Apex of b a rren F rond, uppe r side.
LASTREA EILIX-AIAS, V a r . S c i io f i e l d i i .
P L A T E X I . A .
Lastrea—................ ? Filix-mas—Male Fern. Schofteldii—
Schofield’s.
T h i s curious dwarf F e rn has been considered a variety of
Lastrea dilatata, and also of L . spinulosa. I t is permanent and
pretty, frequently ramose or multifid.
Found near Buxton, in Derbyshire.
Length of frond only two to four inches.
For a description of. L . filix -m a s see p. 41, vol. vi, of the
“ Natural History of British and Exotic F erns.”
The fronds have been forwarded to me by Mr. R. Sim, of
Foot’s Cray.
