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FERNS I BRITISH Ai:D FOREIGN. 



112. SCOLOPENDBJUM, Sm. 



Vernation fasciculate, erect. Fronds simple entire, lobed, or 

 pinnate ; frequently abnormally forked, plain, undulate, or 

 with a comose, crested apex ; from 6 inches to 2-3 feet long. 

 Veins forked ; venules free, the superior and inferior branch of 

 each fascicle contiguous, parallel, and sporangiferous on their 

 proximate sides, constituting two linear, confluent sori, each 

 furnished with a linear indusiura, the free margins of which 

 connive. 



1. S. vulgar e, 8m.; Eng. Bot. t. 1150; Lindl. and Moore's 

 Brit. Ferns, t. 40 ; Sowerby's Ferns, t. 35 ; Lowe's 

 Ferns, 5, t. 55 ; Hook. Brit. Ferns, t. 37. S. offici- 

 narum, Sw. ; SchJc. Fit. t. 83; Hook. Gen. Fil. t. 

 57 B. Asplenium Scolopendrium, Linn. Europe, 

 Madeira. 



Genua 112. Portion of mature frond, under side. No. 1. 



Var. polyschides, Lindl. and Moore, I. c. t. 42, /. 2. 

 VOLT, cornutum, Lindl. and Moore, I. c. 

 Var. marginatum, Lindl. and Moore, I. c. t. 42, /. 3. 

 Var. crispum, Lindl. and Moore, I. c. t. 42, /. 4. 

 Var. multifidum, Lindl. and Moore, I. c. 

 Var. laceratum, Lind. and Moore, 1. c. t. 42, / 10. 

 Var. incisum (Roth.) Lindl. ; and Moore's Brit. 

 Ferns, t. 30. 



