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31924001788235ONYOHIUM A 'Ll A A
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NATURAL HISTORY
OF
NEW AND DARE
FERNS:
CONTAINING SPECIES AND VARIETIES,
NONE OF WHICH ARE INCLUDED IN ANY OF TIIE EIGHT VOLUMES OF
“FERNS, BRITISH AND EXOTIC,”
AMONGST WHICH ARE
THE NEW HYMENOPHYLLUMS AND TRICHOMANES.
BY
E. J. LOWE, ESQ., F.R.A.S., F.Z.S., F.L.S., F.G.S.,
lion. Mem. Dublin Nat. Hist. Soc., Mem. Geolog Soc., Edinb., Corr. Mem. Lj’ccum
Nat. Hist., New York, Corr. Mem. Manchester Lit. and Pbil. Soc., Etc.
Author of a “Natural History of British and Exotic Ferns,” “British Grasses,” Etc., Etc.
WITH COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS ANI) WOOD-CUTS.
* LONDON:
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SIR JOHN FREDERICK WILLIAM HERSCnEL, BART.,
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Patav., Bonon., Panorm., Gioen. Catan. et Divion. cx intim., Socc. Pliilom. Paris,
Ital. Mut., Helvct., Socius.,
THIS VOLUME OF
“NEW AND RARE FERNS”
IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED,
AS A SMALL TOKEN OF THE ESTEEM
IN WHICH THIS TRUE PHILOSOPHER IS HELD
BY
THE AUTHOR.C 0 N T E N T S.
	Plate.	Page.		Plate. Page.	
Adiantum sulphureum	lxi	145	Asplenium lanceolatum,		
wilesianum	xxix	71	var. nucrodon,	xi B	24
Anemia adianti folia	xxxii	77	laserpitiifolium	xiii	29
Aspidium angulare,			marinum,		
var. aristatum	lvi	131	var.interruptum xlviii a		115
var. cristatum	xxvii	67	var. ramosum	xi c	25
var. truncatum	xlv B	110	nidus .	xxxvi	89
caryotideum	xliii	105	nitidum	xviii	43
deltoideum .	xli	101	pinDatifidum	iv B	9
denticulatum	lix	137	praemorsum,		
dilatatum,			var. canaricnse	xix A	45
var. lepidotmn,	. liii	125	Blecbnum kevigatum .	lviii	135
filix-mas, var. abbreviatum-			Ceratodactylis osmuudioides xxx		73
cristatum .	xxviii	60	Clieilanthes borsigiana	xvi A	35
var. acrocladon	liv 127		capensis	xxvi A	61
var. cristatum-angustatum			Cyslopteris fragilis,		
	lv A	129	var. furcans .	xlvii a	113
var. willisonii	xlviii b	116	Gleickenia furcata .	lx	139
oreopteris,			Gymnogramma javanica	vii	15
var. nowellianum		99	peruviana,		
remotum	xxii	51	var. argyropbylla vi		13
triangulum, var. laxum		143	pulcbclla	V	11
Asplenium alalum .	xii e	27	ruta'folia .	xlv A	109
contiguum	iv A	7	trifoliata	xxxi	75
filix-feemina,			Hymouophyllum caudiculatum		
var. acrocladon	. xl	97		lxviii	167
var. corymbiferum xv		33	cbiloense .	lxix A	169
var. doodioidcs		34	eiliatum	lxix c	171
var. laciniatum	lv B	130	crispatum	lxix B	170
var. plumosum	. xiv	31	dilatatum	lxx	173
foliolosum .	xliv	107	llexuosum		179
hastatum .	xii a	26	fuciformc	lxxii	177
beterodon	iii	5	pulcherrimum .	lxxi	175VI
CONTENTS.
	Plate. Page.		Plate. Page.	
Hymenophyllum scabrum		180	Seolopendrium vulgare,	
Hypolepis amauroraebis	ii	3	var. contraetum lii a	123
Lastrea filix-mas,			var. crenato-lobatum	56
yar. schofieldii	xi A	23	var. crenato-multifidum	124
Lindsea cultrata.	xvi B	37	var. cristatum . xxi B	50
linearis	xvi c	39	var. fissile .	84
Lomaria spicant,			var. jugosum . xxiv b	55
var. contraetum	XX c	48	var. luarginato-	
yar. contraetum-			irregulare xxxix B	96
ramosum .	XX D	48	var. papillosum	57
yar. heteropliyllum			var. ramo-marginatum	
	XX A	47	xxiii	53
yar. imbricatum	XX B	47	var. ramosum-majus 1	119
var. ramosum	xxi A	4.9	var. reniforme xlvii B	114
var. subserratum	xix B	46	var. sagittato-cristatum	
Lomariopsis longifolia	xxxvii	91	li B	122
Lygodium forsteri .	XXXV	87	var. stansfieldii xxxix A	95
Marattia kaulfussii	xvii	41	var. sublineato-striatum	
Moliria tliurifraga,			li a	121
var. ackilliasfolia	xlii b	104	var. submarginatum	
Nipbobolus gardneri xxxviii b		94	xxiv a	54
Niphopsis angustatus xxxviii a		93	var. submarginatum-	
Nothocblama flavens	viii	17	multifidum	84
Onycbium auratum .	. i	1	var. suprasoriferum lii B 123	
Polypodium flexile	xlvi A	111	var. variabile	58
var. laciniafum	xlvi B	112	Tricbomanes anceps lxv	153
pbegopteris,			angustalum . lxvii a	157
var. multifidum		83	atteuuatum . Lxvi	155
plebejum	xxxiii	79	bojeri	1C5
squamatum	xxxiv	81	elegans . . Ixiv B	152
vulgare,			exsectum . . Ixiv A	151
var. cristafcum	xxvi B	63	kaulfussii . lxiii B	150
var. marginatum		65	krausii	164
var. truncatum		65	pluma . . lxiii a	149
Pteris aquilina,			pusillum	163
var. esculenta	xlix 117		pyxidiferum	161
areolata .	lvii	133	rigidum, var pulcbcllum	
argyrea	X	21	Ixii B	00 T? T—1
aspericaulis,			scandens . . Ixii A	147
var. tricolor	ix	19	spicatum . . lxvii c	159
cretica,			tricboideum . lxvii B	158
var albo-lineata	XXV	59	Zipbopteris serrulata	
prolifera .		141	(grarnmatis) . xliii a	103PREFACE.
Although the “Natural History of British and Exotic
Ferns” 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 publish a separate volume,
under the title of “New and Rare Ferns,” 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 Hymenophyllums and Tricho-
manes, and these will be found figured and described in “New
and Rare 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 hothouse that can
be kept in a drawing-room; in fact it is a Ward-case that
has a cistern below 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 all good
houses. The Aquarium and the Ward-case are not only1’REF ACE.
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beautiful to look into, but they aic 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 East and West Indies, as instances,
we can grow the Hymenophyllums 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 Rare Ferns” beyond
the ordinary limits of such a work to have described them
all; 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 volumes 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 27th., 1862.NEW AND RARE EERNS
Pinna of mature Frond—upper side.
ONYCHIUM AURATUM.
Kaulfuss. Hooker. Moore.
PLATE I.
Lomaria aurea,
“	caruifolia,
“	decomposita,
Allosorus auralus,
Pteris chrysocarpa,
“ siliculosa,
Wallich.
Wallich.
Don.?
Peesl.
Hookee and Geeyille.
Desvaux.
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.
RPinna of fertile Frond—under side.
HYPOLEPIS AMAUROUACHIS.
Hooker. Kunze.
PLATE II.
Cheilanthes amaurorachis,	Kunze.
Hypolepis—From hypo—under, and lepis—a scale.	Amaurorachis—
Dark racliis.
A greenhouse species.
Native of New Holland.
The fronds, which are membranaceous and very hairy, are
ovate-acuminate, bi or tri-pinnato-pinnatifid, being less divided
near the apex. The pinnae 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..!■' : LEIIUM li ST
□ n.
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ASPLENIUM 1IETEKODON.
The Asplemum heterodon of Moritz, is the A. nigrescens,
and that of Continental Gardens is the A. mdcanicum.
I am indebted to Mr. R. Sim, of Foot’s Cray, for the frond
from which the present plate has been figured.IVFinna of mature Frond—upper side.
ASPLENIUM CONTIGUUM.
Kaulfuss. Hooker and Arnott. Brackenridge.
Mettenius. Moore. Sprengel. Presl. Gagdichaud.
PLATE
Asplenium Jiliforme,
ft	ft
“ lepturus,
I'arachia contigua,
Asplenium—Spleenwort.
IV.—A.
Kaulfuss. Hooker and Arnott.
Mettenius. Brackenridge.
J. Smith.
Presl.
Contiguum—Contiguous.
In the Section Euasplenhjm of Authors.
A stove species.
Native of Oahu, Sandwich Islands, Luzon, Neilgherries, and
Ceylon.
The fronds, which are pinnate, have linear-lanceolate attenuate
pinnae, the pinnae being inciso-serrate; base 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, and parallel with the costa.
Stipes and rachis slightly scaly.A SELENIUM CONTIGUUM.
8
Fronds about twelve inches in length, the stipes occupying
the lower half.
Pi ante from one inch and a half to three inches in length.
There are several forms of this plant.
Variety Filiforme (which is the Asplenium filiforme of Kaul-
fuss) has the serratures of the pinnae more profoundly incised,
and the apex of the frond is drawn out to a lengthy filiform
point.
Variety Lepturus has larger pinnae, being five to six inches
in length.
My thanks arc due to Mr. R. Sim, of Foot’s Cray, for the
present illustration.Portion of fertile Frond—under side.
ASPLENIUM PINNATIFIDUM.
Nuttall. Hooker. A. Gray. Mettenius. Sprengee.
Presl. Fee. Kunze.
l'EATE IV.---H.
Asplenium rhizopht/lhim, var. pinnafij/dum,	Barton.
Asplenium—Spleenwort.	Pinnatijidnm—-Pinnatifid.
Ix the Section Euasplenium of Authors.
A greenhouse species.
Native of the United States of America, Philadelphia, Alle-
ghanies, Southern Tennessee, North Carolina, and Missouri.
Sir W. J. Hooker remarks that this plant, although very dis-
tinct from Camptosorus rhizophyllus, (the Asplenium rhizophyl-
lum of Linnaeus, see Plate xiv.—a, vol. v. and page 4d of same
volume of Ferns, British and Exotic,) nevertheless it has much
of its habit; the points of the fronds are not however ns in that
plant rooting or viviparous.10
A s P h F. NIf M PIS X A TI !•' 1D V M .
Fronds almost membranaceous, flaccid, base subhastate, lance-
olate, profoundly pinnatifid, almost pinnate below, and sinuato-
lobatc above.
Veins repeatedly dichotomous.
Sori brief, linear-oblong, and but few on each lobe, and
even solitary in the smaller ones.
Caudex short and creeping.
Length of frond from four to five inches, with a stipes, which
is csespitose and ebeneous at the base.
The illustration is from a frond forwarded by Mr. K. Sim, of
Foot’s Cray.GYMNOGKA M MA P U I, CHEL L A.
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Barron pinna.
GYAINOGRAMMA PULCHELLA.
Linden. Moore. J. Smith.
PI.ATE V.
Gymnogramma—Naked writing, in allusion to the naked sori.
Pit Ichella—F air.
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-wliite 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.
0;-tMKOGBAMMA
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fERUVIAN A.\/Fertile pinna—upper side.
GYMNOGRAMMA PERUVIANA, Var. Argyrophylla.
Moore.
PLATE VI.
Gymnogramma—Naked writing, in allusion to the naked sori.
Peruviana—Peruvian.	Argyrophylla—Silver-leaved.
An exceedingly handsome silver-frosted Fern, and perhaps
the handsomest of the white-poivdered species.
An evergreen stove Fern.
Native of Peru and Central America.
The form of the frond is ovate, bipinnatc, 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.YMj,0 gramma javanica.
VIIPortion of fertile pinna-under side.
GYMNOGRAMMA JAVANICA.
Hlume. Moore.
l’LATE VII.
Ooniogramma Javanica,	Fee. J. Smith.
Gymnogramma variegata,	Of Continental Gardens.
