes. 
 
 TEICHOMANES FILICULA, Bory, Hooher. (Trichomanes bilabiatum, 
 Nees. T. bilingue, Menzies. T. bipunctatum, Poiret. T. melanotrichum, 
 SchlecMendal. Hymeuophyllum filicula, Bory. H. alatum, Schkuhr. 
 Didymoglossum decipiens, Desvaux. D. filicula, Desvaux.) — A creeping 
 species, with erect, smooth, firm, dark green, bipinnatifid fronds, on winged 
 stalks. Native of Mauritius, Bourbon, Ceylon, Nepal, Luzon, Otaheite, 
 etc. Fronds from two to five inches. 
 
 TEICHOMANES FIMBEIATUM, Backhouse.— A very beautiful un- 
 described species, aUied to Thichomanes Kaulfiissii, but shorter and much 
 broader in its fronds; ovate, tripinnatifid; ultimate segments attenuated 
 into long bristle-like points. Stem erect and very broadly winged. Native 
 of the West Indies. 
 
 TEICHOMANES FLOEIBUNDUM, Eooker. (Trichomanes pinnatum, 
 Stvartz, T. rhizophyllum, Cavanilles. T. vittaria, De Candolle.) — A noble, 
 and one of the most lovely Ferns of this genus, with broad, tufted, pale 
 green, very transparent, pinnate fronds. Beautifully fringed with hair-like 
 receptacles, attenuated and rooting at the extremity. Erect in habit. 
 Native of Orinoco, Guiana, Dominica, Barbadoes, Jamaica, Trinidad, 
 Guatemala, Peru, Brazil, and Surinam. Length of frond from twelve to 
 twenty-four inches. 
 
 TEICHOMANES FCENICULACEUM (?) Bory, Hooker. (Trichomanes 
 meifolium, Kaulfuss. T. gemmatum, J. Smith.) — A beautiful Fern, with 
 narrow, rigid, highly-divided fronds, with hair-like pinnxiles, and wiry stems. 
 Native of Mauritius and Borneo. Length of frond six or seven inches. 
 
 TEICHOMANES INCISUM, Kaulfuss, Bory, Hooker.— k. pendent 
 creeping Fern, with very delicate, transparent, bipinnatifid, ovate fronds, 
 margined with star-like tufts of hair. Native of St. Catharine and Brazil. 
 Length of frond from three to four inches. 
 
 TEICHOMANES JAVANICUM, Blume, Eooker and Oreville. (Tri- 
 chomanes rigidum, WallicJi, not of Sivartz. T. setigerum, Wallich. T. 
 rhomboideum, J. Smith. T. curvatum, J. Smith. T. alatum, Bory, not 
 
184 
 
 ADDENDA. 
 
 Swartz.) — A fine, distinct, tufted Fern, with erect, smooth, shining, dark 
 green, pinnate fronds, with hairy stalks. Length from eight to twelve 
 inches. 
 
 TEICHOMANES LUSCHNATIANUM, Presl.—A. handsome climbing 
 Fern, allied to Trichomanes radicans, but is sessile, the fronds lanceolate, 
 and having a very long and slender creeping caudex, (as much as fifteen 
 feet.) Native of Brazil. Length of frond eighteen inches. 
 
 TKICHOMAFES MEMBRANACEU:^, LinntBits, Swartz, Willdenow, 
 Hooker. (Filix hemionitis, Pluhenet.) — A very distinct, interesting, creeping 
 Fern, having most delicate, elegant, entire, roundish, nearly stemless, deep 
 green, glossy fronds, torn on the margin, and with fan-hke veins. Native 
 of the West Indian Islands, growing on trunks of trees. Length of frond 
 from two to three inches. 
 
 TEICHOMANES PUNCTATUM, Poiret, Kaulfuss, Mooker and 
 Greville. (Trichomanes sphenoidcs, Kunze.) — Very small fronds. Smaller 
 than Muscoides, with roundish obovate, bluntly incised fronds, with fan- 
 like veins. Native of Martinique, Guadaloupe, Trinidad, Gorgona, Peru, 
 and Guiana. 
 
 TBICHOMANES EEPTANS, Swartz, Willdenmo, Hedioig, Soaker and 
 Greville. (Trichomanes hymenodes, Hedwig. Phyllitis soandens, Sloane.) 
 — A very minute Fern, creeping on palms, etc., with roundish incised 
 fronds, with fan-shaped veins. Native of Jamaica, St. Vincent, and Cuba. 
 Length of frond about an inch. 
 
