Plate XLIV. 



TEE COMMON BRAKES, ok BRACKEN 



(Pteris aqdilinaX 



PTERIS, Umaus. 



Clttsfcrsof Sjtore-cases marginal, continuous, covered by the reflcxed margins of the 

 fronds, which become attenuated into a continuous membranous indvsinm, 

 opening on the inward side. Veins forked, from a distinct raidvein ; venules 

 (barren) disunited, or (fertile) combined at their apices by the continuous 

 receptacle. 



P. aquilika i fronds bipinnatc or tripinnatc, pubescent beneath ; primary pituiro in pairs ; 

 ultimate divisions (pinnulets) sessile, the terminal one longer; rhizome creeping, 

 subterraneous, 



Pflftt- a*h:iu*a. to**™*, %rw iV«fcr*», 1533. Jfe/Zon, FiAte* flrit*****, lft L 10 (had), tafrl, 

 £hyfat ttrt*uj t xij?. t, 1G79; JfylUh Flora, ir. 3<k>. Hwlvr mJ Armeti, HriiUh Fler*, C73. Jfafar/, 



>V*« J7frnuM,3t& Mfe/far, M**ti<tltfBritUk BriMl/i l*tf. /feai'M* Fkryrtpli* lInt#**U<i t iv.M, 



JTmm, 7/iafory e/ JtoYail Jnna#, 2 e*L D3> JAtW-, //W4»t o/ BrftU I****, 159. &*rrty, ftnu o/ 

 CrrtM UrnWn, 07, L 3S. &AMr, JCrfpf+pm^h 0***JeA*r, 87, L OS, 00* JfTflaVMir, %*r>* i'/nn/raM, 

 v. 102* SprrjHjtl, fytf'vui JYpe fcfr'W.r, i*. 78, v^taM, AVivuno Sperimim jenrrw Pieridis, 40. P*r t 

 Qt*tr* JWmm, 12ft t, 1 1 a. fi*. 3 (dip*). 



PlChli HOaEAtl*. Solidary, iVouVovivr, 102. 



1*tki:i* HEaUXA, Gray, Xatt/ral t irr*n$fP*r*t cfBrtiiiA I*Untt r it. 1G, 



Pkmb cavdata, Ul^ Aaummtfw ifraYtnuti ffirfj JBgv'i* u//o% ii- 40* <*id, »jil) ; rawlin-g to link, 



IVkbia hkthw, T™**, Ite a *i$tfai Zrif**$ t 1846, 127; ftccordinj: to Lodcbouf, 



Prtma scwcaitli*. OMtmtsJt, « A i, 421 ? '• according to LcoVboor. 



Prima ncctrnrATA, fRfJAVA, Catalan*, 113 ; AyarJk, Rter*riQ Sfxeirntr* pntru J*U/idti t Z*>. 

 Pf llttp* KWlf AU, J//tr ..r\ /V-,1/1. rnrio PLmtarvn Jonr, 213. 



PrtW rmu, FrWfiVA, Gifetywj 100. 

 Prram munUUi; JJ".. 1 ; ■'. r v eA^w, 101, 

 Pmifl WiontiASA, HW/**, GriaAy«?, 2I7S. 



P«w* laxv<iix*>m, Z*«y J/5. FTOMm**, St*ti*4 FUmterum, v. 403. -V**^. $p*™ S'r$riMHum t \r. 7S, 

 Zilfc A»*»rrotfi> I'tWuraai //***• Jftyi* ntoro. ii. Wl. /tyWl, Ittrrnti* Sficfrrvm $t*tri$ FtrriJU, 6*1. 



#-*>, «nrra JWtm, 12*, 



PdUi nUW, KW ^- Fititwn, 12ft 12A («d Ciimin ff , 40^), 



FiKMft capwai^W-^a;, P«Jn>ii«f, m , r.7W«o»r i ^w*>#iV tf «/«w» 1 T.303. SckUrHet&l, AJ«*lrst#nr4 t 



-15. t. 3ft. «fpWi» /Aw^ji'o Sprrtmm fcnrri4 I'itriJit, 91, 

 ALLOtORf* AA^VTUmt, Piv*f t Tm/a«iM t*trri-l'<$s*p\i* t I&3. 



