THE LADY FERN. 



lobes, the lowest of which is longer and auriculiform ; nori short, numerous, uenr 

 the midrib, becoming confluent. 



Pom rani vv uuncn; Linn.rw, ^etffr* I'ttntarun. 1552— AceordtBr. <*> the- Liiuiean Herbarium. 



AsrlPliW KUnCfflTi efrrayr/. .^mi JVW^iViVi. fr. tOT. 



Aanoiiru inaiortrjj, &*»/•/ aceordinj; to ijxvitnmu in hb Hcrtarium, but the figure iu £.'nj &A Iktan* \%\L 



t. :Ml>9, Tathcrraemblcaaaotf*; F*jlu\ Fhro, iv. 2S3* Rprrnjei, Spttrm* Ve^HMtinm l ir. 101. 



AniTaum uun«v», Jbfl, P/o« (?f««w, BL 07. fe™, XttmtuT* Ahum* l$ii, 20 j J/ufory 



tfltrititk *V™, 212* Jfoor*, U*ndleck *f BriM Fernr, I3U. 

 Ainmim onTHXW, «Vm«i f Appendix to I'ljt+byUt, 1S3I, aiii. ; /AVfery efffntM Fen* t 212. 

 Arvrtini Fiux-rauou covnam, tam, /fit/ory y" -GrtfuJ Jtnr> 2 cd. 2*5. fotoyfo*, ib«w y 



/frfesy, 413(a). 

 Athirivu lUEtOccir, Gray, AVtir«7 Arronyevtent tfBritUh FfonU, iL tO. 



AirLkMttf FiLii-nzinNA uuxnccir, /fcr.(-f'r, FiorifraplU Uritaiuuea, it. €0. 



Far. LATiFOLnmr; frowlft oblong-lanccolntc ; pinna? approximate ; pinnules shortly 

 uUlkcd, flat* imbricate, ovate, unequally lobed at the base, and toothed above ; 

 sort unisonal on each side of, and distant from the midrib. 



AnrVI0N FlUX-r*HlSA UTJrOLICJf, IfotinjlM, MlXUal o/ flritUl ZfrfrAy, 413 (*)• AfoOT, J/amftwfr */ 



BritUk Fmw, 139, 

 AinTkiVM latiioucu, Jfab'jicfo* J/& not of PeetL 

 ATUTfttVX OVAtCv, Acaiwa, PiytoUfitt, !t, 305 (cicl. ayr*. J&**r iV«WM, JWa*) ; Appendix to Ptytokfitt, 



1&5I, iii. {oicl. ayn, JfgAfrotii, JfefA, AVirwii*), 



AmHIUM FmX-rOMDU, 3 LATlTOUtfU, Jfeafo*> Urn/ -fratttf, JMto FiTTfl, fi7i. JLW* **J r7e*Zrfo*\ 



Gerdenrrt* M-j^ztnr qf B$fanj t iii« 202. 



I r nr. haktxuu ; fronds spreading elliptic -lanceolate ; piiinra approximate ; pinnules 

 crowded oblong obtuse, connected at the base by the winy of the radii*, notched 

 with blunt shallow lobes, which arc bifid or toothed below, short* simple, and 

 tooth-like alwvc ; son short, numerous, often much curved and becoming confluent* 



Annum Fnnc-raimuL nUMrmt, j/ben> FcpnUr Hktor* tf tiritith Fem t led- Di f Uwtib&A e/ BriOA 

 Fern*. 110* 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 



Fi.4TK XXX.-*Atht»icm Finx-mm:** ncctnwj cultivated; CWm* Jbfaafc Garden. 



Vlmk XXXI.— A, Anmm ftMT*WvreA En.trictrM; from Virginia Water, Surreys 7". «V. B, Arumum Fnil- 

 rautv* LiTirOLitx; cultivated; K Cfomv* : (from Konralk, Cumberland; 2fiu Unfit), C r Atutiticu 1im\- 

 raMiXi Miunnij cu1ti%Tit<Ji €^/4m&/«m Gxrden; (ftora Cove. tuw AbntWh t Dr. Dickie). 



Plate XXXII.— ATHVtlCJi Kiux-raMtKA Ovatcm \ from Marfonl, Surrcr; J*. St. Tin- dtUtbed pin&» xn> tlw wnw> at 

 Piatt XXX, 



PutiXXXIIL— ATHTUira FlLnxnUDU XVlimmi cultivntcolg OMoM&taKtfWWfUidJ^fnif (f/wn Wicklow, 



IrcUiitl; D.Afe#re). 



Platk XXXI V.*- A, AnrjUUH FlUX-IoaiUA crapras cull^atedi A* T*it, ind Ar*f Ihtanie Gardent (from Antnm, 



Jrvlnml; A. Smtti)* B, AnimiCit PlUX-rCVISCA HtfAimoaTim; culti»sirt! ; C\*t**a Jf»r«t« GarJ**; (from 



8I^o ( Icvlmd j »/: Oram*), C, AntWH Pms-MUlDrA KntOTtjVi culliiatM; IV. l«ii^r (from Itvand). 



