

THK URITTLK BLADDKH FERN. 



ATIITRICM nrvAmoiDis, Prt*h Rrlifvi* If<rjdY*n<r t i. 3$, 1, 0^ flg. 2. 



Amjuim ■■* \:tit \i, Gra^ XtrtiUh I'fcntt, ii H 11. 



CraTIIKA DOTATia Smik* Ffara Britimntia *ii'i r 1H1 ; EnfUtl ltot**p % xiiiL I. l&SS. 

 CtitHU rsiAlLlS, iFefi, JTora Gemmta, m. 0». 

 Cvuka kxtata, tSWM, i:*?JiA Flora, U. 2S7. 



Ci-ftTm-TFtlfl raxfltua *« *KiAT*CtV*, Jfeofrr, SpreitM Ftlievm, I IDS. 



CTiTOPTtBl* PEXTAT*, //*>ta*, Jfatti /Tor*, I rd t 113 ft-J^ fVican $jww, 4& A>, Gearm JHfettx, 21*0. 

 Smrty, Femtqf Great /frito/n, ft$, t, 21, 



CrtTorTHit icttu, Detail**, Jaefueacmi'a Veyv$* iAmj FMe t 17ti, t. 177. 

 CimtJDIf ik\oiLis JxaUUfj /iaaw, ii. 07 j aeeording to Hooker. 



Cmomftl* f 0IUE!0I»ES» A'uve, Zuartr, i*. 07. &ioft t Genera FiUewm. under t. 8. fV«\ Genera FiUeum, 

 2fc>. 



Ctbtoi-tebu Poxirujur, £u>, Fihenm o>fci«, 45. 



('MTOwnit cfllAtfUi, FXr, Genrea Fi/ftn*i, 300, 



CrCTorrtui* acuta, JVe, Genera Filter**, £00, 300. 



GTCLOmRIfl ih.Mata, ffrtiy, Jlritui Pt#ai* t id eorri^enJa. 



Var. Dickieana : piniuu detlcxcd, overlapping ; pinnules crowded, broad, obtuse, decnrreiit, 

 very slightly toothed, or bluntly lobed with the lobes scarcely toothed ; sori sub- 

 marginal, i ii -r inet. 



CtHTOMium nuaiu*, p. DtOHKiM, J/Wr, AWfe*t o/ ItrtiU* Fernt, 1 ed, £1; 2 ed.. 73; Jk**ni**t 



CniorillU DlODim, Sua, Q*rttn*r*t -/wrr**/, ISI8, 30$, AW™. A Pl **Jix to Plftokjiit, 1951, mij 



Cfm»rrsBt« ramTA. e. Dronun, B*bi*$to* t Jfrnwl </ ft-tifel /fofay t 112. ftmJp, Jftnu o/ ttmi 

 JfrttM, 39, t. £!. 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 



Put* XLVL A.~L , T*Toifiiwii* nuO!U#i 1, from KorrowtLite. Cumberland; Q It. MW*ifo* t 2, C. thxi.im* iiupke- 

 vittijct; reputetlh from I)evnn»hit«(«»lihutc4)i De* AUe&n. \%U Aame. from Hamton/a Itocki. aWmrigo Well*. 

 Kent; 0. iA IVdUtfo*. 4, 0* rxin-fM* pK^tata ; from Brn I^«ri> F IVrth^iirr ; 3t JT 3, C. luimui Dicmr^A ; 

 frc«» Core, oniF Abnxlc»*a; O t Dieiie, 0, the iamo (cultivated); /?/■. Atkkia. 7 t C rKAOiu* iXTinniTj-iA ; from 

 Windermere; K CJokvj, 



I1A1UTAT,— Tlii* ittill and e&rf^nl, but eireedin^y poljiBorphottA, «|tei-Se« u «lileJ,v dihtnbutctl t oeeumng brro noil ilirrc 

 orcr tbe nholo of Clival HriUin: nuitt tibur»Iiuil in Ih* hill* tiiul tnouhtainiMii (met* oftlie north; but p>inewhcit ran* 

 in tlio f'Xith and K>uth*<AAlrm jmrt.* of Kn^lAiv). It U (bund in the eitwmo roitth of KtigUt)i| t And extendi iv illy 

 u:inU to the Hrhridr* nad tbe county of SutherUiui; Aioendtn^, in thr eatt HighUnd*, to An elcialton of more than 

 3000 feet nborc the tea* It i* gcr.cralk found growing In the fiMurr* of rect% or of ma*onrv, And, for the tiKiM pirt. 

 in Aljntte or tultalptrw NtuAlIoai. In IreUnd, though here and there abundant, it n**m* !<** ^rnenlle JiatnlmU d. 

