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In tro d u c ed into the Iloyal Gardens, Kew, in the year 1841,
having been received from the Be rlin Iloyal Gardens.
The fronds, which are pinnate, are slender, and of a narj*
ow linear-lanceolate form, Pinnæ cordate-auriculate, oblong,
and sub-imbricate; apex rounded; margin in some deg ree serrate.
Veins forked; venules direct and free.
Sori transversely uniserial, and circular. Indusium reniforni.
E achis and stipes covered with narrow hair-like scales.
F ro n d s terminal, forming a fascicle on a slender creeping
rhizoma.
L ength of frond from eighteen to twenty-four inches; colour-
deep green.
Mr. Henderson, of Wentworth, has sent a plan t and fronds
of this sjiecies, and M. Schott, of Vienna, oth e r fronds.
I t is in th e Catalogues of Messrs. Sim, of F o o t’s Cray;
L e itc h , of Chelsea; Booth, of H am b u rg ; Kenn ed y , of Covent
Ga rd en ; Masters, of Cante rb u ry ; Young, of T au n to n ; Stansfield,
of Todmorden; and Cooling, of Derby.
The illustration is from Mr. Hen d e rso n ’s frond.
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GENUS X.
W O O D S IA . K o b b k t Brow-n.
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A SM A L L interesting family, chiefly confined to cold climates,
growing in crevices of rocks. D w a rf Ferns.
Eng lan d boasts of two species, the Woodsia hyperhorea and
W . ihen sis, and they ran k among h e r rare st indigenous plants.
Tbe name is iu honour of J . Woods, an eminent British
Botanist.
K u n z e , in bis “ In d e x F ilicum,” enumerates—
Woodsia glabella, Bi'own.
“ hyperborea, Brown.
“ ilvensis. Brown.
Physematium incisum, Kunze.
“ molle, K a u lfu s s.
“ obtusum, Kunze.
Fre si, iu his “ Tentainen Pteridograpbiee,” gives—
Physematium molle, K a u lfu s s.
“ perrinianum, Presl.
“ incisum, Presl.
Polypodium hyperboreum, Swartz.
“ ilvense, Swartz.
Fe e , in his “ Genres de la Famille des Polypodiacées,” enumerates—
Woodsia ilvensis. Brown.
“ hyperbore a. Brown.
“ glabella. Brown.
“ mollis, J. Smith.
“ elongata, Ilooher.
“ guatcmalensis, Ilooher.
“ Peruviana, Ilooher.
“ cumingiana, Fee.