1IAMTAT,— ! Tlioldiiy Fern i» AorwnoD nml ^i>trally *ltwlributnl »jvv^«,atUtrJ^ itt^-^t^t J.^%- uf li:\im^noi> m i^im^, 

 ■ha>ly ( mud ihdU'rod ptaco*. SoBxrtimM it U fouod in moro open o* xcll u ui rocky aitutliooi. but generally wlwro 

 it U mrli aujmliod willi mooturo. Warm moiil wooJa And dimp hoigo-ruw bin** aw it* Ctvourito lomliU^ t ami 

 \ho*> iii wliich it most fully mpporU Ho claim of M»pro(nftcy in beauty over nil tbo other native fpecio^ wfcich is 

 mm\c in il» behalf, ** Dull indocd," Mr, Ncuman \rrj juitly recotk*, ** muit bo lb? pcrcqttico, and c*»M Iho htvt f 

 thai faiU to ApjirveUlo iu oictwvo krvriinra*/* It U common nil ovtr Kn^laud, and aUo abuuJant. though perfupa 

 Uvn »o» in ScvtUxiu 1 uad Wako, nhdit in IrvLuul it ia of \xry tte*\twoA occurrcnexv and ihc Xorihem, Wcilcm, ax*d 

 Clunnrt I*Und« all produce it- Id dotation it* rang© ctlwid* from tho cottit letol to an altitude of about 3000 fcct» 

 in tbo Ili^hlaudi of Scotland. It U on CXCecdiajfly varinblo apoeiOJt but tho diiTcrvat forma, auch aa nt+tte, inritn**, 

 and rtVricuM, villi ihc Intrrmediato atatea, an> wtdclr difpcnotl and aunieiently frvoni nt to h*l to thi* eocLvictioci 

 that thor arc general in their occurrence* Though aasuuun^ so many fbrma, wc believe, the. aiwcjc^ to bo br uu mcana 

 ftcktc; lor, eertainJy aoino of tho form*, ami probably several of item, are cixiBtaul. Tlv inrarU- rW/icva, uhich 

 oecura all over Groat Uritnin and Ireland, and ia found in ita characteristic- fcftn in more or let* eipooed be^gy 

 niluatiotis U, ^rhajt^ tSootiemopt liable to ehan^o uhen vubimttcd to opposite inllorueea. but oven thU i* ^emmlly 

 ■liitinguklutblo frotn the form raJIM tnei*nm t to which it ar^iroaehe* under t be inituenco ofahaileand thclter. Tho 

 \arxty Utifyliu*% f which lias been found only nt Kcawiek, and tbrro but a plant or twe> ia nevertlvleAa nuEGdcntly 

 constant to be cooaidcred a permanent variety, tlie more ao aa it i* rciintdueed frum apocea. Wo hare t«> thank 

 MUi Wright, llr* i\ Clowe*, and Mr, Wollatton, for ipccUafua. aTao variety nwrinum, which ia very diriiuct f w«a 

 found about ten year* tinco by l>r, Diekle at Cove, near Aberdeen, aud liaa ainci* umintaini\l ila ]H<euliaritie* in the 

 cultivated atato ; Dr, Biekie and Mr* J* D. Mac Way have aince repeatedly found it, and we are indebled to them foe 

 plants and apecimen** Tte uln^ular monatroua forma in which the Lady IVrn nLvqu^rndn. arc remarkable for th«r 

 ch-^uice, and uliiablo on aeeouiit of the ^*rietj they atford aa eulLuatid plant*, mo*t of tliem beiiifj j>enuinent. 



GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION.— In onoor otbor of ita formi Ihi. protean apecica Catenda throughout Europe, froin 

 Upland to Greece, Crete, tho Ca,uea4U« t and the Ural Mountain*. It sprcada over Kunun Aim from the Tratia- 

 Caueaaian province* and the Ural range, to the Altai, Dahuria, and too cait eout of Siberia ; eitendiuf: nlw to north- 

 weatern India, Kutaaon, and Sikkim Himalaya (//J. H&cler). In Africa it h found in Algeria, and in the ]>WU of 

 Tr«erifli% Madeira, and the Conane*. An Abyuiubn plant (/fA + /Tooler} eolleeted by Sehimpcr, mid distributed a* n 

 variety tf X Kfr/oWaw, U probably djtfiuct, a* it haa a creepanK oaudci. It U widely dilTutod iu North Americn, 

 being found at Silka and Unalaaehia, a4 Awatichka Ikiy, tho SaAatehauan, and tho Rocky Mountain* (//*. Jlvrtte) j in 



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