Gymnogramma—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. Pinna; 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
G YM NOGRAM M A JAYANICA.
Rhizoma somewhat horizontal.
Sori covering all the veins except near their apices.
For a plant of this exquisite Fern my thanks are clue to
M. Schott, Director of the Imperial Gardens of Schonbriinn,
Vienna; and for fronds to Mr. Joseph Henderson, of W entworth.
It may be procured of Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea; Sim, of
Foot’s Cray; and Rollisson, of Tooting.
The illustration is from Mr. Henderson’s fronds.JO l’HOO a Jj /£ N A
VIII
? L A V S N SFertile pinna—upper side.
NOTI-IOCHLvENA FLAVENS.
Moore.
PLATE VIII.
Cincinalis Jlavens,
Acrostichum Jlavens,
Gymnogramme Jlavens,
Desvaux. J. Smith,
Swaetz.
Kaulfuss.
Nothochlana—From the Greek, nothos—spurious, and chlaina—a cloak,
in allusion to the sori.	Flavens—Yellow.
A very fine gold Fern, the 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 pinnae bearing bluntly-
oblong pinnules, the superior ones becoming sessile and the
terminal one lobed; above a rigid green, below brilliant
yellow, from copious farinae. Branches sub-opposite, ascending.
Sori linear, continuous, and becoming after a time confluent,
and thus forming a broad dark marginal belt of rounded sori,18
XOTHOCHLjENA FI,AVENs.
which give a fine appearance in contrast on the bright yellow
frond.
Stipes ebcncous, 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 he procured of Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea; Sim, of
Foot’s Cray; Rollisson, of Tooting; A. Henderson, of Pine-
apple Place; and Cooling, of Derby.
The illustration is from a plant in my own collection.Plant reduced, shewing the habit of this Fern.
PTERIS ASPERICAULIS, Tar. Tricolor.
Moore.
PLATE IX.
P ten's—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.
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PTKRIS ASPERTCAVL1S, VAR. TRICOLOR.
Fronds pinnate, the basal pinnae posterially 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 racliis 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. Pinnfe 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. quadriciurita, and Mr. Thomas Moore, a variety of P.
aspericaulis.
For fronds my thanks are due to Mi-. Edwin Cooling, of the
Mile-ash N ursery, Derby.
It. may be procured from Messrs. Yeitch, of Chelsea; Rollisson,
of Tooting; or Cooling, of Derby; at the price of two guineas.
The illustration is from Mr. Cooling’s fronds.■*F TER I 3 Ml GY
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 pinna;, the basal ones producing
either one or two posterior branches, generally pinnate; the seg-
ments 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. quaclriaurita,
P. nemorcilis, 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 Sir. E. Cooling’s fronds.

La ST!'' KA. SCHOi’! SLDII.	ASPLLKIHM MICKODON
A. EAMOSUM.
Apex of barren Frond-upper side.
LASTREA F1LIX-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 Derbyshire.
Length of frond only two to four inches.
For a description of L. Jilix-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, Yak. Microdon.
Moore.
PLATE XI.—B.
Asplenium mar in am, var. microdon,	Mooee. IIookee.
Asplenium—Spleenwort.	Lanceolcttum—Lanceolate.
Microdon—Small-tootlied.
At page 79, vol. v, of the “Natural History of British and
Exotic Ferns,” Asplenhim 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, being both handsome and distinct.
The fronds are pinnate, and more linear in form than linear-
lanceolate, and tapering to a point. The pinnse 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.
ASPLEN1UM MARINUM, Yar. Ramosum.
Moore.
PLATE XI.—('.
Asplenium—Spleen wort.	Marinum—Sea-side.	Samosum—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.
Length 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.
Klotzscm. Iyunze. Mettenius. Hooker.
PLATE XII.-A.
Aspic ilium fragrans,	Hooker. (Not of Swartz.)
“	odoratum,	Moore.
“	/ntsiaium, war, p/crocaulon, Hooker.
Aspleniam—Spleen wort.	Hanlatum—Spear-shaped.
In the Section Euasplenium of Authors.
A pretty Fern, but little known amongst cultivators, and
closely allied to the Asplmium falx, of Desvaux.
An evergreen stove species.
Native of Carracas, Venezuela, and Andes of Quito.
Fronds pinnate, oblong-ovate in form, the apex being caudate
and pinnatifid, pctiolate, pinnne from two to three inches in
length, coarsely sinuate-serrate with apex entire, caudcx 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, KentASPLENIUM HASTAT.ffM.
A. ALAT'JM.
XIIPortion of fertile Frond —under side.
ASPLEXIUM ALATUM.
Hooker and Greville. Willdenow. Mettenius.
Humboldt and Bonpland. Moore. J. Smith.
P oi ret. Sprengel. Desvaux. Kunze. Klotzsch.
Fee. (Not of Sieber, or Berthelot.)
PLATE XII.—B.
Anplenium pterophorum,	Pkesl.
Asplenium—Spleen wort.	Alatum—Winged.
A singular Fern, having broad herbaceous wings on either
side of the stipes, and between the pinna; 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. J incent.
The fronds, which are membranaceous and herbaceous, are
pinnate; pinna; 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-lanceolato, acu-
minate, and frequently proliferous at the apex. Stipes and
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ASPLEMUM ALATCM.
rachis brown beneath, green above, and winged with a broad
green margin.
Length of frond from twelve to eighteen inches; 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. R. Sim, of Foot’s Cray, for fronds
of this species, from which the present illustration is taken.
tXIIIPinna of mature Frond—upper side.
ASPLENIUM LASERPITIIFOLIUM.
Lamarck. Swartz. Willdenow. Blume. Hooker.
Brackenridge. Mettentus. Moore.
PLATE XIII.
Asplenium, robuslum,	Blume.
“ tripinnatum,	Roxbuegh.
“ riparium,	Bkackenridge, (not Liebmann.)
“ patens.	Kaulfuss. Hookee and Arnott.
<< ((	Mettenius. Moose.
Asplenium—Spleenwort.	Laserpitiifolium—Benzoin-leaved.
In the Section Euasplenium of Authors.
A very handsome Fern, and closely allied to the Asplenium
cuncatum 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. C'audex stout, the base scaly.30
ASPLENIUM EASERPITIIFOLIUM.
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. 11. Sim, of Foot’s Cray.»-X VAS PL*iii 1 U M FLU MGS G
XIVPortion of pinna—under side.
ASPLEN1UM FILIX-FCEMINA, Var. Plumosum.
Moore.
PLATE XIV.
Asplenium—Spleenwort.	Filix-feemina—Female Fern.
Plumosum—A feather.
In the Section Athyrium of Authors.
Asplenium filix-feemina has been fully described in my
“Natural History of British and Exotic Ferns,” page 85, vol.
v, and the handsome multifid variety known as Asplenium
filix-feemina, var. multifidum, figured at plate xxx of the same
volume; and at page 89 there is a woodcut illustration of
another variety, depauperation. 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.AS PLliN 1 U I, 1 OH.YMBIi-P.KCUt
XVFertile pinna—under fide.
ASPLENIUM FILIX-FCEMINA, Vau. Couymbiferum.
PLATE XV.
Asplenium—Spleenwort.	Filix-fcemina—Female Fern.
Cnriimhifcrum—From corymhus—a corymb, and fero—to bear.
In the Section Athyrium of Authors.
This most charming multificl variety of the ‘‘ Lady Fern”
was found in Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands, several
years ago, by Air. 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, Var. 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 pinnae 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 Sir. Stansfield, of Todmorden, from
whom the frond for illustration has been received.C H El LA NT HUB
B O K B I C-r TANA.	B.— l. 1
C.—LI N D S M A LINE A ftI S.
XVI
CULT RATA.t,Lowest pinna—upper side.
CIIEIL ANTITES BORSIGIANA.
Reiciienbach.
PLATE XVI.— A.
Cheilanthes—From cieilos—a lip, and anthos—a flower, in reference
to the form of the indusiurn.	Borsigiana—........?
One of the most beautiful Ferns of recent introduction,
clwarf-growing, and to all appearance somewhat delicate. Quite
new, and very rare.
An evergreen stove species.
Native of Peru.
The frond is twice pinnate, or pinnato-pinnatifid; the lower
pinnte 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.
Raehis 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.
FPortion of fertile Frond—under side.
LINDSiEA CULTRATA.
Swartz. At ieldenow. Scukuhr. Hooker and Greville.
PLATE XVI.--B.
Adiantam cultratum,
WILLDENOW.
Lindscea—Named after Mr. Lindsay, an English cryptogamic botanist.
Cultrata—Shaped like a plough coulter.
A beautiful Adiantuni-looking 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 pinnie ovate, upper base truncate, the apex briefly lobed.
Submembranaceous and horizontal.
Sori oblong, and situated on the superior margin of the
pinnae. Indusium opening outwardly.
Stipes almost black; rachis pale brown.
Caudex creeping. Length of frond from six to nine inches.
Colour pale green.
Sir W. J. Hooker describes several varieties:—
Minor.—Smaller, with more obtuse pinnie.
Pallens.—More flaccid, upper margin more lobed, sori smaller
and more numerous.J-INBSiEA CULTRATA.
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Attenuata.—Pinna; longer, and nearly acuminated; tall and
rigid.
Lucens.—Pinna very obtuse, tall; sori extending to the
apex; opaque and glossy.
Assamica.—Somewhat resembling lucens, but not glossy.
For a frond my thanks are due to Mr. Joseph Henderson,
of Wentworth.Apex of Frond—upper side.
LINDSiEA LINEARIS.
Swartz. Brown. Kunze. Hooker. Moore.
PLATE XVI.—C.
Lindscea lunata,
“ imbricata,
Adiantum lineare,
WlLLDEKOW.
Desvaux.
PoiBET.
Lindscea—Named after Mr. Lindsay, an English cryptogamic 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. Pinme small, rigid, sessile, and flabellate;
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.M ARAT T 1 A KAULFUSSII.
xviiPortion of fertile Frond—under side.
MARATTIA KAULFUSSII.
Kunzk.
PLATE XVII.
Marattia Icevis,	Kaulfuss. Martens and Galleotti.
“	“	Link. (Not of Smith.)
“ weinmanniafoUa, Liebmann.
Eupodium kaalfassii,	J. Smith. Hookee.
Marattia—Named in honour of J. F. Maratti, a Tuscan botanist.
Kaufiussii—Named after the celebrated cryptogamist, 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 stipulaeform fleshy appen-
dages. Base of the stipes clavate.
Veins forked and free.42
MARATTIA KAV I. FUSS II.
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.ASPLEN1UM NITIPUM.
XVIIIPortion of mature Frond-under side.
ASPLENIUM XITIDUM.
Swartz. Hooker. Sciikuiir. 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 sj>athulinum 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 Will.
Asplenium iaxiyne,
“	pulchellum,
Tarachia nitida,
“ insignis,
Asplenium cunealttm,
Blume. (Xul of Liebmann, which is
Asplenium serra of Langsdokff & Fischek )
Wallich. (Not of Baddi, which is
Asplenium pulchellum of Hooker.)
PliESL.
PliESL.
Of some English Collections.
Nitidum—Bright.
G
Asplenium—Spleenwort.44
ASPLENIUAI NITIDUM.
A pretty Fein.
An evergreen stove species.
Native of India, Java, Ceylon, Moluccas, and Mascarcn
Islands.
The fronds, which are deltoid, arc hipinnate, 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.s Pi ■■ aioMPortion of mature Frond—under side.
ASPLENIUM PREEMORSUM, Var. Canauiense.
Moore.
PLATE XIX.--A.
Asplenium—Spleen wort.	Preemorsum—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 preemorsum, and being a permanent variety and
very handsome, it has been thought desirable to give a figure
of it.
For a description of Asplenium preemorsum 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, Var. Subserratum.
PLATE XIX.—B.
Lometria—From loma, ail edge, in reference to tlie position of the
spore-cases.	Spirant—Spiked.	Subscrratum—Almost 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. Stansficld, of Todmordcn.A.-LOMARIA HSTERO HYLLUM. B. -L. IM '■ !■: 10	''A.
■A.. CONTRACT" l.	B.—L. CON'TKAOTUM-PAM 'SUM.
