﻿Gilbert : Revision of the Bermuda Ferns 597 



scarce except in the more inaccessible places. It seems difficult 

 to find it in fruit, but in favorable locations the fronds attain a 

 wonderful size, being sometimes nearly 3 feet in length, when the 

 normal size elsewhere is only 6-12 inches. It is a West Indian 

 and Brazilian species. 



Pteris aouilina caudata L. 



While this species is abundant in the marshes, it is peculiar in 

 its mode of growth. In Devonshire marsh, where it grows most 

 luxuriantly, it may frequently be seen 10-12 feet high. It seems 

 ambitious to overtop everything near it ; so it pushes up through 

 the BaccJiaris bushes and all other undershrubs and ripples over 

 them in shining waves of green, forming one of the most beautiful 

 sights in the island. The fronds are hard, glossy and coriaceous, 

 showing its siliceous character very distinctly. The farmers living 

 in the vicinity go into the marshes and cut quantities of Ftcris and 

 Osmund a as bedding for their animals. 



WOODWARDIA VlRGINICA Smith. 



Governor Lefroy states that this fern is found only in Pem- 

 broke marsh and is not very abundant there. I found it quite 

 plentiful on the north side of Devonshire marsh, where, in its 

 young and unfruited stages it was liable to be confounded with 

 Osmunda cinnamomea unless one took pains to notice its different 

 mode of growth, standing in shade where it was sure to get plenty 

 of water, and never with roots raised above the surrounding soil. 



ASPLENIUM DENTATUM L. 



Frequent on rocks in Walsingham district, covering surfaces 

 3 or 4 feet square, and sometimes producing fronds 4 to 5 inches 



long. 



Asplenium Trichomanes majus Mett. 



This fern, which is quite common in Bermuda is nearly identi- 

 cal with the form figured and described by Hooker & Greville in 

 "Icones Filicum " as Asplenium anceps Solander, but afterward 

 placed by Hooker in his "Species Filicum" as var. majus of A. 

 Trichomanes. It is the same form that is found in Madeira and 

 the Azores. To the casual observer it looks quite distinct from 



