130 WHERE TO FIND FERNS. 



Caernarvon, Cardigan, Glamorgan, Merioneth, and 

 Pembroke. On the coasts of the Isle of Man. In 

 Scotland, on the coasts of the counties of Aberdeen, 

 Argyle, Ayr, Banff, Berwick, Caithness, Cromarty, Dum- 

 barton, Edinburgh, Elgin, Fife, Forfar, Kincardine, 

 Kinross, Kirkcudbright, Linlithgow, Nairn, Orkney, 

 Perth, Renfrew, Ross, Stirling, Sutherland, and Wigton. 

 Also on the coasts of the isles of Ailsa Craig, Cantyre, 

 Harris, lona, Islay, Lewis, and Uist. In Ireland, on the 

 coasts of the counties of Clare, Cork, Down, Dublin, 

 Galway, Kerry, Limerick, Louth, Waterford, and Wick- 

 low : also on the coasts of the isles of Arran. It is 

 also found on the coasts of Jersey and Guernsey. 



XLVII. THE SCALY SPLEENWORT. 



Asplenium ceteraeh, 

 (Plate XIIL, Figs. 4 and 5, page 73.) 



LENGTH OF FROND. An inch to eight inches. 



GENERAL DESCRIPTION. Roots long, fibrous, wiry, 

 very abundant, oftentimes forming dense masses. Root- 

 stock tufted, scaly. Fronds not numerous, thick, leathery, 

 evergreen, produced in an irregular circle around the 

 crown ; pinnatifid ; stipes, very short, scaly ; leafy part 

 lance-shaped, and, though generally pinnatifid, sometimes 

 in the lower part of the frond partially pinnate the deep, 

 wide indentations and the lobes formed by them being 

 rounded and waved on each side of the rachis in a 

 manner somewhat similar to that of a large saw. The 

 upper surface of the leafy part is bluish-green and 

 velvety to the touch, and the whole under-surface is 

 densely covered by light reddish-brown or rust-coloured 

 scales. Fructification produced in irregularly-elongated 