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LOMARIA SPICANT, Yar. IIeterophyllum.
Moore.
PLATE XX.—A.
Lomaria—From loma, an edge, in reference to the position of the
spore-cases.	Spicant—Spiked.	IIeterophyllum—DifFcrent-leaved.
Found at Tunbridge Wells, by Mr. Wollaston, 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. Stansficld,
of Vale Garden, Todmordcn.
LOMARIA SPICANT, Yaii. Imbricatum.
PLATE XX.---B.
Lomaria—From loma, an edge, in reference to the position of the
sporc-cases.	Spicant—Spiked.	Imbricatum—Imbricated.
Found in 1858, in the Y ale of Todmordcn, by Mr. J.
Horsfall.
Pinnules approximate and even crowded, so much so that
there are fifty pairs in 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. Stansficld,
of Todmordcn.48
LOMARIA SPICANT, Yar. Contractum.
Lowe.
PLATE XX. — C.
Lomaria—From lama, an edge, in reference to the position of the
spore-cases.	Spicant—Spiked.	Contrartum—Shortened.
Discovered in July, 1859, in 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, Yar. Contractum-ramosum.
Lowe.
PLATE XX.—D.
Lomaria—From loma, an edge, in reference to the position of the
spore-cases.	Spicant—Spiked.	Contractum—Shortened.
Ramosum—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.XXI49
LOMAKIA SPICANT, Var. Ramosum.
Moore. Kinahan.
PLATE XXI.—A.
Lomaria—From loma, an edge, in reference to the position of the
spore-cases.	Spicant—Spiked.	Ramosum—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 Wicklow, 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 pinna; contracted towards the base.
Length about six inches.
For fronds my thanks are due to Mr. C. Monkman, of
Malton, and Mr. Stansfield, of Todmordcn, from which the
present illustrations have been made.50
SCOLOPENDllIUM VULGARE, V.ut. Cristatom.
Moore.
PLATE XXI.— I!.
S'co/upemlriu,n—Hart’s-tongue.	Vulgar c—Common.
Crislatum—Crested.
A very handsome variety of the Scolopcndriiun vulgare.
The fronds are multifid, very much divided, and forming
large tasselled 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 Chissel-
hurst, and Mr. Stansfield, of Todmorden.
The illustration is from a plant in my own collection.A S PI D 1 U M E1M0T 0 M .
XXIIPortion of fertile pinna—under side.
ASPIDIUM REMOTUM.
A.	Ivunze. Fee. Mettenius.
PLATE XXII.
Lastrea remola,
-A xp Ul i it in riffidum, var. remotum,
Pohjsticlurn remotum,
Moore.
A. Braun.
Koch.
Aspidium—The Shield Fern.
Remotum—Distant.
In the Section Lastrea of Authors.
The Aspidium remotum is a handsome Fern. It was first
discovered in the summer of 1859, in Westmoreland, 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 in Ferns
received fronds of this plant from Mr. Clowes, and recognised
it as the Aspidium remotum of Braun, announcing the discovery
to the Linnsean Society on the 15tli. of December, 1859. Thus
another species has been added to our British Ferns.
A hardy deciduous species.
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ASPIDIUM KEMOTUM.
Native of Southern Germany, and Windermere, Westmoreland.
The fronds, which are erect, are narrow oblong-lanceolate,
smooth, and sub-tripinnate; the pinna; 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 pinnae three to four
inches in length, central pinna; six inches.
Length of frond from three to four feet.
For fronds my thanks are due to Mr. Stansfield, of Vale
Gardens, Todmorden.
The illustration is from a frond of the original plant, sent
bv Mr. Stansfield.«■- 0 P BNB I ;
V U h
XX1U
Ramo-ma rgSCOLOPENDRIUM VULGARE, Var. Ramo-marginatum.
Moore.
PLATE XXIII.
Scolopendrium—Hart’s-toDgue.	Vulgare—Common.
Ramo-marginatum—Margin-branched.
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
Todmordcn, and for the double form to Mr. C. Monkman, of
Malton, both of whose forms I have figured.SCOLOPENDRIUM VULGARE, Var. Submarginatum.
Moore.
l’J.ATE XXIV.—A.
Scolopendrittm—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 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.SCO LOP "I'DRIUM VULGAKE, V. c'JBMAR IMA TO
XXIVSCOLOPENDRIUM VULGARE, Vak. Jcoosum.
Moore.
PLATE XXIV.—B.
Scolopendrium—Hart’s-tongue.	Yulgare—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 Mai ton.SCOLOPENDRIUM VULGARE, Var. Crenato-lobatum.
Moore.
Scolupcndrium—Hart’s-tongue.	Vulyare—Common.
Crenato-lobatum—Jagged-lobed.
Another interesting variety, found in Guernsey by Mr. C.
Jackson; Dorsetshire, by Mr. Wollaston; Oldstead, Yorkshire,
by Mr. C. Monkman; Devonshire, by the Rev. J. M. Chanter;
and in Kent, by Mr. brent.SCOLOPENDRIUM VUJ.GARE, VAR. PAPILEOSL’M.
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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 Mai ton.
SCOLOPENDRIUM YULGARE, Var. Papillosum.
Moore.
Scolopenclrium—Hart’s-tongue.	Vulgare—Common.
Papillosum—Bearing protuberances.
A pretty, curious Fern, discovered in Guernsey, by Mr.
J aekson.
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.SCOLOPENDRIUM YULGARE, VAU. VARIAB1J.E.
-3S
For the frond illustrated I am indebted to Mr. Stansfield, of
Todmorden.
SCOLQPENDRIUM YULGARE, Var. Yariabile.
Moore.
Scolopendritun—Hart’s-tongue.	Yuly arc—Common.
ThrLibile—Variable.
A very variable Fern, both in size and form.
Found in several localities.
The fronds either consist of two distinct renifonn-stalked
lobes or branches, or one renifonn lobe and a longer branch,
or destitute of the renifonn 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.59
PTERIS CRETICA, Var. Albo-lineata.
Hooker.
PLATE XXV.
Pteris bicolor,	London Nubseeymen.
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, hearing 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
pinna? 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 pinna-, and
a terminal much longer one. The longer pair of pinna? are
bifid, producing on their lower side a secondary pinnule ot
about one half 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.
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PTER1S ( RETIC'A, VAR. ALBO-I.IXEATA.
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 are 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.POLYPOD
XXVI
CRFILANTHES 0 a PENIS.
VULGARE, VAR. CRISTATCJM.Fertile Pinna—under side.
CHEILANTHES CAPENSIS.
Swartz. Moore.
PLATE XXVI.—A.
Cheilanthes prcetex/a,
Adiantum capense,
A diantopsis capensis,
Hypolepis *•
Kattltuss.
Thunberg.
Fee.
Hooker.
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 Cheilanthes, 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, arc
deltoid and bi-tripinnatej the pinnules obovate and decurrent.
Sori approximate, membranaceous, copious, and semiovate,
giving the edge of the frond an Adiantum look.
O	O	O62
CIIEIl.ANTHES CAPENSIS.
Stipes from four to six inches in length, and rachis four
inches. Stipes slender, eheneous, 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
POLYPODIUM YULGARE, Var. Cristatum.
Perry, M.S.
PLATE XXVI.—B.
Polypodium—Polypody.	Vulgare—Common.	Crislalum—C rested.
This very beautiful Fern is as yet rare in cultivation.
It was discovered in Ireland by Mr. Henry S. Perry, of
Rock Lodge, Monkstown, County Cork.
Like Aspidium fdix-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 re-
ferred 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. Perry’s frond.NX.65
POLYPODIIJM VULGARE, Var. Truncatdm.
Moore.
Pol//podium—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 pinnae are alternate.
Length twelve inches, or more.
The frond for illustration was kindly forwarded by Mr.
Clowes, of Windermere.
POLYPODIUM YULGARE, Var. Marginatum.
Polypodium—Polypody.	Vulgare—Common.
reference to the margin.
Marginatum—In
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.ASPIDIUM AN ©’J LA RE, VAR, C Ui|f ATU M.
XXVII67
ASPIDIUM ANGULARE, Yar. Cristatum.
Lowe.
ELATE XXVII.
Potj/stichum angnlare, var. cristatum,	Moore.
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-fcemina. 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 Itev. J.
K68
ASPIDIUM ANGULARE, VAR. CRISTATUM.
M. Chantin 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 pinnae 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 Malton.
The illustration is from Mr. Monkman’s frond.j : 1 ,:M F1LIX-MAS, VAii. A3 BREVIATJM-CRIST ATUM.
XXVIliASPIDIUM FILIX-MAS, Var. Abbreviatum-cristatum.
Lowe.
PLATE XXVIII.
Lastrca filix-mas abbreviata-cnstata,	Clowes.
Aspidium—Shield Fern.
Filix-mas—Male Fern.	Abbreviatum-cristatum—Abbreviated-crested.
In the Section Lastrea of Authors.
This new multifid variety of the Male Fern, although not so
dwarf as the Aspidium pumilum, (figure 15, vol. vi, of my
“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 fourteen 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.Portion of fertile Frond—under side.
ADIANTUM WILESIANUM.
Hooker. Fee. Moore.
PLATE XXIX.
Adiantum crcnatum ?	Willdenow.
Adiantum—Dry.	Wilesianum—Named after Mr. Wiles, the
discoverer of the Fern in Jamaica.
Ax 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, Kcw.
The illustration is from one of Mr. Smith’s fronds.c K RATODA GTTLI 3	08M UNDIODIr;
XXXBarren Frond.
CEBATODACTYLIS OSMUNDTOIDES.
,T. Smith. Fee.
PLATE XXX.
Haven cordifolia,
A llosorus IcarwinsJcii.
Botryogramme “
Lagasca. Hooker, (not Ltebmann.)
Kunze. Bentham. Hooker.
Fee.
Ceratodactylis—From Keras—a horn, and dactylos—a finger, alluding to
the divisions of the fronds.	Osmundioides—Osraunda-like.
A very handsome, delicate-fronded, Osmunda-looking Fern.
An evergreen stove species.
Native of Mexico.
Fronds large and tripinnate, the fertile and sterile pinnules
different. 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.74
CKRATODAl'TYLIS OSMUN'DIOIDES.
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.C- Y M N 0 G R A M M A T111 F 0 L I A T A. L P E X OF I
XX AI(Portion of barren Frond—under side.
GY MNOG R A MM A TRIFO LI A T A.
Dgsvaux. J. Smitit. Sprengel. Moore.
PLATE XXXI.
An’ostichum lrifoUatum4	Ltnnvus.
Ilemionitis trifoliater,	Humboldt.
Gymnogramma—Naked writing, in allusion to the sori.
1'rfoliata—Three-leaved.
A beautiful golden-powdered Fern, rare in cultivation.
Native of the West Indies and South America.
Fronds pinnate, pinna; linear, from two to three inches in
length; sterile fronds everywhere very smooth; basal pinna; tri-
foliate, higher on the frond usually bifoliate, opposite or sub-
opposite; pinna; short-stalked.
Stipes and rachis reddish.
Veins forked.
Sori along the veins, naked, and eventually confluent.
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GY:\1NDGRAMMA TRTFOLIATA.
Length of frond about two feet; above dark green, beneath
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. R. J. Gray, of St. Thomas’,
Exeter.
The illustration is from Mr. Smith’s frond.AH'. Ml
A Tj IA T J 0 LI A.
X ,XI:Barren Pinna.
ANEMIA ADIANTIFOLIA.
Swartz. Moore. Willdenow. Sprengel. Desvaux.
Kunze. Presl. Klotzsch, {not of Schleciitendal.)
PLATE XXXII.
Anemia cicutaria,
“ caruifulia,
“ asplenifolia,
Osmunda adiantifolia,
“ asplenifolia,
Anemirldza adiantifolia,
Ornilhopteris	“
Anemia adiantifolia, var. earn
“	“ yar. aspli
Mooee and Hottlston.
(not o/Kunze.)
Pbesl. Spbengel.
SwAETZ.
Linmjus.
Lajiaeck.
J. Smith.
Beenhaedi.
folia, Mooee.
nifolia, Willdenow.
Anemia—Prom the Grech, naked, in reference to the naked inflorescence.
