Cll YPTOGAMIA FILICES. 1 1 



Hob. On rocks at the foot of Cheviot above Langley-ford, 

 Winch. July. If 



3. P. Dryopteris, stalk slender, 3-branched at top; branches 

 spreading, somewhat pendent, pinnate ; leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 pinnatifid, the segments obtuse ; masses of capsules in rows near 

 the margins* 



Hab. On wooded rocky banks. Rocks at the foot of Che- 

 viot above Langley-ford, Winch. On a wooded bank 

 of Ale-water above Ale-mill ; and on the banks of the 

 Dye above Longformacus, Rev. A. Baird. Wooded 

 banks of the Whiteadder between the Retreat and Elm- 

 cottage. July. If. 



3. ASPIDIUM. 



1. A. OreoptertSj frond pinnate; leaves lanceolate, the lower 

 pairs opposite, the rest alternate, deeply pinnatifid, besprinkled 

 underneath with resinous globules ; masses of capsules small, re- 

 gularly and beautifully arranged along the inflexed margins of the 

 lobes. 



Hob. At the foot of Cheviot above Langley-ford, Winch. 

 Banks of the Whiteadder between the Retreat and Elm- 

 cottage; and of the Dye at Longformacus, abundant. 

 July. If 



2. A. Fitix-mas, stalk scaly, bipinnate ; leaves lanceolate, alter- 

 nate, with oblong obtuse serrated leaflets ; masses biserial near 

 the midrib, the cover orbicular. Male Fern. 



Var. 1.' Frond a span high, simply pinnate, with undivided oblong 

 crenated leaves. 



Var. 2. Pinnate, the leaves deeply pinnatifid, with short lobes, 

 serrated only at the apex. 



Var. 3. Bipinnate, the leaflets elongate, serrated throughout* 



Hob. Woods, deans, and hedge sides. Varieties 2 and 3 

 are common, but of var. 1., which is very remarkable, I 

 have seen only Irish specimens, gathered by the Rev. J. 

 Baird. June Aug. 21 



In the last century, the root of this Fern was retailed as a 

 secret nostrum by Madame NOUFLEUK, a French empi- 



