56 A S r im U M T I I E L Y I ’Ï E R I S .
Forfarsliire. General tlirougliout Europe, Algiers, Cape of Good
Hope, New Zealand, Russian Asia, and North America.
Fronds lanceolate, merabranceous, erect; pinnate, pinnæ
numerous, spreading, linear-lanceolate, and deeply pinnatifid.
The fertile fronds have the margins of their segments revolute,
are taller, and have a stouter stipes. Veins forked. Fructification
extending over the whole under side of the frond.
Sori small, circular, and placed near the base of the venules.
Indusium small and circular.
Stipes as long as the leafy portion of the fertile frond;
smooth and round behind, channeled in front, near the base
black and polished, above pale green.
Rachis smooth and circular behind, and channeled in front.
Caudex creeping.
Length of frond from six to forty-eight inches; colour
delicate green.
Easily cultivated in a damp situation with abundance of peaty
soil.
This species I have procured wild from Oxton Bogs, and
for other plants I am indebted to Sir Oswald Mosley, Bart.,
of Rolleston Hall, and for fronds to Mr. Norman, of Hull.
I t is iu the Catalogues of Messrs. Kennedy, of Covent
Garden; Sim, of Foot’s Cray; Rollisson, of Tooting; Cooling,
of Derby; Veitch, of Chelsea; A. Henderson, of Pine-apple
Place; E. G. Henderson, of St. John’s AVood; Stansfield, of
Todmorden; Young, of Taunton; and Cutbush, of Highgate.
The illustration is from a plant in my own collection.