Adiantifolia—Maidenhair-leaved.
An exceedingly handsome Pern.
An evergreen stove species.
Native of the West Indies—in Jamaica, Cuba, St. Domingo,
Bahamas, Porto Pico, and Guadeloupe, South America—in
Mexico, Guatemala, and Tabasco.78
AJiEMXA ADIAST1 FOLIA.
Fronds bipiunate, except at the base, where tripinmitc.
Pinnae, two together at the base of the frond, then alternate,
apex of the frond attenuate. Pinnules, basal ones deeply di-
vided, 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 pinnae 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
pinnae being barren.
Rachis and stipes very slender, and copiously hirsute. Pin-
nules 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. .T. Smith, of the Royal Gardens, Ivew,
for the fronds from which the present illustration has been
made.WISP.Portion of fertile Frond—under side.
POLYPOD1UM PLEBEJUM.
Sell LECH TICK DAL. J. SMITH. LlEBMANN. KUKZE.
l'l.ATE xxxi 11.
Poly podium—Polypody.	Plehejum—Common.
Ax interesting rare species.
An evergreen stove Fern.
Native of Mexico, where it has been found in the temperate
and cold regions, at a height of from two to seven thousand
feet above the sea, by Schiecle and Liebmann.
In form it is very like Pvlypodium 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.
Round 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, Kcw.JL'i'PODIOM 3QUAMAT U M
X\XVIPinna of fertile Frond—under side.
POLYPODIUM SQUAMATUM.
LlNNJEUS. PLUMIER.
PLATE XXXIV.
Lepicystis squamata,
J. Smith.
Polypodium—Polypody.
Squamatum—Scaly.
In the Section Lepicystis 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 squamae.
The Polypodium squamatum is very handsome, and rare in
cultivation.
An evergreen stove species.
Native of the A Vest Indies.m
VOLYl’ODH’M SQUAMATU1I.
Fronds pinnatifid. Pinna; 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 arc given to Mr. J. Smith, Curator of
the Royal Gardens, Kew.Apex of Frond.
POLYPODIUM PHEGOPTERIS, Var. Multifidum.
Lowe.
Polypodium—Polypody.	Phegopteris—Beech Fern.
Multifidum—Multifid.
Tins interesting variety was found by myself in great
abundance in 1857, near Stockghyll Force, Ambleside.
In form it resembles the normal form of Polypodium
phegopteris, the distinctive feature consisting in its being
irregularly multifid.
MSCOLOPENDRIUM VULGARE, Yar. Fissile.
Scolopendrium—Hart’s-tongue.	Yulgare—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.	Yulgare—Common.
Submarginatum—Submarginal.	Multijidum—Multifid.
A dwarf Fern raised by Mr. Stansfield, of the Vale Gardens,
Todmordcn.
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 Todmordcn, for the
frond illustrated.SCOLOP£NDillUM VULCAEE.
Var. Fissile.
SCOLOrENDRIUM VULGARE.
Var. Submarg-inr.tum-Diultifidum.LYGODIUM FORSTER I.
XXXVPortion of fertile Frond—under .side.
LYGODIUM FORSTERI.
Lowe.
PLATE XXXV.
Lygodictyon forsteri,
Lygodium reticulatum,
LLydroglossum polycarpus,
Opfdoglossum scandens,
J. Smith.
ScHKUHli.
WlLEDENOW.
Forster, (not Linnaus.)
Lygodium—From lygodes, flexible, in allusion to the twining habit of
tho plants.	Forsteri—Named after Forster.
In the Section Lygodictyon of Adthors.
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
J.YGODIUM FORSTKRI.
A warm greenhouse species.
Native of the Polynesian Islands.
In general habit it is similar to the Lyyodium, in which
family it was placed by Schkuhr.
Fronds scandent, twining, and conjugate; usually three
(sometimes four) pairs of pinnse, with an ultimate double
pinna, (which is sometimes single.) Pinna; 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.
Smith, Curator of the Royal Gardens, Kew.ASI-LENIUM NJD
XXXV1Portion of fertile Frond—under side.
ASPLEN1UM NIDUS.
Linnaeus. Hooker. Willdenow. (Not of Brown,
Raddj, Wallich, Mueller, or Moritz.)
PLATE XXXVI.
Ncolluptcris nidus,
Thamnopteris nidus,
“	orient a! is,
“	mauritiana,
J. Smith. Hookeb. Fee.
Pbesl. Moobe.
Peesl.
Pbesl.
Asplenium—Spleenwort.	Nidus—A nest, in allusion to tlie
maimer of growth.
Ix the Section Thamnopteris of Authors.
According to our leading botanists several somewhat 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.
A&pluniUM nidus, Linnaeus, with fronds from two to six feet
long; A. muscefolium, 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. muscefolium
the great size, and especially breadth of this simple or un-
divided frond, makes it, as Sir W. J. Hooker says, “unques-
tionably the most noble of all the genus AspleniimiA A.
australasicum, which is distinguished by the very acute keel
to the costa, is the form figured in my “Natural History of
Ferns,” Vol. V, plate XV.—A, under 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,
Bonin 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, Ivew."SIS LONGII'O
XX XV IIFertile pinna—under side.
L0MAR10PSIS LONGIFOLIA.
J. Smith.
PLATE XXXVII.
Lomaria longifulia,
Acrostic/ium sorbifulium,
Kaulfuss. Sprenqel.
Vahl, (Not of Linn.eus.)
Lomariopsis—From loma, the edge, and opsis, appearance, in allusion
An interesting rare Fern.
A stove species.
Native of tropical America, Martinique, and Porto Rico.
Fronds dimorphous and pinnate; the pinnae articulate with
the rachis. The fertile pinnae contracted, sub-opposite below,
alternate above, from six to ten pairs and a terminal one;
length of pinnae 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-indusiform.
to the marginal gland.
Long folia—Long-fronded.
N92
LOMARIOFSIS LONGTFOLTA.
Sori superficial, and without an indusium.
Length of frond two feet.
Rhizoma scandent.
A similar genus to Stenochlcena, as regards its habit, hut
differing in the absence of the costal areole, and of the
marginal gland near the base of the pinna;.
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.II
•inaHcitfVO
;flrIcaOH cl ! M
nlVlSDONV sis:ouPortion of barren Frond.
NIPHOPSIS ANGUSTATUS.
Smith.
PLATE XXXVIII.—A.
Niphobolus sphcerocephalus,
macroeatpus,
angustatus,
Polypodium angustatum,
spluerocephalum,
Pleopeltis angustata,
Phymalodes sphcerocephalus,
Hooker and Geeville.
Hooker and Aenott.
Sprengel. Moore.
Swartz. Scrkuhr.
Wallich.
Presl.
Prese.
Niphopsis—Snowy appearance, (from the Greek,) in allusion to the stellate
pubescence.	Angustatus—Narrow-fronded.
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 Royal Gardens, Kew.*
Portion of Froncl.
NIPHOBOLUS GARDNERI.
J. Smith. Kunze. Moore.
PLATE XXXVIII.—K.
Niphobolus aerosiichoides,	J. Smith. (Not of FoESTElI.)
Polypodium gardneri,	Mettenius.
Niphobolus—From niphobolos, 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.
Soli non-indusiate, circular, multiserial, confluent, and even-
tually covering the "whole under side of the frond except the
base.
Length of frond fifteen inches.
Rhizoma 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 O’ L 0 lJ E NDR10M VCJLGA R E.
Var. Stansfieldu.
XXXIX
S. VULGARE.
Var Margmato-Irregolare-SCOLOPENDRIUM YULGARE, Var. Stansfieldii.
Stansfiet.d, MS.
J'l.ATK XXXIX.—A.
Scolopendrium—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 stansfeldii 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 Yale Gardens,
Todmorden, for the frond illustrated.Portion of fertile Frond—under side.
SCOLOPENDRIUM YULGARE,
Var. Marginato-irregdlare.
Clapham.
PLATE XXXIX.—B.
Scolopendrium—Hart’s-tongue.	Yulgare—Common.
Marginato-ir regulars—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 irregu-
larly margined, and their apices multifid.
So variable is the form of the fronds of this Fern, that no
two are alike.
Length from nine to twelve inches.
For the fronds illustrated I am indebted to Mr. Clapham, of
Scarborough.ASPLENIUM F97
ASPLENIUM FILIX-FCEMINA, Var. Acrocladon.
Clapham, MS.
l’l. ATE XI,.
.Ix/ilrnium—Spleenwort.	Filiocfcemina—Lady Fern.
Acrocladon—From the Greek, branching at the extremity.
In the Section Athyiuim of Authors.
An extremely handsome variety of the Lady Fern, 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.
ASP1DIUM OREOPTEEIS, Yar. Nowellianum.
Lowe.
Lastrea montuna, van. nowelliana,	Mooke.
Aspidium—The Shield Fern.	Oreopteris—Mountain Fern.
Nowellianum—Named after Mr. Nowell, one of the discoverers.
0100
ASPIDTUM OUEOPTERIS, VAR. NOWELLIA NTJM.
In the Section Lasteea of Authors.
The Lastrea montanci 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 Todrnorden, near Lake Gyrionedd, in North
Wales, September 12th., 1860, and has been tested in the
fernery at the Vale Nurseries, Todrnorden, and proves perfectly
constant.
The fronds are pinnate, the pinna; 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 form; they are deeply
cut and serrated, and in this respect the variety nowelliana
differs entirely from the normal type, and indeed has quite
as much the appcarauce of an Athyrium as a Lastrea.
The , sori bold and conspicuous.
The fronds are from twelve to twenty-four inches in length.
For a description of this Fern the reader is referred to
Aspiilium 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 Todrnorden, for
the frond illustrated.IDI'JM DELTO
XL1rinna of mature Frond—under side.
ASPIDIUM DELTOIDEUM.
Swartz.
PLATE XLT.
T.itslrea dilatata,	Mooee.
Aspidium—Shield Fern.	Deltoideum—Deltoidal.
In the Section Lastrea of Authors.
A singular-looking Fern, as yet rare in cultivation.
An evergreen stove species.
Native of the West Indies, and imported from Jamaica.
The fronds, which are stiff, are erect, smooth, thiclcish-
textured, and pinnate; the pinnae on the lower half of the
frond arc 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. Pinnae at the base, and also upper portion of
the frond, rounded at the apex, the large pinnte 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 DEI.TOIDETJM.
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.T-T T.J 1-
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XIPHOPTERIS SERRULATA (GRAMMITIS.)
Kaulfuss.
PLATE XLII.—A.
Acrostichum serrulaium,	Swartz.
Orammitis serrulata,	Hooker.
Xiphopteris—From the Greek, Sword Fern.	Serrulata—Saw-edged.
A most singular little Fern; rare in cultivation.
An evergreen stove species.
Native of tlic 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.rinna of mature Frond.
MOHRIA THURIFRAGA, Var. Achilli^efolia.
Moore.
PLATE XLII.—li.
Mohria—Named after Mohr, a German botanist.
Thurifraga—Frankincense.	Achilliafulia—Aehillia-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 of 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.A	\	\	\	\	\	1	^
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iPinna of fertile Frond-under side.
ASPIDIUM CARYOTIDEUM.
Wallich.
PLATE XLII1.
Cyrtomium caryolideum,
MooiiE.
Aspidium—Shield Fern.
Caryolideum—.......P
In the Section Cyrtomium of 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 hy Mr. R. Sim,
Nurseryman, Foot’s Cray, Kent.Anx
■ finsoioiTOii ini
Ids 7/Pinna of mature Frond.
ASPLENIUM FOLIOLOSUM.
Wallich.
PLATE XLIV.
Athyrium foliolosum,
Asplenium macrocarpum,
“	decipiens,
Aspidium foliolosum,
“	dubium,
“	fimbriatum,
“	squarrosum,
“	lanceum,
Polystichum fimbriatum,
Lastrea macrocarpa,
Mooke.
Blume. Hooker. J. Smith.
(Not of Desyaux, Fee, or Telfaib.)
Mettenius.
Wallich.
Wallich.
Wallich.
Wallich.
Kunze.
Peesl.
Moobe.
Asplenium—Spleenwort.
Foliolosum,—Leafy.
In the Section Athyrium of Authors.
A distinct, rare species.
