SCOLOPENDRIUM VULGARE, V a e . S ü bm a k g in a t um .
M o o r e .
P L A T E X X IV . A .
Scolopendrium—H a r t’s-tongue. Vulgare—Common.
Submarginaium—Partially margined.
A n interesting variety, found in several places in Great
Britain and Guernsey.
The fronds, which vary, are frequently bifurcate or ramose,
partially margined, the margin either crenato-lobate, lobate,
narrowed and trebly dentate, or truncate and obliquely cornute.
I t has a thin sMn-like irregular line ju s t beneath the jagged
margin of the frond, which, however, is not always continuous.
The sori are hold and lengthy within the skin-like line,
having also a short sori outside this line.
L ength of frond from eighteen to twenty-four inches.
The frond from which the illustration is taken was found
at Oldstead, Yorkshire, and kindly communicated by Mr. C.
Monkman, of Maltón.
