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less plentiful in Scotland and Ireland. This plant grows 

 readily in pots, and also in a Wardian case, if not too 

 much confined ; for either of these modes of cultivation 

 its small size and elegant aspect render it a very desirable 

 object. It is, however, very impatient of root-moisture. 



This Fern has been called by several other names ; of 

 which the principal are — Cryptogramma crispa, Pteris 

 crispa, and Osmunda crispa. The two latter are now 

 quite obsolete. 



Genus III. GYMNOGRAMMA, or GYMWOGRAM. 



A small species of this tropical genus has been found 

 to inhabit Jersey, and is thus brought — politically, not 

 geographically — within the limits of the British Flora. 

 The characteristic feature in this family is to have the 

 spore-cases scattered in lines along the veins, extending in 

 many cases below the point where the latter separate into 

 branches ; so that the sori become what is technically 

 called, linear and forked. Tliey have also no cover. 



The name is derived from the Greek words, gymnos, 