An evergreen stove Fern.
Native of the East Indies, Java, and Ceylon,
liaised at Foot’s Cray, from East Indian spores.
Fronds bipinnate, sub-coriaceous, and glabrous, with ovate-
lanceolate, lax-habited, almost pendant fronds, which are stout
r108
ASPI.EXU'M FOLIOLOSUjM.
in texture, shining, and smooth. Stipes longish. Pinnules
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.XLVMature Frond—under side.
GYMNOGRAMMA RUTvEFOLIA.
Desvaux. Hooker and Greville. Moore.
PLATE XLY.—A.
Gymnogramme rutepfulia,	J.	Smith.
Grammitis rutepfulia,	K.	Drown.
Gymnogramma—Naked writing, in allusion to the sori.
Rutepfulia—Rue-leaved.
A curious dwarf Fern, having somewhat the appearance
of our British Asplcnium ruta-muraria.
An evergeeen 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.
Length 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 are due to Mr. Joseph
Henderson, of Wentworth, Yorkshire.110
ASPIDIUM ANGULAEE, Yak. Tedkcatum.
Lowe.
PLATE XI.V.-H.
Pulysticltum angulare, var. iruacaium,	Moore.
Anpidium—Shield Fern.	Angulare—Angular.	Truneatum—Truncate.
In the Section Polystichum of Authors.
This remarkable variety of a handsome 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 pinnae.
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 pimne and the palmately
lobed pinnules, render this highly-interesting Fern very distinct.
For fronds my thanks are due to Mr. Stansfield, of Todmordcn.V 0 L F IgD I U M FLEXILE.
P. FLEXILE, Var. Lacunatum.
XLVIPortion of mature Frond - under side-
POLYPODIUM FLEXILE.
Moore. Henfrey.
PLATE XLYI.—A.
Polypodium alpeslre, var. flexile,
Pseudathyrium flexile,
Phegopleris flexilis,
Lindley and Moobe.
Newman.
J. Smith.
Polypodium,—Polypody.	Flexile—BendiDg.
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, deflexcd, 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 Yale
Cardens, Todmordcn.112
POLYPODIUM FLEXILE, Var. Laciniatum.
Stansfield, MS.
PLATE XLVI.— li.
Poly podium—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 pinnae.
The pinna; 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.LV1ICYSTOPTERIS FRAGIHS, Yar. Furcans.
Moore.
PLATE XLVII.—A.
Oystopteris—Bladder-Fern.	Fragilis—Frail.	Furcans—Forked.
/
This charming, distinct, and constant Fern was found on
Ben La were, in 1858, by Mr. James Horsfall, of Todmorden.
It is distinguished from the normal form by the furcations of
the fronds and pinnae.
The fronds are once or twice forked at their apices.
The pinnae, which are pinnatifid, 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 are due to Mr. Stansfield,
of Todmorden.114
SCOLOPENDRIUM
VULG-ARE, Var. Reniforme.
Moore.
PLATE XLVI1.----B.
Scolopendrium—Hart’s-tongue.	Vulgare—Common.	Ren for me—
Kidney-shaped.
The Scolopendrium reniforme is one of the curious and highly-
capricious forms of the variety variabile 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 a plant my thanks arc due to Mr. James, of Vauvert,
and for fronds to Mr. Stansficld, of Todmordcn.■■A S P L 1-; N I 0 M MARIN:;
A S P ID IU M. 1 IMX-MAS.
n upturn,
ar.
XLVIU■11.5
ASPLENIUM MARINUM, Var. Interruptum.
Monkman, MS.
PI.ATE XLVIII.—A.
Asplenium—Spleenwort.	Marinum—Sea. Interruptum—Interrupted.
This plant was found along with the variety trapeziforme,
(of which it is a sport,) about four years ago, 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 in-
ter rup turn 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 Ci/sptopteris
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 pinmc are very irregular in form, some being much de-
pauperate, occasionally a mere midrib, and frequently wanting.
Every frond varies, 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,
(ill(i
ASPIDIUM FILIX-MAS, Var. Witaisonii.
Lowe.
PLATE XT.VIII. — IS.
Lastrea JVix-maa, var. wi-Uisonii.
Stansfield, MS.
Aspidium—Shield-Fern.	Filir-mas—Male-Fern.	WUlUonii—Named
after Mr. Willison, tlio 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 pinna? 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 Mr. C. Monkman, of Malton, for a
frond of this variety.A
PTE JUS AQIULINA.
Yar. Esculent a.
XL IX117
PTERIS A QUIT, IN A, Yak. Esculenta.
IIoOKEIS.
PLATE XI,IX.
Pterin esctt/ciila,
“	semiha flat a,
“	dense,
“	arachnoids
“	larigcra,
Forster. Sivautz. Labillahdiehe.
ScHKUHR. WlLLDENOW. IjROWN.
Blujie. Endlicher. Aoardh.
Wai.lich. Agabdh.
Wallich.
Kaulfuss. Kdnze. Agardii.
Wallich.
Pleris—Brake.	Aquilina—Eagle-liko.	Encnlenla—Eatable.
A pretty, narrow, slender variety of the Common Brakes,
and more especially abundant in the southern hemisphere.
Native of Australia, New Zealand, Society Islands, Tasmania,
Torfolk Island, Feejec 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 Mr. J. Smith, Curator of
the Royal Gardens, Kew, and to Mr. G. Norman, of Hull.VL
U3r"119
SCOLOPENDRIUM YULGARE, Var. Ramosum-jiajus.
Moore.
PLATE L.
Scolopcndrium—Hart’s-tongue.	Vulgare—Common.
Ramosum-majus—Large-branched.
A handsome vigorous-growing variety, ramose in habit, two
or three 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
crcnate.
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. Stansficld, of Todmorden.SCOLOi
eNDRium v
V* SubHneato-striatum
ulgare
LI
'• v IJ L G A R E.
Var‘ SaSittat°-cnstatum.SCOLOPENDKIUM VULGARE,
Yak. Sublineato-striatum.
PLATE LI.—A.
Srulopendrium—Hart’s-tongue.	Yulgare—Common.
Sublineato-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 stria) across the upper surface of the
frond.
Sori bold, near the margin, 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 arc due to Messrs. Stansfield, Vale
Gardens, Todmorden.SCOLOP E NDBIU M VULGAR E,
Var. Sagittato-cristatum.
Moore.
PLATE LI.—B.
Scolopenctrium—Hart’s-tongue.	VuJgare— Common.
Sagittato-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. Easal 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 Air. Stansficld, of Todmorden, for
fronds.S. VU LG ARE.
Yar. Contractum.
LI123
SCOLOPENDRIUM YULGARE, Var. Contractum.
PLATE LII.---A.
Scolopendrium—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 YULGARE, Yar. Suprasoriferum.
PLATE LII.—B.
Scolopendrium—Hart’s-tongue.	Yulgare—Common.
Suprasoriferum—Soriferous above.
A foum of the variety Crenato-lobatum 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.
RApex of Trend.
SCOLO PEN DRIUM YULG ARE,
Yak. Ckexato-x:iltifidlm.
Scolopendrium—•Hart’s-tonjpte.	Tulgare—Common.
Cremlu-iuulijjidum—Crenate multifid.
A h vsdsome form of the 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 f urcate at the apex. Yarrow, 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. Stansficld, of Todmorden, my thanks are due for
fronds.’ I D I U M DILATATUM.
Var. l.epidotum.
LI II123
ASPIDIUM DILATATUM, Vah. Lepidotum.
PLATE LI IT.
Tastrea dilatata, var. lepidota,
MoOEE.
Aspidium—Shield Fern. Dilatatum—Spread out.	Lcpidolum—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 Air. 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 AspicUum.
My thanks are due to Mr. Edwin Cooling, of Derby, for the
frond from which the illustration is taken.ASPIDIIJM TILIX-MAS.
Var. Acrocladon.
LIVr127
ASPIDIUM FILIX-MAS, Yar. Acrocladon.
PLATE LIV.
Lastrea filix-mas, var. acrocladon,	Clapham, MS.
Aspidium—Shield Fern.	Filix-mas—Male Fern.
Acrocladon—Branched ends.
In the Section Lastrea of Authors.
A very beautiful variety of the Male Fern, raised from
spores by Mr. Clapbam, 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.ASPLJilNIUM FI L IX - TP F. M I N A.
Var. Laciniatum.
A8PIDIUM FILIX- .1 A o.
• ; t ■	in-	j iASPIDIUM FILIX-MAS, Yah. Cristatum-angustatum.
PLATE LV.—A.
Lastrea filix-mas, var. eristata-angustata,	Mooke.
Aspidium—Shield Fern.	Filix-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 pinnae 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. R. Sim, of Foot’s
Cray, and is quite constant.
My thanks are due to Mr. Cooling, Nurseryman, Mile Ash,
Derby, for the frond figured.130
ASPLENIUM FILIX-FCEMINA, Yar. Laciniatum.
PLATE LY.—B.
Atliyrium filix-fcemina, var. laciniata, Moose.
Asplenium—Spleenwort.	Filix-fcemina—Lady Fern.
Laciniatum—Laciniated.
In the Section Athybjum of Authors.
This curious variety of our Lady Fern was found at
Nettlecombe, by Mr. Elworfhy.
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'j present
volume.
It is small in size, and irregular in form. The pinnae
are sometimes caudate, sometimes prsemorse, 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.vSPIDI'JM AN GULAKS,
v'ar. Aristatuia.
LVI131
ASPIDIUM ANGULARE, Yar. Aristatum.
PLATE LYI.
Pnlystichum angulare, var. aristatum, Mooke.
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 destructive 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.
s: ol a
LVIIPinna of barren Frond.
PTERIS AREOLATA.
Lowe.
PLATE LVII.
Litobroclda areolata,
Moore.
Pteris—Brake.	Areolata—Name in reference to the areoles.
In the Section Litourochia oe 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; pinnato-pinnatifid; sparingly proliferous on the rachis.
Stipes long, namely, nine inches. The crown slightly scaly,
the scales being greyish in colour. The basal pinnte are
bipartite. Pinnte opposite; the segments of the pinna: falcate,
bluntish, and somewhat distant.
Width of frond five inches; colour very bright green.134
1‘TERIS 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.B L £ 0 H N 01:	L Ai v ] G A T U M
LVIIIfertile Frond.
BLECHNUM LiEVIGATUM.
Cavanilles. Hooker. Swartz. Willdenow. Desvaux.
R. Brown. Moore. Sprengel. Kunze.
Blechnum—From Blechnon, the Greek name for a Fern.
Lcemgatum—Smooth.
A most interesting species from Port Jackson, New South
Introduced into this country by Mr. R. Sim, of Foot’s Cray,
in 1859.
The fronds arc oblong-ovate, truncate at the base, and pinnate;
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
pinnae, the terminal one large. The sterile pinnae elliptical,
and obtusely acuminate, rosy in colour while young; the fertile
pinnae erect, much contracted, being linear and more distant;
PLATE LVIII.
Lomaria scabra,
Orthogramma Icevigata,
Blechnum ambiguum,
Parablechnum ambiguum,
Lomaria ambigua,
Kaulfuss. Peesl. Fee.
Phesl.
Kaulfuss. Pkesl.
Peesl.
Fee.
Wales.136
P.I.F.CIINVM L.P.VIGATUM.
also pinnate, their width varying from one eighth to a quarter
of an inch.
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
pinna; from two to two and a half inches, except the ultimate
pinna, which is twice this length.
The copious pellucid dots on the pinna; render this an
interesting object for the microscope.
For fronds my thanks are due to Mr. It. Sim, of Foot’s
Cray Nursery, Kent.xrr
•pm . 11 v ri .1 o i j.:. a k n i a i a ^'rinna—under side.
ASPIDIUM DENTICULATUM.
Swartz. (Not of Wallioii.)
lM.ATE I.IX.
Lastren denticulata.
Poly slick 11 in d enliculatum,
Aspidium—The Shield Fern.
Moore. J. Smith. Fresl. '
.T. Smith.
Denticulatum—Toothed.
Ix the Section Lastrea of Authors.
This very handsome, dwarf, Davallia or Polystichum-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 pinnae 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.Frond reduced,]]
GLEICIIENIA FURCATA.
