More widely spread tlirougliout E n g la n d , Scotland, Ire la n d ,
and Wales, th an I I . tunhridgense. , ^ , q .n
Na tiv e also of N o rw ay , th e Faro e Isles, Bourbon, South
Africa, T e rra del F u cg o , Cape H o rn , F a lk lan d Isles, ia sm a n ia ,
and N ew Zealand. . ,
Fro n d s smooth, p e llucid, mcmbranceous, d a rk green in colomg
elongate-oblong, and pinnate. Piniim d e cu rren t in th e u p p e r
p a rt, distinct below, curved backwa rds, and digitately pinnatihd.
Segments linear obtuse, and spinulosely se rrate.
Veins dichotomously branched.
Sori ex tra marginal. Invo lu c re s tu rn e d in an opposite d irectio
n to th a t of th e segments.
Valves ovate-oblong and convex, th e edge entire.
E hizoma r ig id , creeping, bran ch ed , filiform, and t o k rown.
Stipes slender and w iry ; rachis narrowly winged above.
L e n g th of frond from two to six inches. ^
M r Clowes remarks th a t th e fronds resume th e ir g rowth lor
several years, and th a t this is not th e case with H . tunhridgense.
M r Gray , of St. Thomas’, E x e te r, has forwarded to me plants
of a b ran ch ed v a rie ty , which is h e re figured as varmty ramosum
(see P la te V I .—B .) I t is v e ry handsome, th e divisions being
na rrow e r, and th e p lan t altogether more slender. This species
has a tendency to become branched. , -w . „
M y thanks are due to M r. R . J . Gray , St. Thomas , E x e te r,
Miss M ille tt, of Penzan c e ; Mrs. Delves, of T u n b rid g e W e lls ;
and M r. Clarke, gard en e r to W . D e n t, E sq ., Crosby Ravensworth,
for plants of this species.
I t may be p ro cu re d of any Nurse ryman .
T h e illustrations are from plants forwarded b y Mr. Gray.
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