THE MOUNTAIN PARSLEY FERN. 
lower ones largest. Pinu 
triangularcovate, spreading, the 
Pinne alternate or sub-opposite 
pinnae, pinnate or pin 
alternate, ovate, lar 
e teeth, and the former into 
ovale or obovnto-euncate ; the Inter, or amaller ones, ent into linear әсі n 
aving acute incurved te 
unento-linear bifid lobules, h 
1 sinuously shallow-toothed marg 
oval, with 
in form, being sometimes oblon 
th has become arrested and 
whose fructiferous growth h 
ш fertile fron 
out one half 
Fertile fronds contracted, usually 
in the basal portions of the lower рїш Р 
ovate, spre ho lower ones largest. Pinanles alternate, ovate in = 
the ultimate divisions are stalked, obtuse 
pinnatifd in the lower pinne, pinnate only above. All the ul d 
LAA Tasar oblog hot tha tovolotion of thà mirate WHI mre pole он nbn. v Р 
a slender ein extending slong each pinnule, and 
Venation of the bar 
in becoming alternately branched 
casting off а venue into each of its lobes or pinnulets, this 
each segment ; simple where the segment 
that a reinlet runs along the contre nearly to the point 
"chere it is bifid, a branch of the vein being directed towards every marginal 
is undivided, and forke 
division, and p 
onds a vein enters each ultimat 
margin, and are usually simple 
tooth, In the fertile 
h extend nearly to the 
apex; this throws off alternate cenules, whi 
but sometimes forked, and bear a көгін near to their extremit 
Fructifeation on the back of the frond, and usually occupying th under surface. Sort small 
roundish, situated near the extremity of the venules; at first distinct though contiguous, ultimately 
becoming Interally confluent and forming a continuous line. No indusium is present, but 
mulets, somewhat pallid but not altered in texture, are incurved over the sori. 
small, elliptic-obovate, stalked. Spores smooth, roundish, oblong, or blunt 
in May and June, and 
Is are annual, sprin 
Duration. "The caudex is perennial ; the 
perishing in the course of the autumn, 
‘Tho Parsley Fern is readily known by its dwarf tufted parsley-like appearance, coup 
dissimilarity between its much-divided sterile and fertile fronds, of which the former have the segments 
broad, lat, and Леке, and the latter have them involute at the margin, so that they become contracted 
iliquiform, These features distinguish it from all other of our native ferns 
w, if any, of the few species which are indigenous to Britain have given rise to su 
conflicting opinions as to the genus to which it belongs. Linnaeus and the 
to Osmunda and Onoclea, Of the other names which ha applied to it—all 
limitations. Presl, and subsequently Kunze, adopting Bernhardis ni 
various true Pleridew with which it has no affinity, and which must consequently be again di 
The affinities of our plant have been well pointed out by Mr. John Smith, who со 
мег, but poly It is, in fact, polypodio-grammitoid. The sori are г 
distinct, and the involution of the margin represents n 
an indusium but a contraction of the frond, t 
incurred parts being unaltered in texture, and not membranous, which they would be, if true indusin. 
This fern is not dificult of culture under conditions whi де tani: tha пол ГІ 
roots and caudex from stagnant or accumulated moisture, In free well drained soil and in a cold sh 
frame it grows remarkably well, but sh 
wd be guarde 
n to disturb a thriving plant for this purpos 
арыу of plants, it may be hinted 
that, in the ease of this, and other ferns which naturally occur 
somewhat difficult to remove and establish, it is far better to select th 1 
the purpose of removal, than the larger and older masses which tempt th 