 TEICHOMANES EHOMBOIDETJM, Cuming.— A. remarkable species, 
 with narrow pinnate fronds. Allied to Trichomanes Javanicum. Native of 
 Philippine Islands. Length of frond nine to twelve inches. 
 
 TEICHOMANES EUPESTEE, Backhouse.— A. new species, forming 
 tufts of broadly-ovate, dense, rather undulate, pinnate fronds, on round 
 hairy stalks. Native of Borneo, growing on bare wet rocks. 
 
 TEICHOMANES SETIGEEUM, Backhouse.— A. new, undescribed 
 beautiful species, allied to Trichomanes pluma, but larger. Fronds tufted 
 and curving. The ultimate divisions of the pinnce hair-hke, giving a 
 brush-like appearance to the fronds. Native of Borneo, where it grows in 
 crevices of rocks. 
 
 TEICHOMANES SUPEEBUM, Backhouse.— Kn undescribed noble 
 species, with dense, triangular, tripinnatifid fronds, on erect, broadly- 
 winged, and very hairy stalks. Native of Borneo. Fronds from two to 
 three feet in length. 
 
 TEICHOMANES THUJOIDES, Desvaux, Bbo^fcer.— A handsome tufted 
 Fern, with ovate, attenuated, tripinnatifid fronds, on erect stalks. Native 
 of the Mauritius. Length of frond from nine to eighteen inches. 
 
185 
 
 LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS, 
 
 To wliom the author returns his warmest thanks. 
 
 Messrs. Backhouse, Nursery, York. 
 Messrs. Booth, Nursery, Hamburg. 
 Mr. A. Clapham, Scarborough. 
 Mr. F. Clowes, Windermere. 
 Mr. E. Cooling, Mile Ash Nursery, 
 
 Derby. 
 Mr. T. Downes, Hillsboro' Terrace, 
 
 Ilfracombe. 
 Mr. E. J.Gray, St. Thomas', Exeter. 
 Sir W. J.' Hooker, F.R.S., Director 
 
 of the EiOyal Gardens, Kew. 
 Mr. Joseph Henderson, Wentworth 
 
 House, Masbro'. 
 Mr. J. James, Vauvert, Channel 
 
 Islands. 
 Mr. Thomas Moore, F.L.S., Botanic 
 
 Gardens, Chelsea. 
 Mr. G. Norman, Hull. 
 
 Mr. Charles Monkman, Malton, 
 
 Yorkshire. 
 Mr. Henry S. Perry, B-ock Lodge, 
 
 Monkstown, County Cork. 
 Mr. Pass, gardener to Mr. Brockle- 
 
 hurst, The Fence, Macclesfield. 
 Messrs. Rollisson and Co., Nursery, 
 
 Tooting. 
 M. Schott, Director of the Imperial 
 
 Gardens of Schonbriinn, Vienna. 
 Mr. J. Smith, Curator of Royal 
 
 Gardens, Eew. 
 Mr. E.. Sim, Foot's Cray Nursery, 
 
 Kent. 
 Messrs. Stansfield and Co., Vale 
 
 Nursery, Todmorden. 
 Messrs. James Veitch and Son, 
 
 Exotic Nursery, Chelsea. 
 
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186 
 
 AUTHORITIES QUOTED IN THIS VOLUME. 
 
 Agardh. 
 
 Arnott. 
 
 Backliouse. 
 
 Bentliam. 
 
 Bernliardi. 
 
 Berthelot. 
 
 Blume. 
 
 Bojer. 
 
 Bonpland. 
 
 Bory. 
 
 Brackenridge. 
 
 Braun. 
 
 Brent, Mr. 
 
 Brown, E.. 
 
 Carmichael. 
 
 Cavanilles. 
 
 Chanter, Eev. J. M. 
 
 Clapham, A. 
 
 Clowes, P. 
 
 Colenso. 
 
 Crocker, Mr. 
 
 Cuming. 
 
 Cunnningham, A. 
 
 De CandoUe. 
 
 Desvaux. 
 
 Don. 
 
 Du Petit-Thouars. 
 
 Eden, Capt. 
 
