48 ASPimuìM I'r.Mii.rii,
The normal form being found in North IVales, Snowdon, and
Tlyn Ogwen; tlie variety ahhreviatum on Snowdon, on the
hills of Westmorland and Cumberland, at Ingleborough, at Wyck,
in Gloucestershire, and in Tecsdale; and the variety siibintegrum
abundantly at Ennis, in County Clare, Ireland.
A dw'arf species.
Fronds lanceolate, pinnate. The pinnæ blunt, rather deflexcd,
and pinnatifid. Pinnules small, oblong-ohtuse, convex. Fronds
glandular. The points of the pinnæ and pinnules recurving.
Sori, a single sorus near the base of the pinnules, on the
anterior side, forming a single row on either side of their rachis
or midrib.
Fronds fragrant. Indusium leaden in colour. Stipes two to
three inches in length.
Length of frond nine to twelve inches; colour dull green.
The variety ahhreviatum has larger pinnules, and is not so
much recurved. Indusia as in A . pumilum, marginal with
glands, and fragrant. The variety suhintegrum is narrow and
lance-shaped.
For a plant of this species I am indebted to (Mr. Pearson, of
Chilwell.
I t is in the Catalogues of Mr. W. Cutbush, of Highgate;
Pearson, of Chilwell; J. Young, of Taunton; Masters, of
Canterbury; A. Henderson, of Pine-apple Place; E. Sim, of
Foot’s Cray; A. Stansfield, of Todmorden; W. Rollisson, of
Tooting; and R. Kennedy, of Covent Garden.
The illustration is from a plant in my own collection.