Swartz. J. Smith.
PLATE LX.
Gleichenia pubescens, var. glabra,
Mertcnsia fareata,
Acrostichum furcatum,
Polypodium “
Hooker.
Swartz.
LINN2EUS.
Swartz.
Gleichenia—Named in honour of Baron P. F. Yon Gleichen, a German
Botanist.	Furcata—Forked.
In the Section Mertensia of Authors.
t140
GLEICHENIA FURCATA.
A very interesting, handsome, stove species from the 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 Gleichenia furcata of
Swartz; but Sir W. J. Hooker has figured it in his “Species
Filicum,” as a glabrous variety of G. jmbescetis, of Willdenow.
The rhizomes of these species are nearly as robust as, and by
no means unlike those of G. jiabellata.
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; pinnfc
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.PTERIS PROLIFERA.
Lowe.
Pteris erotica, var. prolifera,
Mooee.142
PTERIS PROI.IFERA.
Ptcris—Brake.
Prolifera—Proliferous.
According to Mr. T. Moore, this is a variety of the Pteris
cretica, figured in Yol. Ill, Plate XLIII, of my “Natural
History of Fernsthere 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 Ptcris 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 costce of
the pinme, 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 Mr. R. Sim, of Foot’s
Cray, Kent.ASPIDIUM TRIANGULUM, Vak. Laxdm.
Hooker.
J’oli/.stichum triangulum, var. fa.rum,
Moobe. J. Smith.144
ASP1DIUM TRIANGULUM, VAli. 1, WUM.
Axpidium—The Shield Fern.	Triangulum—Triangular.
Var. laxum—Lax variety.
In the Section Polystichijm of Authors.
An exceedingly handsome, stove, very scaly Fern, introduced
into this- country in 1859, from spores, by Mr. Sim, of
Foot’s Cray, from Jamaica.
The habit is pretty, and tufted. The fronds are narrow,
linear, with small, sharp-pointed, triangular, or subtrapeziform
pinnae, and having a few large, spiny, recurved segments at
the base.
It resembles Polijsticlium triangulum, hut 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 Avidest 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.ADIANT!1 M 5 1JLPHURB U M.
LX I■ADIANTUM SULPHUKEUM.
Kaulfuss, Hooker. Kunze.
PI,ATE LX I.
Adiantum—Dry.
Sulpha reum—S ill ph ur cous.
A lovely very rare Fern.
Native of Chili, Conception, and Peru.
The fronds, which are ovate in form, are tripinnate; the
pinnules, which are small, are obovatc-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
arc 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.SC NDEN 3.
r. i o t d i; m.
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1 ti I C [-1 0 M A M E S
LX IT147
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 sjiecies, climbing very rapidly on
trees.
Native of Jamaica and Mexico.
The fronds are hi pinnate, ovate-acuminate in form, and
curving; the pinnae, which are lanceolate, are bipinnatifid, the
ultimate 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 Hymenophyllums, many of
them exceedingly handsome, and not to be found in any other
collection in this country.
uTRIG 110 MANES RIGIDUM, Yah. Pulcheleum.
Swartz. Hooker. Hedwig.
WlLLDENOW. (Not of KLOTZSCH, RaDDI, Or WaEUCII.)
PLATE I.XII. — I!.
Trichomanes pyramidale,
“	achillceifolium,
“	mandioccanum,
"	obscurum,
Wallicii.
"WlLLDENOW.
Rabdi.
Blume. J. Smith.
Trichomanes—From the Greek, soft hair.	Migidum—Rigid.
A fine 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.
Rachis 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.TBIUBOMaNES PLDMA.
T. KAULFUSSII.
LX1II■\14!)
TEICHOMANES 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 tempera-
ture ranging between 50° and 70°.
My thanks are due to Messrs. J. Backhouse and Son,
Nurserymen, York, for the frond illustrated.150
TRICHOMANES KAULFUSSII.
Hookei; and Grevilee.
PLATE LXIII. — IS.
Trichomanes lucens,	Hookek and Gbeville, (excl. syn.)
Trichomanes—From the Greek, soft hair.	Kaulfussii—Named after
Ifaulfuss, 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. Pinnae mostly opposite.
Involucres abundant, cylindrical, cup-sliaped, entirely sunk in
the segment, the mouth slightly spreading. Beceptacles 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 arc offered to Messrs. Backhouse and Son, of
York, for the frond illustrated.tbichomanes exsec tum.
T. E L E CANS.
LXIV
TRICHOMANES EXSECTUM.
Kunze. Hooker.
PLATE I.XIV.—A.
Tricltomanes—From the Greek, soft hair.	Exsectum—Cot out.
A most lovely creeping Fern, hanging pendant, from the
roofs of damp caverns.
Native of Juan Fernandez and Southern Chili.
The fronds are extremely delicate and membranaceous, and
resemble thin, flat, much branched, green sea-weed; flaccid,
oblong-pinnate, the pinna3 being bipinnatifid; segments narrow,
linear, smooth, and simple or bifid obtuse. Stalks slender and
wiry.
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 ELEGANS.
Rudge. Hooker.
PLATE LXIY.— E.
Hymcnoslachys diversfrons,	Boev.
Triclmmanes—From the Greek, 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.TRIO HO MANES AN CEPS.
LXVTKICIIOMANES ANCEPS.
Hooker. (Not of Wallich.)
PLATE I.XV.
Triclwmanes elec/tins,
“	rigidum,
“	achillecefolium,
“	villosum?
Hichaed.
Klotzsch.
J. Smith.
Wallich.
(Wo/ of WlLLDENOW.)
Triclwmanes—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 803.
My thanks are due to Mr. J. Smith, of Kcw, for fronds.'] RIOBOMANES A T T E N J A T
L '1 :>:>
rr I! ICIIO M ANES A TTEN U AT U M.
IIOOKKR.
1‘I.ATF. LXVI.
Trichomanes—From the Greek, soft Lair.	Atlenualam—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 Royal Gardens,
Kew, and to Mr. James Backhouse, of York, for the fronds
for illustration.
X
TRICPIO MANES ANGUSTATUM.
T. TK1CH0XDEUM
T. SPICATUM.
LXVIITRICHOMANES ANGUSTATUM.
Carmichael. Hooker and Greville. (Not of J. Smith.)
PLATE LXVII—A.
Trickomanes fulvutn,
tenerum,
Klotzsch.
Spbengel.
Trickomanes—From the Greek, soft hair.	Angustatum—Narrow.
A very slender, delicate, creeping stove species.
Native of Tristan d’ Acunha, Brazil, Esmeraldas, El Equador,
Pichincha, Peru, and Gonga Sakoo.
Caudex creeping, slender, and matted. Fronds pinnate,
lanceolate in form, very flaccid, and graceful; the pinnae
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 urceolate-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.TRICHOMANES
TRICIIOIDEUM.
Swartz. Wieldenow. Hooker and Greville.
l'i.A'l'E I.WII — li.
Trichomane* pyxidferiun,	Schkuhr.
“	tenellum,	ii EDWIG.
Trichomanes—From the Greek, soft hair.	Trichoideum—Sca-weed-like.
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.
Caudcx 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,
urceolato-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, Kcw.TRICHOMANES
SPICATUM.
R. Hedwig. Hooker.
PLATE I.XVI1—('.
Trichomanes elcgans,
spicisorum,
osmundioides,
Feea polypodina,
Budge, (in part.) Hooker.
Desvaux.
Boky.
Bory.
Trichomanes—From the Greek, soft hair.	Spieatam—Spiked.
A lovely Pern, 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-
cren,ate; 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.
Linnaeus. Swartz. Willdenow. Hedwig.
Hooker and Greville. (Not of Hudson or Schkuiir.)
Trichomanes pedicellcitum,
lacerum,
brasiliense,
Desvaux.
Desvaux.
Desvaux.
Trichomanes—From the Greek, soft hair.	Pyxidiferum—.......P
A variable creeping Fern, growing on the trunks of palms
and other trees.
Native of the West Indian Islands, Brazil, and Pern.!(>!>
TRICIIOMANKS I’YXIDIl'KWl’M.
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, subeylindrical, 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 arc tendered to Mr. Smith, of Kew, for fronds.Mature fertile Fronds, natural size.
TRICHOMANES TUSILLUM.
Swartz. IIedwig. Willdenow. Hooker.
Didymoglossum pusillum,	Desvaux.
Trichomanes—From the Greek, soft hair.	Pusillum—Small.
This 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 other 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. Smith, Curator of the Royal
Gardens, Kew, for plants.
YMature Fronds, fertile.
TRICHOMANES KRAUSII.
Hooker and Greville.
Tt'icJtomangs—From the Greek, soft hair.	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.Mature Fronds, natural size.
TRICHOMANES BOJERI.
Hooker and Gueville.
Trichomanes undulatitm,
Wallich.
Trichomanes—From the Greek, soft hair.	Bojeri—After Bojer.
A very small species, clothing the trunks of Tree Ferns and
palms.
Native of the Mauritius.
Fronds erect, simple, membranaceous, flabelliform, and lobed;
the lobes rounded, suberenate, and soriferous; the margins
perfectly glabrous.
Veins fiabellate 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.
Caudcx creeping and tomentose.
Requires a very humid atmosphere, ranging in temperature
between 60° and 80°.
My thanks are due to Mr. J. Smith, of Ivew, for fronds.H V ivIENOPHYLLOM CAU DiCU LAlU M.
LXVIll167
HYMENOPHYLLUM CAUDICULATUM.
Martius. Hooker.
PLATE I.XVI1I.
Hymenophyllum—Membrane-leaved.	Caudiculatum—From the
long caudate apicea 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; pinna; 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.
i%A.—R V M E N 0 EIYLLUM CIIIOSNSE,	B.-EL. CRISPA1 IM.
C.-H. CILIATUM.
LX IXll>9
HYMENOPHYLLUM CHILOENSE.
Hooker.
PLATE LXIX—A.
Hymenophyllum,—Membrane-leaved.	Chiloensc—Chili.
A small, 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 offered to Messrs. Backhouse, of York,
for the plant illustrated.170
HYMENO P H YL L UlM C PJS P AT U M.
Hooker and Greville. Wallicii.
PLATE LXIX—B.
Hymeiwpliyllum sanguinolcntum,	J. Smith. (Not Swartz )
“	flabellatum,	Brown. (Xul Labillaedieee.)
“	atrovirens,	Colenso.
Uymenopl.yilum—Membrane-leaved. Crispaium—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.
Rhizoma as in Hyinewphyllum Jlabellatam, but less elongated.
There are several forms of this Fern:—
Yar. minus.—Has contracted-oblong fronds, with small fruc-
tification. It is from Ceylon. Smaller fronds.
Yar. majus.—Broader fronds and larger fructification. From
Luzon.
Yar. tasmanicum. — From Tasmania. Having shorter and
broader involucres.
Requires to be cultivated 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
HYMENOPIIYLLUM CILIATUM.
Swartz. Hedwig. Willdenow. Hooker.
(Not of SCIILECIITENDAL.)
PLATE LXIX — C.
nymenopliyllum—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 Hymenopliyllum 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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IlYMENOPHYl.T.r
LXX
DILATATUM.tIT:;
HYMENOPHYLLUM DILATATUM.
Swartz. Sciikuiir. Wieldenow. Hooker and Greville.
PLATE LXX.
Trichomanes dilaiatum,	Forster. Blumr.
Ilymenophyllum—Membrane-leaved.	Dilaiatum■—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.
Requires a very humid, shady, close atmosphere, ranging in
temperature from 40° to 65°.
For fronds my thanks are due to .Messrs. Backhouse, of
York.
HYMENOFHYLLUM PDLCHESHIMUM.
LXX II175
HYMENOPHYLLUM PULCIIERRIMUM.
Colenso. Hooker.
PLATE LXXl.
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-lanccolatc
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.H Y MENOPHYLLUM FljCIPORME.
LX XIIITT
HYMENOPHYLLUM FUCIFORME.
Swartz. Hooker. "Wiled enow.
PLATE I.XXII.
Tlymenophyllum fucoides,	Cavanilles. (Nut of Swartz )
Hymenophylhim—Membrane-leaved.	Fuciforme—........?