 Elwortliy. 
 
 Endlioher. 
 
 Fee. 
 
 Fischer. 
 
 Forster. 
 
 Galleotti. 
 
 Gaudichaud. 
 
 Gleiohen, P. F. Von. 
 
 Gray, Dr. A. 
 
 Gre villa. 
 
 Harrison, E. D. 
 
 Hedwig. 
 
 Henderson, J. 
 
 Hillnian, D. 
 
 Hoflfmann. 
 
 Holmes, J. 
 
 Hooker, Dr. J. D. 
 
 Hooker, Sir W. J. 
 
 Horsfall, J. 
 
 Hostmann, Dr. 
 
 Houlston. 
 
 Hudhart. 
 
 Hudson. 
 
 Humboldt. 
 
 Jackson, C. 
 
 Kaulfuss. 
 
 Kinahan, Dr. 
 
 Klotzsch. 
 
 Kocli. 
 
 Kraus. 
 
 Kunze. 
 
 La Billardiere. 
 
 Lagascar. 
 
 Lamarck. 
 
 Langsdorif. 
 
 Liebmann. 
 
 Less. 
 
 Linden. 
 
 Lindsay. 
 
 Link. 
 
 Linnjeus. 
 
 Lowe, E. J. 
 
 Maratti. 
 
 Martins. 
 
 Menzies. 
 
 Mettenius. 
 
 Michaux. 
 
 Mobr. 
 
 Monkman. 
 
 Moore, T. 
 
 Moritz. 
 
 MuUer. 
 
 Nees. 
 
 Nowell, J. 
 
 Nuttall. 
 
 Perry, H. S. 
 
 Petiver. 
 
 Pluukenet. 
 
 Plumier. 
 
 Poiret. 
 
 Presl. 
 
 Eaddi. 
 
 Eeichenbacb. 
 
 Eicbard, A. 
 
 Eoxburgb. 
 
 Saunders (Nilsson.) 
 
 Schkubr. 
 
 Schlecbtendal. 
 
 Scbott. 
 
 Scbrader. 
 
 Sieber. 
 
 Sim, E. 
 
 Sloane. 
 
 Smith, J. 
 
 Sprengel. 
 
 Stansficld. 
 
 Swartz. 
 
 Telfair. 
 
 Vahl. 
 
 WalHch. 
 
 Wight. 
 
 Wiles. 
 
 Wilkinson, Miss. 
 
 Willdenow. 
 
 WiRison. 
 
 Wollaston, G. B. 
 
INDEX 
 
 [Those Ferns to whidi an authority is attached are figured and described.] 
 
 Aorostichum flavens 
 
 PAGE, 
 
 17 
 
 furcatum 
 
 139 
 
 serrulatum . 
 
 103 
 
 Borbifolium 
 
 91 
 
 trifoliatum . 
 
 75 
 
 Adiantopsis Capensis 
 
 61 
 
 Adiantum Capense 
 
 61 
 
 crenatum 
 
 71 
 
 sulphureiim. Kaulfuss 61, 
 
 145 
 
 var. majus . . 61, 
 
 145 
 
 var. minus . 61, 
 
 145 
 
 Wilesianum. Hoolcer 
 
 71 
 
 Allosorus auratus . 
 
 1 
 
 Karwinskii 
 
 73 
 
 Anemia adiantifolia. Swartz 
 
 77 
 
 var. asplenifolia . 
 
 77 
 
 var. caruifolia . 
 
 77 
 
 asplenifolia 
 
 77 
 
 caruifolia . 
 
 77 
 
 cicutaria 
 
 77 
 
 Anemirhiza adiantifolia 
 
 77 
 
 Aspidium angulare, var. aristatum 
 
 Lotoe . 
 
 131 
 
 var. cristatum. Lowe 
 
 67 
 
 var. truncatum. Lowe 
 
 110 
 
 caryotideum. Wallich 
 
 105 
 
 deltoideum. Swartz . 
 
 101 
 
 denticulatum. Swartz 
 
 137 
 
 dilatatum, var. lepidotum 
 
 
 Lowe 
 
 125 
 
 dubium 
 
 107 
 
 PAGE. 
 
