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POLYPODIUM SQUAMATUM.
Fronds pinnatifid. Pinnæ 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 th irty pairs.
L ength of frond about thirty-thre e inches, the lowest six
inches being naked. W id th of frond eight inches in the
widest part. Colour rich green above, and whitish below.
F o r fronds my thanks are given to Mr. J . Smith, Curator of
the Koval Gardens, Kew.
Apex of Frond.
rOLYPODIUM PHEGOPTERIS, V a r . Mul t i f idum.
L owe.
Polypodium—Polypody. Phegopteris—BeecK Fern.
Multifidum—hl\x\t\kà.
T his interesting variety was found by myself in great
abundance in 1857, near Stockghyll Force, Ambleside.
In form it resembles tho normal form of Polypodi' ■
phegopteris, the distinctive feature consisting in its beic
irregularly multifid.
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