ALtoiCftc* TAtrwrr*. JVrt/, 7rt^*r* /Vmttyrugjfr, 154 f ncwnliniito I-dLWlmur- 

 AMOfOftCft ■icrRVA.iuf, PA**/, nn/tfiorA PuridopngMe, ML 



At«W0*U« lAycoiXOAU^ J'W, n«fMWll t'trriJepwpU*, 151, 



AiLoiOfti's vitioM's Prr*/, 7V*^h/m Ftrri4cjr*pM+ % l^i. 



('IXCISAU* A^CIUSA, tffcvJ&fil, ** J>/«, J. 21," KWrdfoff tO SMJWll. 



Kititihh AilClllsCA, AtaPM, Mytotyut, ii, 278; Afpr**?*, lMl t lit.; fin/i-* »«, 3 «1. i(. 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE, 



PtATK XLIA r .— Pmi* *gciu»Ai A, fran Birart Common, Surrey; T. if , 8, P, a^cilwa (Ttni); fwrn ilnmj-i . E 

 31 Jf, C, P aqviluu WTMUina , frocn Hamptt«wl, JImMIwi i T. 2f. D, P. AQVILI^a UvirmuA j from Cli»io- 

 Jmrtt, Kent i g. /*, irpfbffM 



HABITAT.— Tho limokcti u tbo moal nbunJanl of our *Ud hVnw, occumup in wood*, thicket*, an*J *aaIo |Incv-. out 

 A|i^m 1 1 ( I v iroMiag a *-J^*tkv wih It ii »prvaJ over Gml ISntiiu, from Cornwall to llw If^bnilm, anil i« ^cotiful in 

 Trvlnod anil Ibv CUntK 1 ! KWt, tbvccoclit)^ to the oout*!ctol p nsd rRichin? ui elevation of nearly 2000 fed iu tbo Hifjli- 

 Lwidi of ScflllmtL When growing L-Apowd.it iaa ImoJi ri^luoking |»Uut p out uUu iu iti n>o»t himrtaut >Ut<\ it U 

 cxtrctnelv bcauttfiil ; Atiil ctrCwdly noao of our llritiih ipooira. except thu f are cajxi^to of pnx!>acjuf tike hotim* 



grahiicur ulti^i ui? Luc ttitnrMcd in it* o\|4n*ivr froeHU« ri^bl to teti feet niffbf graeefullr arehioif out fnHn anions 



tbo iru>lmoud wbieh akirtol n deep ifculj Lino ict tlie wctt of Siirrvj. 



nKOORAPHlCAL DISTXIUUTIUN.^ Inin U a eommon Fern in Kurope.aa it appean to be abo in moat other part* of tha 

 worid, aaan>- eiotic jpeeies »o calleoV Winy UDdbtinguUhaldo by anv eon»tant or Miftiewnt eharaetera. In AiU, it u 

 found in VUhmtifh /,»W/eyJ i iii Silka ami KanilwUtkai in SiberU in lJ*o n^ionaof Lake Baikal, the Albii, 

 and the Ural: in the Cautanii ; all crcr Jndut; in Penang, Jnva, and the Pin Ii j» jnnca ; in the Mauritius and Hotirl^n 

 {lit*, irvvlrr). In Afriea it oeeum nt the Capo of Good Hope * in Sierra L«v>oo (//A, /.inJUy) ^ $enr^ambii and 

 Fernando Po (//£* //o^rr) - in Airier*, TmentTe, and Madeira- In America it ha* been found in California, in 

 Q ut U h Wtfi, and Xorth-W^t Moakot in Veragiia* (narrower); in tho Sanda>h I*la(Mii (llui porta inuller— 

 //*- Jle&itr) ; and in scleral p.iHn of North America, The I'ttri* tirmmpiinta of IK»rr a under which A-ar*lh include* 