 Aspidium filix-mas . . .67 
 var. abbreviatum-cristatum. 
 Lowe . . .69 
 var. acroeladon. Lowe 127 
 var. cristatum . . 63 
 var. cristatum-angustatum 
 
 Lowe . . .129 
 
 var. Willisonii. Lowe 116 
 
 fimbriatum . . . 107 
 
 foliolosum . . . 107 
 
 lanceum . . . 107 
 
 muoronatum . . 144 
 
 oreopteris . . . 100 
 
 var. NoweUianum. Lowe 
 
 99 
 
 pumilum ... 69 
 
 remotum. A. Braun 51 
 
 rigidum, var. remotum 51 
 
 squarrosum . . 107 
 
 triangulum, var. laxum. 
 
 Hooker . . .143 
 
 Asplenium affine . . 43 
 
 alatum. Hooker Sf Greville 27 
 
 Australasicum . . 90 
 
 Canariense . . .45 
 
 contiguum. Kaulfuss 7 
 
 var. filiforme . . 8 
 
 var. lepturus . . 8 
 
 ouneatum . . 29, 43 
 
 decipiens . . . 107 
 
 fak .... 26 
 
188 
 
 PAOK. 
 
 Asplenium filiforme . . 7, 8 
 filis-fcBmina . . .67 
 var. acrocladon. 
 
 Clapham, MS. . 97 
 
 var. oorymbiferum. Moore 
 
 33,97 
 
 var. depauperatum . 31 
 
 var. Doodioides. Lowe 34 
 
 var. laciniatum. Lowe 130 
 
 var. multifidum . . 31 
 
 var. plumoaum. Moore 31 
 
 foliolosum. Wallich . 107 
 
 fragrans ... 26 
 
 hastatum. Klotzsch . 26 
 
 var. pterocaulon . 26 
 
 heterodon. Blume . 5, 6 
 
 insigne ... 43 
 
 lanoeolatum . . .24 
 
 var. miorodon. Moore 24 
 
 laserpitiifoliuia. Lamarch 
 
 29,43 
 
 lepturus ... 7 
 
 maorooarpum . . . 107 
 
 marinum . . 24, 25 
 
 var. iiiterruptum. 
 
 Monkman, MS. . 115 
 
 var. microdon . . 24 
 
 var. ramosum . . 26 
 
 var. trapeziforme . 115 
 
 musEefolium . . .90 
 
 nidus. LinncBus 89, 90 
 
 var. Australasicum . 90 
 
 nigresoens ... 6 
 
 nitidum. Swartz . 43 
 
 odoratum . . .26 
 
 patena ... 29 
 
 pinnatifidum. Niittall 9 
 
 praBmor.siim . 45 
 
 var. Canariense. Moore 45 
 
 pterophorum . . 27 
 
 pulcliellum . . 43 
 
 rhizopliylliim . . 9 
 
 var. pinnatifidum . 9 
 
 ripariura ... 29 
 
 robustum . . .29 
 
 ruta-muraria . . 109 
 
 PAGE. 
 
 Asplenium serra . . .43 
 
 spathulinum . . 43 
 
 tripinnatum . . .29 
 
 vuloanicum ... 6 
 
 Atlayrium filis-fomina, var. laoiniata 
 
 130 
 foliolosum . . .107 
 Bleolmum ambiguiun . . 135 
 Isevigatum. Cavanilles 135 
 Botryogramme Karwinskii . 73 
 Callipteris ambigua . . .43 
 Camptosorum rhizophyllus . 9 
 
 Ceratodaotylis osmundioides. 
 
 J. Smith . . 73 
 
 Cbeilantlies amaurorachis . 3 
 
 Borsigiana. Seichenhach 35 
 
 Capensis. Swartz . 61 
 
 prsetexta ... 61 
 
 Cinoinalia flavena . . .17 
 
 Coniogramme Javanioa . 15 
 
 Cyrtomium caryotideum . . 105 
 
 falcatum . . . 105 
 
 Cystopteris fragilis . . .113 
 
 var. furoana. Moore 113 
 
 interrupta . . . 115 
 
 Didymoglossum decipiens . 183 
 
 filicula . . . .183 
 
 pusillum . . . 163 
 
 Eupodium Kaulfussii . . 41 
 
 Feea polypodina . . . 159 
 
 Filicula digitata . . . 182 
 
 Filix bemionitis . . .384 
 
 Gleicbenia flabeUata . . . 140 
 
 furcata. Stoartz 139, 140 
 
 pubescens, var. glabra 139, 140 
 
 Grammitis rutaefolia . . 109 
 
 serrulata . . 103 
 
 Gymnogramma flavens . . 17 
 
 Javanica. JBlume . . 15 
 
 Peruviana, var. argyropbylla. 
 
