land, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, France, Switzerland, Italy,
Spain, Greece, Russian Asia, Kamtschatka, and the Rocky
Mountains in North-west America.
A hardy evergreen species.
Fronds pinnate, of a narrow linear-lanceolate form, and rigid,
the pinnæ being falcately lanceolate, acute, spinulosely serrate.
Pinnæ numerous and undivided, and on the under side have
many small hirsute scales.
Fructification mostly on the upper half of the frond. Sori
large, circular and crowded, eventually becoming confluent.
Indusium orbicular and membranaceous.
Stipes short, varying from half an inch to three inches in
length, covered with brown chaffy scales. Rachis densely scaly.
Length of frond from six to twenty-four inches, usually from
twelve to fifteen inches; colour deep green above, paler beneath.
Mr. Wollaston describes two varieties:—
Multifidum, having the apex divided. Not constant in cultivation.
Proliferum, producing small bulbils in the axils of the lowermost
pinnæ.
For plants of this species I am indebted to Mr. Clajiham,
of Scarbro’, and to Miss Barker, of Beeston; and for fronds
to Mr. J. Pearson, of Chilwell.
I t is in the Catalogues of Messrs. Pearson, of Chilwell;
Young, of Taunton; Bass and Brown, of Sudbury; A. H en derson,
of Pine-apple Place; E. G. Henderson, of St. John’s
Wood; Rollisson, of Tooting; Sim, of Foot’s Cray; Veitch,
of Chelsea; Stansfield, of Todmorden; and Kennedy, of Covent
Garden.
The specimens for illustration were kindly given me by Mr.
John Pearson, of Chilwell.