 Tbereajo no oVJInite limit a to the vArUtient ef thU pUnt. vhxh t even in f* rc.it BritAir^ are almost rndtrM, exeent in 

 the ease of the wtcty Dklte*»a f whieh i* iwirleil aud OOtttUttt, And lira onlv hwn foimd in two station* In fvotknd, 



GEOGEAPinCAL DISTRIBUTION.— Ifl aouio or other of iU mAnr fonns thii fern i> di-perfed widely over the world 

 It oeeur> thro^bout Kurope, from IreUnd and Notwaj- to lUlj- and .Sjuin, Onnve. Chenon. Taurida, and tbe Kuuo- 

 CaneaAiAii ]*rorinceft. In A»tn T it » found in the region* of the Ural, lb* Altai, rind Lake Ibiknl in Siberb, eitetidinif 

 to the frontiora of Clti or*o Turkestan, I" K am t chalk a and rtnlandika ; af*oin A*ia Miti'tr, Kr/erourr> f Ko^»n]i^tan f and 

 northern Pmia; in Aft^hantUATi, Kashmir, Kunanar, Slml*, Xe|Ki1, Thibet, and the llimabw {Til. rfo^Ur). In 

 Art> rii-a it exlenda from tireenTAnd, Libra*V>r. Kot*rboe'» S^ind, and the eountrie* bordering tbe 1'otar iVn, tbrouxh 

 iiftrth-wettl Anirriefj, to the Unitoil Slate*, CalL^ornia, Me\K*\ Guatemala, and Columhli (Ifh. Jh*l*r), in whwh 

 Utter eountrie* it H|DjDOt«vpMlllkr form, the var. ni$re*teM* of Hooker; at Xalnjn, and in Gnatemab, Quito, and 

 tli*' Ande« of Peru (//& //tfoter) p oeeun another peculiar aletidt*r nArrow form of tbe JtMtsta ***ricn t It i* fouivt 

 a-xin in the \\'r*t Itvdtex : Jafnaicn and the UahAinaa ; and in Venr/ueLx (flfW*ofu) m^l Xew QrenadA ; and al«» in 

 Chili, and at Meodoi*, ra well ai at Port Famine. In Afriea, we bavo nvonU of iu oeearrenee in Abrndnii (//i 

 Hwtor, ft .Vitr. //W/.) ; and it i* found in the itUndi of Madeira, Tt-neritTe, X\** Canarie*, and the Arx*rea (/f6. /leo&rr). 

 Orer tbeto north Afriran i«Lwd« it aUo il[>jn*r*t>i a form whieb hat »lr>>:if* elximi to *uoeine rank, in iu evergreen 

 habit, tou-b *ti(>eA and hairy iudiuua, C/tayilU bnn *W Wu found in Van l)iemen'a Jjxod {Hb. LUMey and 

 flvolrr)* Many of the hahitala of the central rorta of North Ameriea belong to C* lemtti^ a ii™ vhieh, llwm^l* 

 perhapa not d»tin^uUhnb3e by ita fnwi*U Alono from »o*ne forma of i\fraptu, yet dinen »o toully in habit, baring 

 a widely -erequiig rbi/ome, that it ennnol pro|terly he associated witb It. 



Caudex »hort> tufted, decumbent* slowly spreading, scftreely creeping, i& § mlvancing laterally by the 

 successive projection of the fronds, which form a tuft at the extremity ; somewhat scaly. Scales pale 

 brown, lanceolate, fibres branched, wiry, numerous. 



Stipes slender, brittle, readily breaking away from the caudox, dark brown at the base, and there 

 furnished with a few narrow lanceolate scales, paler or green and smooth upwards; terminal, and 

 adherent to the caudox 



Vernation circulate 



Fronds from three or four to twelve or eighteen inches iu length, erect, herbaceous, ■lull given. 