 Moore 
 
 . 13 
 
 pulohella. Linden 
 
 11 
 
 rutsefolia. Besvaux 
 
 . 109 
 
 trifoliata. Desvaux . 
 
 75 
 
 variegata 
 
 . 15 
 
 Gymnogramme rutsefolia 
 
 109 
 
INDEX. 
 
 189 
 
 Hemionitis trifoliata 
 Hydroglossum polycarpua 
 Hymenophyllum abruptum. 
 Soofoer . 
 
 PAGE. 
 
 75 
 
 87 
 
 181 
 
 seruginosum. Carmichael 181 
 
 var. Franklinianum . 181 
 
 alatum . . .183 
 
 asplenioides. Swartz 181 
 
 atrovirens . . . 170 
 
 Australe . . . 182 
 
 blepharodes(P) Presl 181 
 
 caudioulatum. Mariius 167 
 
 Chiloense. Hooker 169, 171 
 
 ciliatum. Svartz 171, 182 
 
 crispatum. Hooher ^ GreviUe 
 
 170, 179 
 
 var. majus . . . 170 
 
 var. minus . . 170 
 
 var. Tasmanicum . 170 
 
 demissum . . .180 
 
 dichotomum. Cavanilles 182 
 
 dilatatum. Swartz . 173 
 
 fllicula . . . .183 
 
 flabellatum. Lahillardiere 
 
 170, 182 
 flexuosum. A. Cunningham, 
 
 179 
 Franklinianum . . 181 
 fuoiforme. Swartz . 177 
 fuooides . . . .177 
 furaarioides . . 182 
 
 Jiirsutuni. Swartz . 182 
 
 imbrieatum . . . 182 
 nitens .... 182 
 nudum (?) Desvaux . 182 
 palmatum . . . 181 
 plicatum . . . 182 
 Plumieri. Hooker Sc GreviUe 
 182 
 pulcherrimum. Colenso 175 
 rarum. Brown . . 182 
 var. imbrieatum . .182 
 sanguinolentum . . 170 
 scabrum. A. RicJiard 180 
 semibivalve . . 182 
 
 Tunbridgense . . 182 
 
 Hymenophyllum valvatum. 
 HooTcer ^ GreviUe 
 venustum 
 Hymenostacbys diversifrons 
 
 182 
 
 182 
 Vj-2 
 
 Hypolepis amaurorachis. Hooker 3 
 
 Capenais ... 61 
 
 Lastrea deltoidea . . .101 
 
 denticulata . . . 137 
 
 dUatata . . . .23 
 
 var. lepidota . . 125 
 
 filix-mas . . . .23 
 
 var. abbreviata-oristata 69 
 
 var. acrocladon . .127 
 
 var. cristata-angustata 129 
 
 var. Scbofieldii. Moore 23 
 
 var. WiUisonii . . 116 
 
 lepidota . . . 125 
 
 macrocarpa . . . 107 
 
 montana . . .100 
 
 var. JSTowelliana . . 99 
 
 remota . . . 51 
 
 spinulosa . . 23, 51 
 
 Lepioyatia aquamata . . 81 
 
 Lindasea cultrata. Swartz . 37 
 
 var. Assamica . . 38 
 
 var. attenuata . . 38 
 
 var. lucens . . 38 
 
 var. minor . . .37 
 
 var. pallens . . 37 
 
 imbricata . . .39 
 
 linearia. Swartz . 39 
 
 lunata . . . .39 
 
 Litobrocbia areolata . . 133 
 
 Llavea cordifolia . . .73 
 
 Lomaria ambigua . . . 135 
 
 aurea .... 1 
 
 caruifolia ... 1 
 
 decomposita ... 1 
 
 longifolia ... 91 
 
 aoabra .... 135 
 
 apicant ... 48 
 
 var. contraotum. Lowe 48 
 
 var. heterophyllum. Moore 
 
 4.7 
 
 var. imbrieatum. Stansfield 
 
 47 
 
lt)0 
 
 Lomaria spicant, var. rami 
 Lowe 
 var. subserratum. 
 Monkman, 3IS. 
 Lomariopsis longifolia. J. Smith 
 Lygodictyon Forsteri 
 Lygodium Forsteri. Lowe . 
 