The most magnificent Hymenopliyllum 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.HYMENOPHYLLUM FLEXUOSUM.
A. Cunningham. Hooker.
Hymenophyllum,—Membrane-leaved.	Flexuosum—Bending.
A beautifully crisped and undulated Fern from New Zealand,
allied to Hymenophyllum crispatum, but 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.
Rhizoma 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.
2 AHYMENOPIIYLLUM SCABRUM.
A. Richard. PIooker. (Not of Less.)
Ilymenophyllum—Membrane-leaved.	Svahrum—Bough.
A beautiful, Trichomanes-lookmg, greenhouse Fern from
Xew Zealand.
The fronds, which are rigid and erect, are pinnate, ovate
in form, and acuminate; the pinna; 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 Hijmenopltyllum clemissum.
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.
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NEW HYMENOPHYLLUMS AND TRICHOMANES.
The following Jlymenophyllums and Trichomanes have been recently
introduced by Air. Backhouse, 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.
nYMENOLTIYLLUM ABRUPTUM, Hooker.—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."
nYMENOPIIYLLUM 2ERUGINOSUM, Carmichael, Hooker. (Hy-
menopkyllum franklinianum, Colenso, Trichomanes ceruginosum, 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 distant pinn® and divisions,
which is named var. franklinianum. Figured by Sir W. J. Hooker, plate
31—A, vol. 1, “Species Filicum.’'
HYMENOPH YLLLTM ASPLENIOIDES, Smarts, WUldenow, Hooker,
Hedioig. (Hymenophyllum palmatum, Klofzsch.)—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.
H\ MENOPHYLLUM BLEPHARODES(P) Presl.—A pendent species,
with broad, attenuated, dense, bi-tripinnatifid fronds. Native of the West
Indies. Length from three to five inches.182
ADDENDA.
HYMENOPHYLLUM DICHOTOMUM, Cmanilles, Swartz, Willie-
now, Hooker. (Hymenophyllum plioatum, 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 3G—A, vol. i, “Species
Filicum.”
HYMENOPHYLLUM FLABELLATUM, Labillardiere, Willdenow,
Ilooker, not Brown. (Hymenophyllum nitons, 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.
HYMENOPHYLLUM HIRSUTUM, Swartz, Willdenow, Raddi,
Hedwig, Hooker. (Hymenophyllum venustum, Besvaux. Trichomanes
hirsutum, lAnnaeus.)—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, bipinnate fronds, fringed with hairs. Native of the West
Indies. Length of frond from an inch and a half to three inches.
HYMENOPHYLLUM PLUMIERI, Hooker 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 RARUM, Brown, Hooker. (Hymenophyllum
fumarioides, Bory, Kaulfuss, Kunze. H. australe, Willdenow. H. semi-
hivalve, Hooker and GreviUe. H. imbricatum, Colenso,}—Small pendent
fronds, bipinnatifid, densely matted, somewhat resembling Hymenophyllum.
tunkridgense. Native of Tasmania, New Zealand, Chili, South Africa,
Bourbon, and Mauritius. Variety imbricatum has pellucid fronds, with
overlapping pinnm.
HYMENOPHYLLUM VALVATUM, Hooker and GreviUe.—A lovely-
species, growing on trunks of trees, with ovate, attenuated, dark green,
tripinnalifid 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 six to twelve inches.
TRICHOMANES ACHILL2EIFOLIUM, Willdenow. (Trichomanes
rigidum, Swartz, Hedwig. T. mandioccanum, Raddi. T. pyramidale,
Wallicli. T. obseurum, Bhime.)—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 nine to fifteen inches.ADDENDA.
18:3
TE.ICHOMANES COEIACEUM(P) Kunze.—k moat lovely Fern,
allied to Trichomanes bancroflii. Its fronds, however, are larger, and
there are more involucres. Tripinnatifid and excessively crisped. A native
of the West Indies, growing among moss and on trees.
TEICHOMANES CEINITUM, Swartz, Willdenow, Bedwig, Booker.—
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 ELONGATUM, A. Cunningham, Booker.—A tufted
Fern, with very dense, triangular-ovate, dark green, rigid fronds, with
erect wiry stems, Inciso-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, Bury, Booker. (Trichomanes hilabiatum,
Bees. T. bilingue, Menzies. T. bipunctatum, Poiret. T. melanotrichum,
Schlechtendal. Hymenophyllum filicula, Bory. H. alatum, Schkuhr.
Didymoglossum decipiens, Dcsvaux. D. filicula, JDesvaux.)—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, allied to Trichomanes kaulfussii, but shorter and much
hroader 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, Booker. (Trichomanes pinnatum,
Swartz, T. rhizophyllum, Cavanilles. T. vittaria, Be 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 FGENICULACEUM (?) Bory, Booker. (Trichomanes
meifolium, Kaufass. T. gemmatum, J. Smith.)—A beautiful Fern, with
narrow, rigid, highly-divided fronds, with hair-like pinnules, and wiry stems.
Native of Mauritius and Borneo. Length of frond six or seven inches.
TEICHOMANES INCISUM, Kuafuss, Bory, Booker.—A 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, Booker and Greville. (Tri-
chomanes rigidum, Wallieh, not of Swartz. T. setigerum, Wallich. T.
rhomboideum, J. Smith. T. eurvatum, J. Smith. T. alatum, Bory, not184
\ l)I)KN DA.
Swartz.)—A. lino, distinct, tufted Fern, with erect, smooth, shining, dark
green, pinnate fronds, with hairy stalks. Length from eight to twelve
inches.
TRICHOMANES LUSCIINATIANUM, Fred.—A handsome climbing
Fern, allied to Trichomanes radicans, bat is sessile, the fronds lanceolate,
and having a very long and slender creeping caudcx, (as much as fifteen
feet.) (Native of Brazil. Length of frond eighteen inches.
T RICIIO .YU A Of E 8 ME Mi B R AN AC EU M, Linnaeus, Swartz, Willdenmo,
Hooker. (Filix hemionitis, Plukenet.)—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-like veins. Native
of the West Indian Islands, growing on trunks of trees. Length of frond
from two to three inches.
TRICHOMANES PUNCTATUM, Poiret, Kaulfuss, Hooker and
Grcville. (Trichomanes sphenoides, Kanze.)—Very small fronds. Smaller
than musroide.i, with roundish obovate, bluntly incised fronds, with fan-
like veins. Native of Martinique, Guadaloupo, Trinidad, Gorgona, Peru,
and Guiana.
TRICHOMANES REPTANS, Swartz, Willdenow, Iledwig, Hooker and
Greville. (Trichomanes hymenodes, HeJwig, Phyllitis scandens, 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.
TRICHOMANES RHOMBOIDEUM, Cuming.—A remarkable species,
with narrow' pinnate fronds. Allied to Trichomanes javanicum. Native of
Philippine Islands. Length of frond nine to twelve inches.
TRICHOMANES RUPESTRE, 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.
TRICHOMANES SETIGERU.M, Backhouse.-—A new, undescribed
beautiful species, allied to Trichomanes plunia, but larger. Fronds tufted
and curving. The ultimate divisions of the pinna? hair-like, giving a
brush-like appearance to the fronds. Native of Borneo, where it grows in
crevices of rocks.
TRICHOMANES SUPERBUM, Backhouse.—An undescribed noble
species, with dense, triangular, tripiunatifid fronds, on erect, broadly-
winged, and very hairy stalks. Native of'Borneo. Fronds from two to
three feet in length.
TRICHOMANES THUJOIDES, JDesvaux, Hooker.—A handsome tufted
Fern, with ovate, attenuated, tripiunatifid fronds, on erect stalks. Native
of the Mauritius. Length of frond from nine to eighteen inches.1*5
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS,
To whom (ho 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. R. J. Gray, St. Thomas’, Exeter.
Sir W. J. Hooker, F.R.S., Director
of the Royal Gardens, Kew.
Mr. Joseph Henderson, Wentworth
House, Masbro’.
Mr. J. James, Vanvert, Channel
Islands.
Mr. Thomas Moore, F.L.S., Botanic
Gardens, Chelsea.
Mr. G. Norman, Hull.
Mr. Charles Monkman, Malton,
Yorkshire.
Mr. Henry S. Perry, Rock Lodge,
Monkstown, County Cork.
Mr. Pass, Gardener to Mr. Brockle-
liurst, 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, Kew.
Mr. R. Sim, Foot’s Cray Nursery,
Kent.
Messrs. Stansfield and Co., Vale
Nursery, Todmorden.
Messrs. James Veitch and Son,
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Blume.
Bojer.
Bonpland.
Bory.
Brackenridge.
Braun.
Brent, Mr.
Brown, R.
Carmichael.
Cavanilles.
Chanter, Rev. J. M.
Clapham, A.
Clowes, F.
Colenso.
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Cuming.
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De Candolle.
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Holmes, J.
Hooker, Dr. J D.
Hooker, Sir W. J.
Horsfall, J.
Hostmann, Dr.
Houlston.
Hudhart.
Hudson.
Humboldt.
Jackson, C.
Kaulfuss.
Kinahan, Dr.
Klotzsch.
Koch.
Kraus.
Kunze.
La Billardiere.
Lagascar.
Lamarck.
Langsdorff.
Leibmann.
Less.
Linden.
Lindsay.
Link.
Linnams.
Lowe, E. J.
Maratti.
Martius.
Menzies.
.Mi ftenius.
Michaux'.
Mohr.
Monkman.
Moore, T.
Moritz.
Muller.
Nces.
Nowell, J.
Nuttall,
Perry, H. S.
Petiver.
Plukenet.
Plunder.
Poiret.
Presl.
Raddi.
Reichenbach.
Biehard, A,
Roxburgh.
Saunders (Nilsson.)
Schkuhr.
Schlechtendal.
Schott.
Schrader.
Sieber.
Sim, R.
Sloane.
Smith, J.
Sprengel.
Stausfield.
Swartz.
Telfair.
Vahl.
Wallich.
Wight.
Wiles.
Wilkinson, Miss.
Willdenow.
Willison.
Wollaston, G. B.INDEX.
[Those Ferns to which an authority is attached are figured and described.]
PAGE.
Aerostichum flavens	17
furcatum	. 139
serrulatum	. 103
sorbifolium	. 91
trifoliatum	75
Adiantopsis capensis	. 61
Adiautum capense	61
crenatum	. 71
sulphureum. Kaulfuss 61, 145	
var. majus .	61,145
var. minus	61,145
wilesianum. Hooker	. 71
Allosorus auratus	1
ltarwinskii	. 73
Anemia adiantifolia. Swart:	i 77
var. asplenifolia .	. 77
var. caruifolia .	77
asplenifolia	. 77
caruifolia	77
cicutaria	. 77
Anemirliiza adiantifolia	77
Aspidium angulare, var. aristatuni.
Lowe .	.	.	131
var. cristatura. Lowe 67
var. truneatum. Lowe 110
caryotideum. Wallich 105
deltoideum. Swartz .	101
denticulatum. Swartz . 137
dilatatum, var. lepidotum.
Lowe .	.	• 125
dubiura .	.	.1**7
PAG K.
Aspidium filix-mas .	. 67
var. abbreviatum-cristatum
Lowe .	.	.69
var. aerodadon. Lowe 127
var. cristalum	.	.	63
var. cristatum-angustatum.
Lowe .	.	. 129
var. willisonii. Loire 116
fimbriatum	.	.	.	107
foliolosum .	.	.	107
laneeum	.	.	.	107
mucronatum	.	.	144
oreopteris	.	.	.	100
var. nowellianum. Lowe
99
pumilum	...	69
remotum. A. Braun .	51
rigidum, var. remotum	51
squarrosum .	.	107
triangulum, var. laxum.
Hooker	.	.	.143
Asplenium affine	...	43
alatum. Hooker	4" Greville 27
australasieum	.	.	90
canariense	.	.	.	45
contiguum.	Kaulfuss	7
var. filiforme .	.	8
var. lepturus	.	.	8
enneatnm .	.	29, 43
decipiens .	.	107
falx .	.	26
2 B188
INDEX.
	page.		rACE.
