SCOLOPENDRIUM VULGAPiE, V a r . S t a n s f ie l d i i .
S t a n s f ie l d , MS.
P L A T E X X X IX . A .
M—H a rt’s-toBgue. Common.
Stansfieldii—S am ed after th e successful raiser of many varieties o f British
Ferns, Mr. Stansfield.
T h i s magnificent, and, as yet, very rare variety, was raised
from spores in the fernery of Messrs. Stansfield, of Todmorden,
in the year 1859. I t 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 Aco/o-
pendrium vulgare, var. crisjmm; the undulations, however, in
the variety Stansfieldii are lobed and profoundly laciniated,
the projections being long-pointed and variously crisped and
twisted, giving th e whole frond the singular appearance of a
fr in g e d fr i l l , if it is allowable to use this pleonastic phrase.
The stipes is from two to three inches in length, and the
fully-grown fronds twelve inches or more long, and about
two inches broad.
My thanks are due to Messrs. Stansfield, of the Vale Gardens,
Todmorden, for the frond illustrated.
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