A native of France, Germany, Switzerland, Ita ly , the Altai
Mountains, Lake Baikal, Kamtschatka, Unalaska, Algeria, L ap land,
Un ited States, E n g lan d , Scotland, the Islands of Shetland
and Orkney, the H eb rid e s, Spain, AVales, Ire la n d , and the Isle
of Man.
In E n g lan d , it is found in N orthumberland, Cumberland,
D urham, AVestmoreland, W rk s h ir e , Lancashire, Cheshire, D e rb y shire,
Staffordshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire, Gloucestershire,
Devonshire, Cormvall, Sussex; very common iu AVales and Scotland,
and ra re iu Ire lan d .
A hard)', indigenous, and deciduous Fern.
T he frond is bipiunatifid, the loivest pinnæ deflexed and
standing forw'ard; segments entire, and of a linear-lanceolate
form, the lower ones adnate-decurrent.
Ilhizoma ra th e r scaly.
The frond lateral, and adherent to the rhizoma.
Sori intramarginal, and somewhat oblong in form.
L en g th of frond from six to twelve inches.
My thanks are due to Mr. Joseph Sidebotham, of Manchester,
for plants of this species, and to Mr. Norman, of H u ll, for
fronds.
I t may be procured from the following N u rse rym en :—Messrs.
A. Henderson, of Pine-apple P lace; E . K en n ed y , of Covent
G a rd en ; J . Veitch, Ju n ., of Chelsea; AV. Kollisson, of T ooting;
J . Booth and Son, of H am b u rg ; Bass and Brown, of S udbury,
Suffolk; E . P a rk e r, of Holloway; J . Pearson, of Chilwell, near
Nottin g h am; E . G. H en derson, of St. Jo h n ’s AVood; Osborn
and Sons, of F u lh am ; and E . Sim, of F o o t’s Cray, Kent.
A species which does remarkably well in a F e rn e ry , if planted
in a rich lig h t soli, amongst pieces of rock.
T he illustration is from a p lan t in my own collection, which
I found several years ago on L ongridge F e ll, about h a lf way
between P re ston and Clitheroe, where this species is abundant.