Asplenium filiforme	7,S	Asplenium serra	43
lilix-fccmina	. 07	spatbulinum	43
yar. acrocladon.		tripinnatum	29
Clapham. MS.	. 07	vulcanicum	6
yar. corymbiferum.	Moore	Athyrium filix-fcomina, yar. laciniata	
	33, 97		130
yar. depauperatum	31	foliolosum	107
var. doodioides. I	owe 31	Bleclmum ambiguum	135
var. laciniatum. L	oice 130	lsevigatum. Cavanilles	135
yar. multifidum .	. 31	Botrj'ogrammo lcarwinskii	73
var. plumosum. Moore 31		Callipteris ambigua .	43
foliolosum. TT’allich	107	Camptosorum rliizopbyllus .	9
fragrans	•20	Coratodactylis osmundioides.	
bastatum. Ktotzseh	26	J. Smith	73
yar. pteroeaulon	26	Cbielantbes amauroraebis	3
beterodon. Btume	. 5, 6	borsigiana. licichenbach	35
insigne	13	capensis. Swartz	61
laneeolatum	. 2-1	pretexta	Cl
yar. microdon. Moore 21		Cincinalis Havens	17
lascrpitii folium. Lamarch		Coniogramme javanica	15
	29, 43	Cyrtomium caryotideum .	105
lepturus	. 7	falcalum	105
macrocarpum	. 107	Cystopteris fragilis	113
marinum	24,25	var. furcans. Moore	113
var. interruptuni.		interrupta	115
Monlcman, MS.	115	Didymoglossum decipiens	183
var. microdon	. 21	fdieula .	183
var. ramosum .	25	pusillum	1C3
var. trnpeziforme	. 115	Eupodium kaulfussii	41
mussefolium	90	Feea polypodina	159
nidus. Linncev.s	89, 90	Filicula digitala	182
var. anslralasicum	. 90	Filix bcmionitis	184
nigrescens .	0	Gleicbeuia flabcllata	140
nitidum. Swartz	. 43	furcata. Swartz 139, 140	
odoratum	26	pubesccns, var. glabra 139,140	
patens	. 29	Grammilis ruttefolia	109
pinnatifidniu. Kultall 9		serrulata	103
prccmorsmn	. 45	Gymnogramma Havens	17
var. eanariense. Moore 45		javanica. Illume .	15
pteropborum .	. 27	peruviana, var. argyropbylla.	
pulchellum	i • ‘iO	Moore	13
rbizopbyllum .	9	pulcbella. Linden	11
var. pinnatifidum	9	rut:cfolia. Desraux	109
riparinm	. 29	trifoliata. Lesvaux .	75
robustum .	29	vnriegata	15
ruta-muraria .	. 109	Gynmogramme ruta?folia	109INDEX.
189
FAG IS. |
Hcraionitis trifoliata .	. 75
Hydroglossum polycarpus .	87
Hymenophyllum abruptum.
Hooker .	.	. 181
Eeruginosum. Carmichael 181
var. franldinianum . 181
alatum	.	.	.	183
asplenioides. Swartz	181
atrovirens .	.	.	170
australe .... 182
blepbarodes (?) Presl 181
caudiculatum. Martins 167
chiloense. Hooker 169, 171
ciliatum. Swartz 171, 182
crispatum. Hooker Sf Greville \
170, 179
var. majus .	.	. 170
var. minus	.	.	170
var. tasmanicum .	.170
demissum .	.	.	180
dichotonjum. Cavanilles 182
dilatalum. Swartz .	173
filicula .... 183
flabellatum. Labillardiere
170, 182
flexuosum. A. Cunningham,
179
franldinianum .	. 181
fuciforme. Swartz .	177	j
fucoides .	.	.	.177
fumarioides	.	.	182
liirsutum. Swartz .	. 182
imbricatum	.	.	182	j
nitons .... 182
nudum (?) Bcsvaux .	182	!
palmatum	.	.	.181
plicatum .	.	.	182
plumieri. Hooker 4’ Greville
182
puleherrinmm. Culenso 175 j
rarum. Brown	.	.	182	|
var. imbricatum .	.182
sanguinolentum	.	.	170
scabrum. A. Richard . 180
semibivalve	.	.	182
tunbridgense .	. 182 1
PAGE.
Hymenophyllum valvatum.
Hooker 4" Greville 182
venustum	.	.	. 182
Hymenostachys diversifrons 152
Hypolepis amaurorachis. Hooker 3
capensis	.	.	.	61
Lastrea deltoidea	.	.	.101
deuticulata .	.	.	137
dilitata .	.	.	.23
var. lepidota .	.	125
filix-mas .	.	.	.23
var. abbreviata-cristata 69
var. acrocladon	.	.	127
var. cristata-angustata 129
var. schofieldii. Moore 23
var. willisonii	.	.	116
lepidota	.	.	.	125
maerocarpa	.	.	. 107
montana	.	.	.	100
var. nowelliana	.	.	99
remota ...	51
spinulosa	.	.	23, 51
Lepicystis squamata .	.	81
Lindssea cultrata. Swartz	.	37
var. assamica .	.	38
var. attenuata	.	.	38
var. lucens .	.	3S
var. minor	.	.	.37
var. pallens .	.	37
imbricata	.	.	.39
linearis. Swartz .	39
lunat.a .	,	.	.39
Litobrochia areolata .	.	133
Llavea cordifolia	.	.	.73
Lomaria ambigua	.	.	.	135
aurea	1
caruifolia ...	1
decomposita	1
longifolia .	.	91
scabra .... 135
spicant ...	48
var. contractual. Lowe 48
var. keterophyllum. Moore
47
var. imbricatum. Stansfield
47ixnr.x.
100
Lomavia spirant, var. ramosnm.	TAOr.	P V«IK. Poly podium sphreroccphalum	
Lowe . . 48, lit		st plain a turn. Linn crus . Si	
var. subserralum.		vulgare	. 03, 79
Monk man, MS.	Hi	var. cristalum. Perry, .1 [S.	
Lomariopsis longifolia. J. Smith	91		03
Lygodictyon forsteri	87	var. marginatum.	
Ljgodiuin forsteri. Lowe	87	Monknmn, MS. Cvl, (>.*>	
reticulalum	87	var. trum aliim.	Moore
Maratt.ia kaulfussii. Kuuze	Id		(it. 05
lcovis . . . .	41	Polyslichum angubuv.	
weinnmnnia'folia .	Id	var. arislatiim	131
Mertensia furcaia	I :>.<>	var. erislatum	07
Moliria tburifraga	PH	var. trunealum	. 110
Tar. aehillia'folia. Moore	PH	denticulatum	137
Neottopteris nidus	89	fimbriatum	. 107
Nipbobolus acrosticboides	94	remotum	51
nngustatus .	9 3	ti'iangulum	111
gardiieri, J. Smith	94	var. laxum	. 113
macrocarpus	(>:!	Pseudatbyrium (lexilo	. Ill
sphroreeephalus	93	Ptoris uquilina, var. esculcnta.	
Nipliopsis angustatus. J. Smith	93	Hooker .	. 117
Notboclibrua flavens. Moore .	17	anu'h noidos	. 117
Onychium nuratum. Kautfuss	1	aroolata. Lowe	. 133
Opkioglossum scaudens	87	argyrea. Moore	. 21,59
Ornithopteris adiantifolia	77	aspcricaulis	20, 142
Ortbogramma bevigata	135	var. tricolor. Moore 19, 59	
Osmunda adiantifolia	77	ebrysoearpa	1
asplenifolia	77	erotica .	59,112
Parableclinum ambiguum	135	var. albo-lincata.	Hooker
Phogopteris (lexilis .	111		59
Pbylbtis scandcns .	181,	var. prolifera	. 141
Phymatodes sphacroccplialus	93	densa .	. 117
Pleopeltis angustata	93	esculcnta	. 117
Polypodium alpeslre	111	fclosma	21
var. (lexilo	111	longispinula .	. 21
angustatum	93	lorigera	. 117
(lexilo, Moore . Ill,	113	ncmoralis	. 21
var. laciniatum.		prolifera. Loire	141, 142
Slansfield, MS. .	119	quadriaurita .	20, 21
fareaturn	139	semihastata	. 117
gardiieri	94	siliculosa	1
ineaniim	81	tricolor	20, 142
pbegoptrris	83	Scolopendrium vulgaro	50, 90
var. mulliliduMi, hntre		var. acrorladon	50
plrbejum. Se/tlechlciuhtl	79	var. eoiitraelum.	
sepulti.m	81	SUmejicUt, MS.	. 123INDEX.
101
I’AUK.
Scolopendrium vulgare,
var. crenato-lobalum.
Moore .	.	5G, 123
var. crenato-multifidum.
Stansjh'ld, MS. . 124
var. crispum .	.	95	|
var. c-ristalum. Moore 50	|
var. fissile. Monkman, MS. |
84, 85 i
var. jugosum. Moore 55
var. laceratum	.	. 50	I
var. margiuato-irrcgulare.
Clapluim	.	.96
var. multiforme .	50
var. papillosum. Moore 57
var. ranio-marginatuin,
Moore .	.	.53
var. ramosus-majus
Moore .	.	. 119	i
var. reniforme. Moore 114
var. sagitatto-eristatum.
Moore	.	.	122
var. stansfieldii.
Stansjield, MS.	. 95
var. sublineato-striatum.
Stansjield	.	.121
var. subiuarginatum.
Moore .	.	.54
var. submarginatum-
multifidum. Stansjield,
MS. .	.	. 84,85
var. suprasoriferum.
Stansjield, MS. .	123
var. variabilc. Moore 58,114
Tarackia contigua .	.	7
insignis .	.	.	.43
nitida	.	.	.	43	\
Tbaamopteris mauritiana	. 89
nidus .	.	.	.	89
orientalis	.	.	. 89	|
Trk'bomanos acbilla’ifolimn.
Willdenow 113, 153, 182
tvruginosum	.	.	. 181
Willdenow 14S, 153, 182
alatum. Swartz 155, 182,183
aneeps. Hooker	.	153
Trickomanes angustatum.
Carmichael	.	157
attenuatum. Hooker . 155
bancroftii	.	.	.	183
bilabiatum	.	.	. 183
bilingue	.	.	.	183
bipunc.tatum .	. 183
bojeri. Hooker if Grcvillc
165
brasilienso	.	.	.	161
coriaeeuni. Kunze . 183
criuilum. Swartz	.	183
curvatum .	.	. 183
dilatatum .	.	.	173
eiegans. Radge 152,	153, 159
elongatum. A. Cunningham
183
exsectum. Kunze	.	151
filicula. Rory .	. 183
fimbriatum. Backhouse 183
floribundum. Hooker . 183
fceniculaceum. Bury 183
fulvum .... 157
gemmatum	.	183
kirsutum .	.	. 182
hymenodes	.	.	184
incisum. Kaulfuss . 183
javanicum. Blame 183, 184
kaulfussii. Hooker if Greville
150, 155, 183
krausii. Hooker if Greville
164
laceratum .	.	.161
lucens .... 150
luseknatianum.	Prcsl	181
maudioccanum	.	148,	182
meifolium .	.	.183
melanotrickum	.	.	183
membranaceum. Linnams 184
muscoidcs .	.	163,	184
obscurum .	.	148, 182
osmundioides	.	.	159
pediciilatum	.	.	161
pinnatum .	.	.183
pluma. Hooker 149, 184
punctatum. Voire t . 184192
INDEX.
rtt-*	taok.
Trichomaaes pusillum. Swartz 1G3
pyramidale .	.	148, 182
pyxidiferutn. Linnatus 158,
1G1
radicans .	.	181
reptans. Swartz .	181
vhizophyllum .	. 183
rhomboideum. Cuming 183,
184
rigidum. Swartz 148, 153,
182, 183
rupcstre. Backhouse .	184
scandens. Linnceus	. 147
Ti-ichouianes setigerum. Backhouse
183, 184
spicatura.	B. Iledwig	15!)
spiciaorum	.	.	159
spleuoidea	.	181
superbum	.	.	184
tencllum	.	.	.	158
tenerum	.	.	. 157
tliujoidcs.	Desvaux .	184
ti'ichoideum.	Swartz	.	153
undulatum	.	.	165
villosum .	.	.	.153
vittaria	.	.	.	183
Xipkopteris serrulata. Kamffuss 103
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