6Bo CRYPTOGAMIA FIUCES. 



fern, in the copious Herbarium, preferved at the 

 phyfic garden in that univerfity, to which fpeci- 

 men a label was annexed, with this infcription : 

 " From the i^e of JrraUy near Gallcipay •, from 

 Mr. StoneHreet:* 



The fpecimen is to be found amongft the ferns. 

 Lib. i^ p. 7,, f. z- 



This is our authority for infcrtlng it as a native of 

 Scotla'/id. The plant is about fix inches high. 

 The ftaik fmooth, (lender, brittle, and of a 

 ihining reddifh black colour, naked above half 

 ■.vay up, afterwards doubly and fometimes trebly 

 branched ; the branches alternate and diftant. 

 The lobes, or pinnules, are fan-fliap'd, fmooth 

 and thin, longitudinally ftriated, dented at the 

 top, generally cut into two or three, and fome- 

 times fix or feven obtufe fegments. Thefe pin- 

 nules grcvv alternate, and are fupported on fliort 

 (lender footftalks. 



The fruftifications grow ne-r the anterior margin 

 of the pinnules, on the under fide, one or two 

 out of each dent, drawing the margin a little 

 downwards -, they appear like thin white fcales 

 at firfr, but are brown when ripe. The invoke 

 crum is membranaceous, covering globular cap- 

 fules, furrounded each v/ith an articulated ring. 



It is cfteemed as a pefloral. and gives name to the 

 fyrup called Capillare, which is faid lo have 

 rarely any of this plant in its compofition, being 



commonly 



