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7. L. MONTANA, MiHirv. Moiintitiii /tUik/if I'crn. Klii/miU' slioit, stout, with 

 >tii>ni;- root lihii's, tin* up|n'r part siii iDuiuli'tl by rlost'-sct stipi- basi-s. l''ii>iuls in rlosf 

 (lilts, l>ii),'^lit yt'llowisli K^\• ^okli'ii ^ri'i'ii, 1 to ,^ li'i'l lii.ic'', uilli \i'iv short lliiik, sialy 

 sti|>i's, suridiiiulfil l)v ilosi'-sot stipi* hasi-s. l-'roiul lamina iaiu'ooiati' in oiitlim-, niiuli 

 iiairoui'd In-low, pinnati", tin- pinna- lu-ini;' laf^i-st in the iniiUilc pait of tin- iVoiul, ami 

 jfraihially lU'i'i'i-asinic to vi-i\' small si/t- at tlu- hasi- ; pinna- lini-ai-laiu-i-olal* , iK-rply 

 pinnatilui ; li>hfs ohliintr. Hat, t>hlusi-, i-ntin-, tlu- lo\v»-st oiu-s on tin- pinna paialk-l witli 

 thr rai'liis ; soii suh-niartcinal i>n tlu- vi-inli-ts, ami mosth- o\\ tlu- uppi-r half ol tlu- I'nintl ; 

 imliisium incoiispii-uous, impiMii-it, or ahst-nt. Iroiuls, annual, j;lantluiar on tlu- lower 

 Hiirfaoi'. 



lin'/isli Cn/ii»il)iii : Mount Dawson ; Selkirk Ivanj^^i- ; sunnnit o( tlu- C". P. I\y. I'ass, 

 (Macouii). Also island <,•>[' I'nalaska. Xol rare in \\\--.ti-rn lvn-o|)e. 



S. !,. i{n;ii)\, I'ri'sl. S/i'lf /iiirk/rf Ffrn. Khizonu- short, stout, with i-li>se si-aly 

 sti]>i- stubs ; stii)i- rij^iil, ort-i-t, half as loni;' as the lamina and wry sraly at basi- ; lamina 

 laiUTolati-, ovati'-huu'i-olati-, or sonu-what trian_sj[ulai" in outliiu-, loriai-eous, bipinna'.i- ; 

 pinna- oblon}4"-lant.-i'olatt-, the lout-st sonu-what liianj^ular ; pimniK-s iiblom^, vi-iny, 

 doubly serrate, with spinulosi- tei-th ; sori lar_L;i-, nean-r miiI-\(-in liian margin o\' lobes ; 

 iiidusium with a \c-iy naiMMW sinus anti minute j^lanils on llu- margin. 



British Coluinbin : \'ieloria anil Mount I*"inl<'ivson, \'aneou\i-i- Island. In Anu-iiea 

 eonfmed to Atlantic Coast rei^ions, the prevailing form in California and C^rej^on beinj^ 

 larj^er in all its parts th;in the Kuropean, ami distini;uislu-d bv tlu- Cniti-d Stati-s 

 botanists as var iifi^ulix. 



9. L. I'KAiiKANS, Presl. — 'Ihc /•'niifnint Ihicklcr Fcni. Rhizonu- short ,ind stout. 

 the erown and stipe-bases elotheil with tflistening- ^tfoldi-n ba>wn seales. I'roiul usually 

 only a very few iiu-lu-s in length, (but in exceptionally favourabli- sjiots reaehini;' a toot or 

 even nmri-), so that this is the smallest of" all the Lastreas. Stipes luftt-il, very scaly, 

 the shinint;- scales exteiulinj;- aU>n^' the raihis. Lamina lanceolate coriaceous on the 

 upjier surface, bipinnate, pinn;t; triangular, t>f few (4 or 5 pairs) of ck>se set pinnules, 

 covered beneath by the lar^fe rusty membraiu>us iiuhisia, which conceal the sori. 



Nova Seal ill : — Hartley waterfall. Pirate Harbour, Strait i)f Canso, o\\ |H-rpi-ndicular 

 clifVs, very scarce ami alnuist inaccessible, (Rev. V.. II. Hall). A'av linots'n'ick : ~ 

 Dalhousie; Railway lumu-l at Resti^'ouche. Quebec: — Sa^'uenay l\i\ i-r ; I lemminiclord ; 

 Falls of St. Anne des Monis River, and ah^n^" the Telej^raph Road, Ciaspe. Maniloba : — 

 Dawson Road. Also at Lake Sujierior ; \i]iij4-i)n Lake antl River ; aiul i>n tlu- northern 

 and .Arctic coasts, as Cape Clnullei^h, Cape Prince of Wales, anil Repulsi- Hay. This 

 rare northern species was well described by Sir William 1 looker ( whose- kiu)wletl_n'e of 

 ferns was nut re i-xtensive than that of <an\- other" botanist) as one of tlu- nu)st beautiful of 

 all ferns, in the minutely-divided fronils, of a full i^rei-n coKnir, destitute of scales above, 

 while the whole oi the rest o'i the plant is richly paleaceous with t;-old-shinin^- scales. 

 The fresh fonds exhale a delicate frai^rance. 



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