SCOLOPENDRIUM VULGARE, V a r . R e n if o e m e .
M o o e e .
P L .A T E X L V I I . 1!.
Scolopendrium—H a rt’s-tongue. Vulgare—Common.
Kidney-shaped.
Beniforme—■
T h e Scolopendrium reniforme\% one o f the curious and highly
capricious forms of the variety mriabile of Moore.
I t Avas 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 tru ly 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.
L ength of frond from one to four inches, breadth from one
to two inches.
Fo r plants my thanks are due to Mr. James, of Vauvert,
and for fronds to Mr. Stansfield, of Todmorden.
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