 retioulatum 
 Marattia Kaulfussii. Sunze 
 
 laevis .... 
 Weinmanniaefolia 
 Mertensia furcata 
 Mohria thurifraga 
 
 iS, 49 
 
 . 40 
 91 
 37 
 87 
 87 
 41 
 41 
 41 
 139 
 1(14 
 
 var.AoliilliEefolia. MoorelOi 
 89 
 94 
 93 
 
 Neottopteris nidus 
 Niphobolus aorostiolioides 
 
 angustatus . 
 
 Gardner! . J. Smith 
 
 niacrocarpus 
 
 epliajroceplialus 
 Nipliopais angustatus. J. Smith 
 Nothochleena flavens. Moore 
 Onychium auratum. Kaulfuss 
 Opliioglossum scandens 
 Ornithopteris adiantifolia 
 Ortkogramma Isevigata 
 Osmunda adiantifolia . 
 
 asplenifolia 
 Parablechnum ambiguum 
 Phegopteris flexUis . 
 Pbyllitis scandens 
 Phymatodes sphaBrooephalus 
 Pleopeltis anguatata 
 Polypodium alpestre 
 var. flexile 
 
 angustatum 
 
 flexile. Moore . 
 var. laciniatum. 
 Stansfield, MS. . 
 
 furoatum 
 
 Gardner! 
 
 incanum .... 
 
 pbegopteris 
 
 var. multifidum. Lowe 
 
 plebejum. ScMechtendal 
 
 sepultum 
 
 93 
 93 
 93 
 17 
 1 
 87 
 77 
 135 
 
 77 
 
 135 
 
 111 
 
 184 
 
 93 
 
 93 
 
 111 
 
 111 
 
 . 93 
 
 111, 112 
 
 112 
 139 
 94 
 81 
 83 
 83 
 79 
 81 
 
 Polypodium sphEerocephalum 93 
 
 squamatum. Linncsus 81 
 
 vulgare . . 03, 70 
 
 var. cristatum. Terry, MS. 
 
 03 
 
 var. marginatum. 
 
 Monhman, MS. GJ., C". 
 var. truucatum. Moure 
 
 01, 05 
 Polysticbum angulare, 
 
 var. aristatum . . 131 
 
 var. cristatum . . 07 
 
 var. truncatum 110 
 
 denticulatum . . 137 
 
 fimbriatum . . . 107 
 
 remotum . . 51 
 
 triangulum . . . 144 
 
 var. laxum . . 143 
 
 Pseudatbyrium flexile . Ill 
 
 Pteris aquilina, var. esculenta, 
 
 Kooher . . .117 
 araobnoides . . 117 
 
 areolata. Lowe . . 133 
 argyrea. Moore . 21, 69 
 
 aspericaulis . . 20, 142 
 var. tricolor. Moore 19, 59 
 cbrysocarpa . . 1 
 
 cretioa . . 59, 142 
 var. albo-liueata. Hooker 
 
 59 
 
 var. prolifera . . 141 
 
 densa .... 117 
 
 esculenta . . .117 
 
 felosma . . . .21 
 
 longispinnula . . 21 
 
 lorigera . . .117 
 
 nemoralis . . 21 
 
 prolifera. Lowe 141, 142 
 
 quadriaurita . 20, 21 
 
 semihastata . . . 117 
 
 siliculosa ... 1 
 
 tricolor . . .20, 142 
 
 Scolopendrium vulgare . . 50, 96 
 
 var. acrocladon . . 50 
 
 var. contractum. 
 
 Stansfield, 3IS. . 123 
 
191 
 
 Soolopendrium vulgare, 
 
 Tar. crenato-lobatum. 
 
 Moore . . 66, 123 
 var. crenato-nmltifidum. 
 
 Stansfield, MS. . 124 
 var. crispum . . 95 
 var. oristatum. Moore 50 
 var. fissile. Monkman, MS. 
 84,85 
 var. jugOBum. Moore 55 
 var. laceratum . 50 
 
 var. marginato-irregulare. 
 
