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SCOLOPENDRIUM VULGARE, V a u . E amo-m a r g in a tu m .
M o o r e .
P I . .4 T E X X I I I .
H a rt’s-tongue. Vii/gare— Common.
Jiamo-miirginatam— Margin-branched.
T h i s very singular Fe rn was raised from spores by M r . A .
Clapliam, of Scarborough, a gentleman who has been more
successful than any one else in obtaining remarkable varieties
of British species from spores. I t is exceedingly beautiful, and
very distinct.
T he lower portion of the frond is very much narrowed, the
leafy p a rt being often all b n t wanting, except at the base itself,
where it becomes dilated; above it is ramose, forming multifid-
crisped tassels, wbich are margínate. A t the apex the foim
is that of a large spreading tassel.
Length of the frond usually about nine inches, and width of
the apex (that is, of the tassel) about six inches.
There are two forms, the one branching into two distinct
fronds at the base.
Fo r the simple form I am indebted to Mr. Stansfield, of
Todmorden, and for tho double form to Mr. C. Monkman, of
Maltón, both of whose forms I have figured.