SCOLOPENDRIUM VULGARE, V a r . R am osum -.m a ju s .
M o o r e .
P L A T E L .
Scolopendrium.—H a rt’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
crenate.
Sori long and narrow.
L ength of frond twelve or more inches, breadth one to two
inches.
Raised from spores in the F ernery of Mr. Clapham, of
Scarborough.
For fronds I am indebted to Mr. Clapham, of Scarborough;
Mr. Monkman, of Malton; and Messrs. Stansfield, of Todmorden.
