P o rtion of fe rtile pinna, un d e r side.
ASPIDIUM REMOTUM.
A. B r a u n . K u n z e . F e e . M e t t e n iu s .
p l a t e x x i i .
Lastrea remota, M o o e e .
Aspidium rigidum, var. remotum, A. B e a u n .
PolysticJium remotum, K o cn .
Aspidium—The Shield F ern . Remotum—Distant.
I n t h e S e c t io n L a s t r e a o f A u t h o r s .
T h e Aspidium remotum is a handsome Fern. I t was first
discovered in the summer of 1859, in Westmorland, by Mr.
F. Clowes, of Windermere, who looked upon it as a form of
Lastrea spinulosa. To Mr. Thomas Moore, of the Chelsea
Dotanic Gardens, we are indebted for bringing the present
species before the public. This well-known authority on Ferns
received fronds of this plant from Mr. Clowes, and recognised
it as the A sp id ium remotum of Braun, announcing the discovery
to the Linna:an Society on the 15th. of December, 1859. Thus
another species has been added to our British Ferns.
A h ardy deciduous species.
