vi Edwar.d Newman 



Stipes shorter than the frond ; frond linear-lanceolate, 

 pmnatifid, divisions waved or lobed ; back of frond ferru- 

 ginous with the dense covering of scales. 



On limestone rocks, very local : on mortared walls, com- 

 mon in the West of England and South of Ireland. 



Genus. — Phyllitis, Newman. 



Lateral veins twice or thrice bifurcate, free at the extre- 

 mity : capsules in linear series upon the anterior and i)OS- 

 terior branches, on the anterior directed towards the apex 

 of the frond, on the posterior towards its base, always in 

 pairs, i. e., when the anterior branch of a lateral vein bears 

 a line of capsules, the posterior branch of the lateral vein 

 next before it also bears a line of capsules corresponding 

 m length, and the two lines or series form a confluent mass 

 of capsules, covered by two involucres, which face each 

 other, and even in an early stage of growth overlap and 

 ap2Jea7' united. 



Obs. — The name PhyUitis was employed by Ray and other eminent 

 botanists of the pre-Linnean era, but I believe has not been used as 

 generic since the introduction of the binominal nomenclature. I con- 

 sider that the name of Scolopendrium should be confined, as intended 

 by its author, to the species. As in the preceding instance, the repe- 

 tition of the name, thus, Scolopendrium Scolopendrium, would be the 

 strict appUcation of the law of priority. The genus is generally ac- 

 knowledged as distinct. 



Phyllitis Scolopendeium. 



Asplenium Scolopendrium, Linn. Sp. PI. 1537; Light/. Fl. 

 Scot. 660 ; Huds. Fl. Ang. 452 ; Bolt. Fil. Brit. 18, t. 

 11 ; With. Arr. 766. 

 Scolopendrium vulgare {Sym. Syn.), Sm. E. F. iv. 314, E. 

 B. 1150 ; Mack. Fl. Hih. 342 ; Newm. N. A. 28, F. 

 289 ; Hook, and Am. 574; Bah. 415. 

 Phyllitis Scolopendrium, Newm. F. 10. 



Stipes shorter than frond ; frond pendulous, linear, 

 strap-shaped, entire. 



Common on stone walls, hedge-banks, &c., in damp 

 places. 



