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Plates XIV. XV. XVI. XVII. 



THE MALE FERN, or COMMON BUCKLER FERN 



(IjASTUEA FlLLX-MAS). 



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LASTREA, Presl 



Clusters of Spore-cam circular, medial or subtcrminal on the venules, covered by an 

 indusium, or membranous scale, hidtmwn rcniform, *>., more or less regularly 

 rotundato with a posterior notch j attached by the sinus or notch, the margin 

 becoming free. Veins simple, forked, or pinnate ; venules direct* disunited at 

 their extremities. 



L. FiliX'Xm: fronds lanceolate sub-bipinnatc or bipinnatc ; pinna) linear tapering to 

 the apex; pinnules oblong obtuse, serrate (principally at the apex), crcnatc or 

 inciso-lobate at the margin, the basal ones more or loss distinct* the upper 

 confluent ; serratures not spinulose ; indusium convex, persistent) <and except in 

 albr&riata and pnmilu) without marginal glands. 



Limfci FOIX^US, Pre§S t Tentamen Pteridfyvpti*, 7G. JiaHnyton, Manual tftieHuk Jhiony, 4\b SWvrJy. 



Fenu r 10, U 0. Jfiwv, limMoak of Mrititk Frrn*, 10& A**™-, Ilirlory ofJMtM Fern*, 2 oi, 107. 

 Poi-rroMcsi Kim-uv, Zionmn, Speeir* pUntamm, igsl Mw r Fitter* BrUmmie*, «, 1. 24. 

 PoLTtomiu ytuomtK, Salitbnry, JW^owuf, -1C3. 

 A*H»ivH Filixoia*, firarfr. Strode/* Journal fie .to B*tmik t 1800. iL 35, Suit*, Fbra Britanniea, 1121 ; 



J£n*$*n Botany, xxl t. H3S; And xinu. U 1010 (*id. l*at) i Jafyfitft Fheo t ir. 275. &AMr» J&jpte- 



ysmittfa OeteSi U< ( 15, (, 41, U&ktr anJ Arntft, JJritUh F£ora t fiOO. MaeJray, JY<w» M&ernie* t 310. 



JVr, Gfumi Ftficmt*, 201. Iff/Mmr, Sferu* Plaxttrum, f. M>- fyrrnjel, %fe*« Feyetaoitinnt, fa 105. 

 A*i-iMtuc sehorale, Gr*ft Jftfiu-wl ^miyrmif ^ Mul /'/Mb, T. 



rOLVflticsilH FflUMCU, fttfA, /V*m Oowniw, ilL S2. ft GixJoUe, Ftae* JVMpiV, IE. 559. 

 DmrorrKw* Fiux.iiaj, &J«ff. <?«mt JVimi (with a pUU). «Yrra«i, /fttfwy cfltrittih Fern*, l&fc 

 LOMIODH-X Fiux-mm, JVma«ii, Appendix to Phytctoyitt, IS51, **. 



K«r. I5CI8A: fronds robust, bipinnate ; pinnules pyramidatcly-oblong, ncutish, deeply 

 inciso-Iobato, the lobes serrate ; sori usually occupying nearly the whole pinnule. 



I**wm Fiux-ifAft, c*r. ixctM, Mom t P*y?$lojUt t 1S|S ( 137; H*x4Utok ef BritisX Feme, 103. Ba&i*$toa r 



JAiuwi o/JtrUM Jk4a*y t 110. 

 La*T*za t«ou t XAmKji, AripqiAia Uritenmca, It. 101. 

 Lait*xa Arrwn, 21 -Vww, J/& fa Zfcrfc 

 Am'Idich Filii-Mas >J. i«osL3i, Ibnler and Arntft, Br\ii*\ F!or* r ZGO (eid. AtpiJinm eeornm, Scbkuhr^ t. (5; 



jkVorUin* to (bo figure). Z* T -tf, Bn*ini*ek* Flora, 16. 

 AiMDiru DcrA*ti y t &ilulr, Kryptoyamt**** Gne*ct*e t t. 51 (mon>trou«). 



AflPlinvM .MTin-. Flicker and Meyer, ■ IMenork, J&iuv. ilj,^*^- 10." 1<>, Qea*r* FWe*** t 291. 

 I\n i is utivii UfcLtOrTKfti^ It<*kka *»ea, J&uer** Arelicrt/ur die lk>ta*il t l t p. 10 j lOXknling to Doaktn. 

 roLYmcutu ArrtM, Le4rl*vr t Plera Ittmea, lir. 01a 

 Lormnjii u rnoti u, A'nrtiffl, Appendix io Pkytoleyut, 1S5I, uL 

 Duvorri;*!* ArrtM^ XevMan, Jluforyef JintUh FrroA, 187- 

 lljtTomiEin P>tw.vi^ M^ kmma^ Vi ■ i f Hfavry rf Jtritun Fer*j t 1ST. 



Far. paleacea: fronds sub-bipinnate ; pinnules oblong truncately obtuse, serrate at the 

 apux, with numerous hair-scales l>eneath ; sori distinct, often small, confined to 

 tlio lower part of the pinnules ; margin of the indusium much inflected beneath 

 the spore-cases ; stipes ami raelns shaggy with long tapering scales, usually of 

 a lustrous golden-brown, those of the base broader. 



Linnet FfLll-HA», w. rALK.tC£i f Mowv, HomJUvJ; efliritun Fcr*s (1S5:J), UO. 



I^-'iutA Fili v»a^, IW BouKBl, Jb-Ufv*, in &»vrt/# Frrne, 20* 



La»tai:a taixacka, T. Ifaw, MS. in Herb. 



LihTiLu VATKymifXA, Petri, Tenfnaen PteriJ^enpii^'tL 



Atrifivu ^ALEACLtu, iA™, FrvJravi** Ftvr* yepoten*iM m 4, 



AtrJiniw iuiKMin|\(i\f r JJjrJ/ii-.fi, (ii^i^ynr, ItIO (k 4 aTi*« iLulrr). 



Aurttittu Domasiji, Sftm$fl t »*y//i*#« TVytf/nAiiium, ir^/wi 2 f 320. 

 A»nuivu WaLUCuiamm, SprrA^t,SaiIerm Ve^etMIinm, ir. 101. 



> j i ;i i;*.H'n v AjrRf», /.■i.i*', /A-fjufou' Miscetfaay, tut., L 25t Xwititf Fhr& iUarvw£r f m 7 T rtf.i-**v^*i t/ 



Dic«aail« rATt>Tl»l*iu«, J. //™n, - >7*™. 1811, 710/* ttV, OVwv iVtwRi 503. 



DnYorrKBH ttotiiE&i, AVinmrff. 7/wl«iy ofllritiiX Fern* (1S51), ISO. 



J 'uvuitj.h h Fj t i\>iu», in ltoftftUEJ, A>*f?m* ( Jliitory o/Britieh Fcrnt, ISO. 



I r «r. abbeeviata: fronds dwarfish, glandular, sub-bipinnate, the piniue concave, scarcely 

 pinnate ; pinnules large (comparatively) broad obtuse mostly decurrent. 





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