sol 
Piare УШ. 
AIN PARSLEY FERN, or ROCK BRAKES 
(ALLOSORUS CRISPUS). 
THE MOUN! 
ALLOSORUS, Bernhardi. 
Clusters of Spore-cases round (or. elongate ol 
5), springing from near the apices of 
the venules, distinct, at length becoming laterally confluent. Zndusium none, 
simulated by the involute unaltered margins of the pinnules of the contracted 
fertile fronds which cover the sori. Veins simple, or forked from а distinct 
midvein ; renules disunited at their extremities 
A. cnrsrus: fronds of two kinds, ovato-deltoid, bi-tri-pinnate ; ultimate divisions of the 
sterile fronds obovate wedge-shaped, often bifid: of the fertile linear-oblong ; 
sori roundish, 
der Botanik, 1908, i yê i 5,90. Bebington, Mannat 
Macy, Fore Hibernie, 38 
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 
Peame VLA 
Cander small, short, tufted, erect or decumbent, scaly. Seales membranous, pale brown, subulate 
Fibres numerous, branched, dark brown, wiry, and slightly eo 
тегей with small hair-like scales, 
Stipes as long as, or usually longer than the frond, pale green, slender, smooth, with a few scattered 
scales near the base ; adherent to the caudex. Machis smooth. 
Vernation civeinate 
Frond from four to twelve inches high, including the stipes, herbaceous, of a lively green, terminal 
on the caudex, triangular or ovato-triangular in outline, of two forms 
dimorphous. Sterile fronds leafy, usually 
and hence described as 
t as long as the stipes, bi- or tri-pinnate, smooth. 
