264 



SCOLOPENDRIUM VULGARE. 



Dr. Allchin and the late Mr. C. Jackson; at Ilfracombe by the 

 E,ev. J. M. Chanter and Mr. J. Dadds; at Barnstaple by the 

 late Mr. C. Jackson; at Nettlecombe, Somersetshire, by Mr. C 

 Elworthy; at Littlehampton, Sussex, by Mr. G. B. Wollaston; 

 and near Preston by Mr. A. Stansfield. A coarse-growing 

 variety, with variable fronds both in form and size. Sometimes 

 more or less normal, with an unequal cordate base, below which 

 is a reniform lobe or branch. Some fronds are normal, except 

 being branched in the stipes, near the base, or near the apex. 

 Sometimes abbreviated and abrupt. Sometimes abbreviated and 

 terminating in two overlapping lobes. Sometimes the margin 

 is very unequally divided, occasionally quite to the midrib, the 

 divisions forming rounded lobes. The base is mostly unequal, 

 and having a lobe of one or two inches in length formed there. 

 In some the stipes is divided. Occasionally branched. The 

 plants invariably have the distinct basal reniform branch either 

 stalked or sessile. Copiously soriferous. The illustration is from 

 Mr. C. Monkuian, of Malton. 



Fiff. 644. 



Unilaterale-ramosum, Lowe. (Fig. 644.)— Found by Mrs. 

 Thompson, of South Lawn, Exeter, at Sidmouth. In the 



