M
I
II
Í
P la te . P a g e .
KymeuopliyHum scabrum 180
ITypolepis amaurorachis . ii 3
Lastrea filix-mas,
var. Scliofieldii xi a 23
Lindsea cultrata . . xviB 37
linearis . . xvi c 39
Lomaría spicant,
var. contractum xx c 48
var. contractumramosum
. xx D 48
var. lieteropbyllum
XX A 47
var. imbricatum xx B 47
var. ramosum x x ìa 49
var. subserratum xix b 46
Lomariopsis longifolia xxxvii 91
Lygodmm Forsteri . x rxv 87
Marattia Kaulfussii . xvii 41
Mobria tburifraga,
var. acbilliiefoba xlii b 104
Nipbobolus Gardner! xxxvüíb -*4
ISTipbopsis angnstatus xxxvíüa 93
17otbochliena flavens
Onycbium auratum .
Polypodium flexile
var. laciniatum
pbegopteris,
var. multifidum
plebejum
squamatum
vulgare,
var. cristatum
var. marginatum
var. truuctatum
Pteris aquilina,
var. esculenta
areolata
argyrea
aspericaulis,
var. tricolor
eretica,
var. albo-lineata
prolifera .
17
. i 1
xIvía 111
xIvíb 112
XXXlll
xxxiv
83
79
81
63
65
65
xbx 117
Ivii 132
X 21
ix 19
XXV 59
141
P ia te . P a g e .
Scolopcndrium vulgare,
var. contractum In a 123
var. crenato-lobatum 56
var. crenato-multifìdum 124
var. cristatum . xxi b 50
var. fìssile . . 84
var. jugosum . xxivB 55
var. marginato-
irregulare xxxix b 96
var. papillosum . 57
var. ramo-marginatum
xxiii 53
var. ramosum-majus 1 119
var. reniforme xlvii b 114
var. sagittato-cristatum
Hb 122
var. Stansfieldii xxxix A 95
var. sublineatO'Striatum
H a 121
var. submargiuatum
xxiv A
var. submarginatum-
multifìdum
54
84
var. suprasoriferumlÜB 123
var. variabile
Tricbomanes anceps
angustatum
attenuatum
Bojeri
exsectum .
Kaulfussii
Erausii
piuma .
pusillum
pyxidiferum
rigidum, var.
spicatum .
trìcboideum
Xipbopteris serrulata
(grammitis)
58
Ixv 153
IxvÜA 157
. Ixvi 155
165
IxivB 152
IxivA 151
IxiÜB 150
164
IxiÜA 149
163
161
pulcbellum
IxÜB 148
IxÜA 147
Isvii c 159
IxvÜB 158
xlii A 103
P R E F A C E .
A lth o u g h the “ Natural History of liritish and Exotic
Fems^^ contains coloured illustrations of between five and six
hundred species of Ferns cultivated in this country, still so
many new ones have been introduced during its progress, th a t
it has been deemed necessary to pubhsh a separate volume,
under the title of “ New and Rare F e r n s , t o bo had either
as an independent work, or as an addenda to tho eight
volumes already published. This work has now also been
completed, and will be found to contain coloured plates or
wood-cut illustrations of one hundred and fifty-one new species,
or new varieties of species th a t have been already figured in
the preceding volumes.
No class of Ferns have received additions to so largely
during the last few years as the Hymenophyllums and Triclio-
manes, and these will be found figured and described in “ New
and Rare Ferns.'” There is an especial beauty in these plants,
their thin, delicate fronds attra c tin g universal attention. Until
lately it has only been th e few who have been enabled to grow
them, because they require a special treatment; they delight in
a very humid atmosphere, and many of them in tho temperature
of a stove. The newly-contrived Ward-case will suit their
requirements admirably; it is a miniature hot-house th a t can
be kept in a drawing-room; in fact it is a Ward-case th a t
has a cistern below for hot water, all the care necessary being
to re-fill it with a kettle of hot water nig h t and morning.
When generally known these cases will bo found in all good
houses. The Aquarium and the \V"ard-case arc not only