 Clapliam . . 96 
 var. multiforme . . 50 
 var. papillosum. Moore 67 
 var. ramo-marginatum. 
 
 Moore . . .53 
 var. ramosus-majus. 
 
 Moore . . .119 
 var. reniforme. Moore 114 
 var. sagittato-cristatum. 
 
 Moore . . 122 
 
 var. Stansfieldii. 
 
 Stansfield, MS. . 95 
 var. sublineato-striatum. 
 
 Stansfield . . 121 
 var. submarginatum. 
 
 Moore . . .54 
 var. submarginatum- 
 multifidum. Stansfield, 
 MS. . . 84, 85 
 
 var. suprasoriferum. 
 
 Stansfield, MS. . 123 
 
 var. variabile. Moore 58, 114 
 
 Taraoliia contigua ... 7 
 
 insignia . . . .43 
 
 nitida ... 43 
 
 Thamnopteris Mauritiana 89 
 
 nidus .... 89 
 
 orientalis . . .89 
 
 Trichomanes aohiUseifolium. 
 
 Willdenow 148, 153, 182 
 
 seruginosum . . . 181 
 
 Willdenow 148, 153, 182 
 
 alatum. Sioartz 165, 182, 183 
 
 anceps. Hooher . 153 
 
 Tricliomanes angustatum. 
 
 Carmichael . 157 
 
 attenuatum. Hooker . 155 
 Banoroftii . . . 183 
 bilabiatum . . .183 
 bilingue . . .183 
 bipunotalum . . . 183 
 Bojeri, HooJcer ^ Qremlle 
 
 165 
 Brasiliense . . .161 
 coriaceum. Kunze . 183 
 crinitum. Swartz . . 183 
 curvatum . . . 183 
 dilatatum . . .173 
 elegans. Budge 152, 153, 159 
 elongatum. A. Cunningham 
 
 183 
 exseotum. Kunze . . 151 
 filioula. Borj/ . . 183 
 fimbriatum. Backhouse 183 
 floribundum. Hooker 183 
 fceniculaceum. Bori/ . 183 
 fulvum . . . 1-j7 
 gemmatum . . .183 
 liirsutum . . 182 
 
 hymenodes . . . 184 
 inoisum. Kaulfuss . 183 
 Javanicum. Blume 183, 184 
 Eaulfussii. Hooker Sf Greville 
 160, 155, 183 
 Krausii. Hooker ^ Oreville 
 
 164 
 laceratum . . . 161 
 lucens . . .150 
 
 Luschnatianum. 
 Mandioccanum 
 meifolium 
 melanotriehum 
 
 Presl 184 
 
 148, 182 
 
 . 183 
 
 . 183 
 
 membranaceum. Linnceus 184 
 
 muscoides . . 163, 184 
 
 obscurum . 148, 182 
 
 osmundioides . . 159 
 
 pedioillatum . . . 161 
 
 pinnatum . . 183 
 
 pluma. Hooker 149, 184 
 
 punotatum. Poiret . 184 
 
192 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 PAGK. 
 
 TrioliomaQes pusillum. Swartz 163 
 
 pyramidale . . 148, 182 
 
 pyxidiferum. Linnmus 158, 
 
 161 
 
 184 
 
 , 184 
 
 183 
 
 183, 
 
 184 
 
 148, 153, 
 
 182, 183 
 
 rupeatre. Backhouse . 184 
 
 soandena. Linnaus . 147 
 
 radicans 
 
 reptana. Swartz . 
 
 rhizophyllum 
 
 rliomboideum. Cuming 
 
 rigidum. Swartz 
 
 Triohomanea aetigerum. Bachhouse 
 183, 184 
 
 spicatum. B. Hedwig 
 
 159 
 
 apioiaorum 
 
 . 159 
 
 aplenoides . 
 
 184 
 
 superbum 
 
 . 184 
 
 tenellum ■ . 
 
 158 
 
 tenerum 
 
 . 157 
 
 tKujoides. Desvaux . 
 
 184 
 
 trichoideum. Swartz 
 
 . 158 
 
 undulatum . 
 
 165 
 
 villoaum 
 
 . 153 
 
 vittaria 
 
 183 
 
 Xipliopteris serrulata. Kaulfuss 103 
 
 THE EXD. 
 
 B. FAWCETT, ENORAVEK AND PRINTER, DKIFFIELD. 
 

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