THE MALE FERN 
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= d 1 nd the result is that tho edge becomes split opposit 
consequence of its constricted margin, and the resu 
"Tho indusium ia then pushed up by the advancing spore-cases, the upper margin И Pam Y | 
nearer the attachment, and the two halves assume tho appearance which attrac 
attention of Prof. Braun. Exactly the same structure of indusium occurs othe 
to this supposed genus—a Columbian plant collected by Hartweg: 
"Tho culture of the Male Fern is not at all еше. It may be 
almost any kind of soil, the best being a sandy loam, moist, but not wet 
effet al ady walks, in woods and wilderness scenery, and on shady rockwork. ty incio 
is the most striking, where effect only, and not variety quire ample 
space, and should be plunged outdoors in winter. It is increased by division. 
Tho following is an enumeration of the principal variations. For most of the memoras 
indebted to Mr. Wollaston ; who, it is right to state, considers our varieties paleacea and pum 
distinct species and refers the variety cristata—tho most important of the whole in an ornamental 
point of view—as a variety to the former 
1. paleacea (М) This variety, called Borreri by Mr. Newman, and ps Wollaston, 
is sub-bipinnate, the lower pinnules only being distinct ; the pinnules ar y-obtuse 
and serrated at the apex. It differs from the normal plant in being of a yellowish hue, somewhat 
glaucous b and in having its stipes and rachis quite shaggy, with lus 
It also differs, as already mentioned, in having the purple ribs and veins, and in the 
indusium being inflected beneath the spore-cases, It is a widely dispersed, and 
uncommon forn 
2. multifida (W.). This form of variation shows itself in the typical А Я 1 as in the 
golden-senled type to which tho present is referred. ‘The peculiarities с рек of 
the frond, and of more or fewer of the pine being bifid or multi; and the pinna 
occasionally depauperated to a mero rib. It t quite permanent under cultivat 
nearly so. 
3. eristata QU). This very beautiful aberration, also referrible to the 
analogous in character to the Athyrium Filie-femin 
beautiful. The apex of the frond and the apices of the pinne 
beautifully and uniformly tufted or tasselled ; the pinnae are also sonen 
Charleston, near St. Austell, in Cornwall. Other plants resembling th 
and Staffordshire, Like all other permanent varieties, this is produ 
from the spore 
4. prolifera (№). This was raised from f the variety cristata, and resembl 1 
tasselled, but it is much x as well as depauperated, and laciniated hief peculiarity 
