THE MALE FERN. 



unequally crcnnte or crenato-lobate, the lobes with blunt teeth ; sori usually 

 unisonal on each side the midrib of pinna? ; iudusium fringed with gland*. 



LiMiirv >*iu\*ius, rnr. itiifctvnu. Afb'a^foa, Manual tf Rtitith Iitf**»y t 110. J*t«M, in &M-roy* 

 LlfTftlA AnntimTA* T. ,Vi*»rf* MS. in Herb. 



r*nAMTictivM tBuumATr/v, Xfc Cm*iW*V, iVorr Fr**pti4t, 3 cd., it. vGO. 

 Lornonivu ausutviaiiu. AViraa*, jippendif fo ffiytotcgitl, l$fil p Hi, 

 Da vomit* asvuivjata, ATrsrssM* HUtvry offlritith /Vro#, 102* 

 Drtomifs Fiux-mas, mr. apiukvuta, -V«i™, History *f ItritiA Fsyh*, 192* 



Piw. PDMltA: fronds dwarf, glandular. sub-bipinnatc; pinna; deflexed, concave; pin- 

 nules small, convex, mostly confluent, bluntly crenato-scrrate ; sori usually 

 confined to the lowest anterior venule of the lowest pinnules, and thus arranged 

 in a single series on each side the midrib of the pinna? ; iudusium somewhat 

 inflected at the margin, and beaded with ( ? deciduous) short-stalkcd glands. 



Lmtiiu tciiili, T. JTmst, MS. in link. 



Latrau Filixojai* ror AtinnxTiATA* J/tarr, Handteal pfBHtitk &r*t, 101. 



Aanpir/U FlLIX-U*U. ror* tttCTHT vv r iW»cif, jinofy$i$ tflA* liritM Fcrnr, US. 



Asrinutt Filix-uas, rar. rCMiixM. o/jWea*. 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 



Fx-affi XIV*— T-akiru FiMs.UAfi;from Exeter* Deronahiro; It. J. Gray. 



Piatr XV*— I*AanuU Fjlix-mas tv r*i ; A, from Morrow* Surrey ; T. itf. 8, from St* Martha's Hil1 t Surrey; T. Si. 



Plat* XVL— A, Lamika Fimv«a* cmmata ; ouJtiratcd; S£ft> U '. h B, Lv rfcEA Vr a*)!* i rotTOtCTTLA ; from 

 BrotnsgroTe, WoreestorsSiire ; 2J* Mn*nJ. 



Pl*iTX XVil.— A* I.ashlea FltiX-Ma* raLEACxa; etiltiratod; C'if/i« JUtanie G*rJ*n. & t hx*Tr.zi Fimx*Uab nrjrrxa; 

 cukivalod j AVs? oaa 1 CUlita Jktanit GarJtnt. 



llAniTAlV-Tnui is one of our most common and most widety-di*r*.r*od Ferns, RTo*ing abundantly in tylecstral and rurxstral 

 wlmtiLitii ortT lit* whole of England, Wale*, Scotland, and Ireland, a» veil A* in tbo Northern and Western I'lcs, and 

 in Oucrnser and JertCT. According to Mr* Walton, it AKeads to ah deration of 1600 fret in tkc Highlands* but U 

 raro aboto tno agrarian xottt. Tho variety iwa« has beets gathered in to nun/, nod mffa «tdcly MjarAtr Kvwliiw*, 

 that lliero it wi»n to Iwliero it iiOAriy, if tvX fjmlo, n* vidvlr duporved ii tho ordinary form. Tho rniiclie* 

 allftviJifa tukd t>v»i£a iro frora the Saowdoo di^lri^t. in Wat* 1 *; ar>d tho fonncr in alto reported from the l.iVc 

 ilL^lr>-t ( InglcfcorouKh, and Tvo«dal\ in U*o north of KagUtid ; nnd by Mr. 11abhtpxton r frOBi AVy*k t in GIouettftorvhLro* 

 TjjO iftnvly piltteta oocurn about Torquay and clwwhero ia DeYon^iiro, in tho in>uth-»t'il ; At llAiiitigi, *u*d in othrr 

 jurtii of Sa*rox i TuulridpJ Well*, and otber parta of Kent s Cbobbain* and other porta of Surroy, in tho toulh ; in 

 York* Porbitn, and Wcattnorrlaiid, in tho north ; in both North and South W*fc# t and Aiuong tbc Scottuh mounUln». 

 It occur* aIvj in JoraoT and Giumny, and Dr> Allchln luf> tnu t u+ that ho found it xtev AbundAnt in Irolud^ from 

 uhrrx« ho liaa prc*-rtPil vpocimcna from wat Din^to and Cnbir Conroo* Mr Xcvmau add* tho KugtUh oountio* of 

 Worco&tortbiro. ShropihirA and HorofordAhlro* 



HKOORAPIEICAL IHSTRIUirTlON.— Tno Male Fom appear* to bo comoton over the vbolo of Europe; u aw alio* 

 Mobablyt tbe Inchtd And tho GoUrn-acalod forms of it* In Runian Aui^ tbo Incised form, AtptJim qffin* of 

 Pitcher and Jlryer, u found in rarioua pUfOt ita tbo reirioa of the Cflucuu* and in Georgia (Hi. /footer). Ino 

 eomtnon form u found At Kr*vrouaa (lib. Liiufoy), and along the AllAi (//*. Htotvr), aa veil ai along tho more 

 southerly ebnm of the UimalAya. from Knpiion through Nepal to Aaum (7/e t Jfoktr)* The Golden jcaled ferui, 

 ran ing with darker, often very dark-eo&ouron scaIca, reprt«ented by the name* of Axptimm priwetvm of Di>n, and 

 pit*ntiMii*¥m of W«166v f b found id aereral put* of India— tho llinulaya. Kumaon, and Mutaorco; while others 

 elowly allied are foun^I in Jatn. Tlio speefos li found in Xortb Afriea; and in Madura, where tho Qoldeo*oealed 

 variety occurs, and acems to be tho protailin^ form* It does cot appear to grow in North Aiaerica ; but fonn* or 

 ■peeies resembling both tho Comtnou am! Iho Ootden*sealcd^tbou*h oArn mlh the peili'i very dark rather tluin 

 goldcn'brovu— occur in Meiteo and GuAtoraaU, in New Grenada, Keuador* Peru, Kraiil, and tbo CaraeeAi 

 {lib. JToalw, U*&q t J. Smtl)* 



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Caudex large, tuflctl, scaly* erect or decumbent* often in age becoming considerably elongated* 

 consisting of the bases of the old fronds jicrsistcut around a woody axis* from the apex of which appear 

 the growing fronds, which arc thut* terminal* and adherent Scales like those at the base of the 

 stipes. Fibres protruding from among the bases of the fronds at the lower part of tho caudcx, strong 

 coarse, dark coloured,, deeply penetrating, 



Stipes short, stout* from three to six inches long* terete* -slightly channelled in front* densely 

 clothed with large scales of a narrow lanceolate attenuate outline, membranaceous chaffy texture, 

 and pale brown colour, intermixed with -smaller and shorter ones* lUtcliis clothed sparingly with 



small subulate scales. 



Vernation circinatc, the npox of the frond becoming liberated before the whole racliis is uncurled, 

 and at thift stage lwiit downwards with a curve resembling that of a shepherd's crook* 



