cluding the Linnean synonym) apparently also of Swartz, the 
plant figured in Lamarck’s Encyclop. t. 867, f. 2, by ‘Tournefort 
(Instit. tab. 322 4.), and by Schkuhr (t. 84), the Linnean Her- 
barium likewise contains specimens. These, which are readily 
distinguishable from the true Asplenium Hemionitis, L., by the 
contour of the frond, much longer in proportion both to its own 
breadth (across the basal lobes) and to the length of the stipes, 
Linneeus appears to have confounded with the common Scolo- 
pendrium, his Asplenium Scolopendrium, of which he had, 1st, the 
normal form, on a separate sheet, named ‘ Scolopendria’ (taking, 
according to his usual practice in the Herbarium, the generic 
name for granted), in his own hand, and with the number (3) 
of the Spec. Pl. prefixed ; 2ndly, on another sheet, the dicho- 
tomous variety, figured by Schkuhr (tab. 83 b.), unnamed; and 
3rdly, the Se. Hemionitis, without habitat or number, but with 
the name ‘ Scolopendria’ written in ink by himself, and with the 
addition ‘nova species?’ in pencil, by Smith. Of this plant, I 
find, in the Smithian Herbarium, 1st, one small and unsatisfac- 
tory frond, scarcely distinguishable from Sc. vulyare, marked 
‘Rome, H. L. fil.;’ 2nd, one young plant and two detached 
fronds in good fructification, marked ‘ South of Europe, Brous- 
sonet’. One of these has well-developed lobes at the base, and 
agrees perfectly with Schkuhr’s figure. They are all on one 
sheet, inscribed by Sir James, ‘ Scolopendrium Hemionitis, Sw. 
Syn. Fil. 90." The only specimens of this species in: the Her- 
barium of the British Museum are stated to have been gathered 
on the walls of the Pantheon, at Rome, by Mr. Yalden. 
“(Clusius gives ‘Roma ex veteris cujusdam theatri ruinis’ as 
the habitat of his Hemionctis vera, correctly referred by Swartz 
to his Scolopendrium Hemionitis. Ue does not quote as a sy- 
nonym the SHemionitis peregrina of the same author, which he 
surely might have done with perfect safety, especially as he cites 
Petiver’s figure, 126, fig. 5, which is manifestly copied from the 
woodcut of Clusius.” 
Fig. 1. Portion of a fertile frond, showing the venation and the sori. 2. Cap- 
sule, 3, Spores :—magnified. 
