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peculixTr hab it o f the p lant, and th e stag’s-horn looking fronds
ren d e r it an interesting plant.
A n evergreen stove F e rn .
Native of the American Me ridian, Asia, the E a st Indies,
and China.
I t was raised from spores in the year 1834.
B a rren and fertile fronds different; glab rous.
S terile fronds bipinnatifid, reclining, having oblong obtuse
segments.
F e rtile fronds contracted considerably; h ab it erect, th re e or
four times pinnate, having linear-revolute segments.
L en g th of b a rre n frond from twelve to eighteen inches; fertile
fronds from twen ty to th irty inches; colour lig h t green.
Sori linear, continuous, parallel, and superficial. Sori h id by
th e reflexed margin of th e segments.
Veins transverse ly elongated and distantly anastomosing.
Stipes n e a rly quadrangular.
B o th b a rre n and fertile fronds are viviparous.
C. P a rh e r i only differs in reg a rd to th e elastic spring of the
spore-case, y e t as Mr. Smith has raised C. thalictroides from
spores of C. P a rh e r i it cannot be distinct.
I have received plants of this F e rn from Mr. Joseph lie n d e rso n ,
o f Wentworth.
I t is in the Catalogues of Messrs. Sim, of F o o t’s C ray ; E . G.
H en d e rso n , of St. Jo h n ’s W o o d ; Veitch, Ju n ., o f Chelsea; A.
H en d e rso n , of P in e -ap p le P la c e ; and K en n ed y , of CoVeut
Garden.
T he illustration is from a p lan t in my own collection.
CONTRIBUTORS TO VOL. II.
T h e A u t h o r b e g s t o t h a n k t h e f o l l o w i n g i n d i v i d u a l s w h o have k i n d l y
s u p p l i e d p l a n t s a n d f r o n d s f o r i l l u s t r a t i o n .
Messrs. Booth and Son, N u rse ry men,
Hamburg.
M r. Clarke, Boyal Botanic Gardens,
Glasgow.
Mr. E . Cooling, Nurse ryman, Derby.
Mr. E . J . Gray, St. Thomas’, Exe ter.
Mr. T. Downs, Hillsboro’ Terrace,
Ilfracombe.
Mr. H ay th o rn , N ottingham.
Miss Fellows, Beeston Field, N o ttinghamshire.
Messrs. A. Henderson, and Co.,
Pine-apple Place, Edgeware Eoad,
London.
M r. Jo sep h Henderson, Wentworth
House, Yorkshire.
D r. H ooker, F .E .S ., E o y a l Gardens,
Kew.
Sir W . J . Hooker, E o y a l Gardens,
Kew.
Mr. Masters, Exotic Nu rse ry , Cante
rb u ry .
Mr. Thomas Moore, E .L .S ., Botanic
Gardens, Chelsea.
Sir Oswald Mosley, B a rt., Eolleston
Hall, nea r Burton-on-Trent.
M r. G. Norman, Hull.
Messrs. Eollisson and Co., N u rse ry ,
Tooting, nea r London.
M. Schott, Director o f th e Im p e ria l
Gardens, Schonbriinn, nea r Vienna.
Mr. J . Smitli, Curator o f th e E o y a l
Gardens, Kew.
M r. E . Sim, F o o t’s Cray N u rse ry ,
nea r Chisselhurst, K en t.
Mr. Stansfield, Yale N u rse ry , Todmorden.
Mr. Stra tto n , Botanic Gardens,
Cambridge.
Messrs. Veitch, Ju n ., Exotic N u rsery,
Chelsea.
G LO SSA RY F O R VOL . I I .
T h e terms n o t explained in th e o th e r Glossaries and used in Vol.
I I ., will be found in th e Glossary which accompanies Vol. V.