and distmot, ovate bluntish or sometimes acute pinnules, of which
the larger aro often nearly or quite again pinnate, the lohes hlunt,
and bluntly or sometimes acutely toothed. The spores are h-regularly
roundish oblong, muricate. There are some doubts as to the English
origin of this plant, but of its distinctness either as a variety, or
as a species,* none. Bolton figures {Fil. Brit. t. 45), under the
name of Pohjpodiiim rhæticum, a facsimile of moderate sized specimens,
and ho describes two of its prominent characteristics ; namely,
the tough stipites, and the larger anterior pinnules. If, therefore,
his statement is conclusive, (which may be open to doubt, as his
figure is generally taken to represent the larger growth of the var.
angustata,) it is a native of Scotland. It is certainly a native of
Madeira. Tho reputed British plant has been found at Tunbridge
WoUs, and is in cultivation from this source, but there aro rumours of
its having been planted there ; it is further stated to have been found
in Devonshire, but this also is open to suspicion, the garden whence
it has been distributed having been enriched by importations from
Madeira. "Whether the C. canariensis of Presl, be the plant here
indicated, there appears no means of determining, without access to
the Berlin herbaria, as there is no published definition or character
of the plant; and the same may be said of the C. azorica of Fée.
In the mean time we direct attention to its existence, and point out
that it is quite permanent as to its characters.
* I f regarded as a species, it might weU bear th e name of C.
THE ALPINE BLADDER EEKN.
CYSTOPTERIS REGIA.
C. fronds lanceolate, bi-sub-tripinnate; pinnæ ovate; pinnules
ovate-oblong, united hy a wing, deeply pinnatifid, the lobes linear or
linear-oblong, with two or three short hlunt or retuse teeth ; raohis
winged above ; veins terminating in the apical notch of the emarginate
teeth. [Plate GUI.]
Cy sto pte e is r e g ia , Desvaux, Prod. 2 6 4 . Prosi Tcni. Pterid. 93. Pie, Gem
P il 2 9 9 Moore, lia n d b . Brit. Ferns, 3 e d . 2 4 2 ; Id ., Perns o f Gt. B n t.
Nature Printed, t . 4 6 B. Lowe, Nat. Hist. Ferns, yü. t . 30.
Cy sto pter is a l p in a , Desoawx, Prod. 2 6 4 . L in k , Hort. Iteg Berol n 1 3 0 ;
Id ., F i l Sp. 46 ( in c l. v a r . regia). Hooker, B n t. F l 1 e d . 4 4 6 , Id .,
Sp. F i l i. 1 9 9 . Hooker & Arnott, B n t. F l 7 e d . 5 8 7 . Bentham, Handh.
B r it P I 6 3 6 . Bahington, Man. Brit. Bot. 4 e d . 4 2 4 . Moore, Handh.
B r it. Ferns, 2 e d . 7 8 . Sowerby, Ferns o f Great Britain, 40 , t . 2 3 . Mette-
nius, F i l H o r t B o t Lips. 9 7 .
Cy s t o p t e r is r e g ia , j3. a l p in a , Koch, Syn. 2 e d . 9 8 0 . ^
P olypodium r eg ium , Linnmus, Sp. P la n t 1 5 6 3 . Poiret, Enc.. B o t v . 5 3 8 .
P olypodium ALBUM, |3. Lamarck, F l Franç. i. 2 1 . ^
P olypodium polymo rph um, (c) reg ium, Villars, HwL P I Dauph. lu . 8 4 7 , t .
P o ly p o d ium I ip in um , Wulfen, Jasg. Collect, ii. 1 7 1 . Jasqum, Icon. PU n t.
Bar. i ii. t . 6 4 2 , Poiret, M e . Bot. r . 6 4 0 ,
P olypodium c rispum, Gouan, Illust. Bot. 81 .
A sp id ium reg ium , Swartz, Schrad. Journ. Bot. 1 8 0 0 , ii. 41 ; Id ., Syn. FÜ. 5 8 .
Willdenow, Sp. Plant, v . 2 8 1 . Spreiiyel, Syst. Veg. iv . 1 0 7 . Nyma n ,
AspiDiUM^ALPiNÍjM,'S«iGí-fe, Schrod. Journ. Bot. 1 8 0 0 , ii. 42 ; Id ., Syn. P il. 60 .
m u d en ow , % Plant, v . 2 8 2 . Sehkahr, Krypt. Gew. 6 0 , t t . 6 2 , 62 6.
Sprengel, Syst. Veg. i r . 1 0 9 . Sturm, P I ( F a rm . ) t . 5.
A sp id ium taygbtbnsb, Bory A Ohaubard, Fl. Pelop. 2 8 8 , i n p a r t .
Cy a t h e a INCISA, Sm iffi, KMg. i i i. t . 1 6 3 .
Cy a th ea r e g ia , Forster, Symon’s Syn. Plant. 1 9 4 . Smith, Fl. B n t. m. 1 1 4 0 ,
C y a to IT a/ p in a , Smith, Mem. Acad. Boy. T u rin , y . 4 1 7 , i n o h s . Both, Fl.
Germ. ii i . 9 9 . ,
C y s t e a REG IA , Smith Muj. Fl. 2 e d . iy . 2 8 9 (e x c l. s y n . W i t h e r in g , a n d t h e
a lp in e h a b i t a t s ) .
Cyst ea a l p in a , Smith, Eng. Fl. 2 e d . iv . 2 9 1 , i n o h s.
At h y e ium a l p in um , Eohling ; a c c o rd in g t o S te u d e l . „ „7
A th y r ium reg ium . Sprengel, A n i. ii i. (1 8 0 4 ) 1 3 9 . Gray, Nat. A rr. B n t. PI.
ii. 11 (e x c l. s y n . W i th e r in g ) .
! A s pl en ium a l p in um , Poiret, Ene. Supp. 11. 5 1 6 , i n o h s.
C y c lo p te e is r e g i a , Gray, Nat. A rr. Brit. PI. ii. in corrigenda.
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