' I
it iK'vor gi'ow's so luxuriiuitly out of doors, as it docs in stovc-
licat.
lu tro ilu c cd into tlie Royal Gardens, Kew, in the year 1809,
b u t probably known in E n g la n d as early as 1G40.
A liardy deciduous F e rn , growing in shady woods.
Xativc of N o rth America, from A'irginia to Canada, California
to Sitk a ; F n a la sch k a , and N o rth e rn In d ia ; about Kamoun,
according to D r. "Wallich; and at Jum n o trl, according to D r.
Cantor.
Pre sl considered the In d ian F e rn distinct from the N o rth
.American one, y e t there seems to be no real difference.
The fronds, Avbicli are glabrous, are p edate, th e branches
b eing lin e a r; pinnate, pinunles membranaceous, dimidiate, oblong-
obtuse, cuncatc at the base, the u p p e r m a rg in being lobate, or
broadly crenate.
Fronds lateral, on a short creeping rhizoma.
Sori oblong, solitary.
Stipes, and rachis ebeneous.
L ength of frond from twelve to eighteen inches; colour a
delicate green.
F o r plants of this species I am indeb ted to Messrs. Rollisson,
of T ootin g ; the Rev. J . Robinson, of AVidmerpool, N o ttin g h am sh
ire ; and for fronds to Mr. Norman, of H u ll; Mr. R. J . Gray,
of St. Thomas’, F x e tc r ; and to Mr. J . H en derson, of MYntAvorth.
I t is in the F e rn Catalogues of Messrs. A. Hen d e rso n , of
Rine-apple P la c e ; Rollisson, of T ooting; P a rk e r, of IIolloAvay;
Cooling, of D e rb y ; K en n ed y , of CoA'ent G a rd en ; Sim, of F o o t’s
C ray ; Bass and BroAvn, of S u d b u ry , Suffolk; Masters, of Cante
rb u ry ; E . G. H en d e rso n , of St. J o h n ’s M ood; and Osborn and
Sons, of Fulham.
T h e illustration is from a plant in my own collection.