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KKllN I'l.OUA OF CANADA. 



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tlu' hiisn] lohi's ilofiirrtMit, fi>rmiii>,'- .-i i-onspic-imiis ,inj,Hi'il wiii^' aloii);- fitlu-r siiU' o( llu* 

 maitj rai-liis of tlu- frorul. Soii iimslly, but not all, lu-ar- ilif luaij^-iii. 



Karv. (Jiichrr rriivincf : Wali'rliu) ami Soivl ; (Jiiriuv ; Nuns Islaml, Moiitival. 

 Oii/ano: C'hippfwa ; Carry Soiiiul ; INvsi-oll; lu-ar famphi'llionl. ami at I'orl StaiiU-y ; 

 St. Tluimas ami Wimlsor ; London. Ncn'/oiiiK/lini,/ : .\lii|m-lon, plain to sontli ol Ki\fr 

 Hibitf. 



.^. Ph. coNNKrril.i'.. Wall. /',i/,.\/ouiif,ii» /',>/y/^,„h'. Khizomr iTfi-jjini;-, rlolhcil 

 with paU> dffithions siaK's. I'lond a (o»)t liiyli, stipf ratlu'r U)n.i;t'r than tlu< lamina, 

 whifh is arnli-ly triangular ov ili-ltiiiil, (loiiyfr than l)n>ail). ai-inninatt', pinnatr, soft, dull 

 KivtMi. tlu- vi«ins pih>sr hcm-ath and tin- rai'h is scaly ; pinna- lim-ar-lamvolati-. pinnalitid, 

 lowrsi pair di'llrxoii ; rarliis hairy and niimiti-ly scaly to the apex v>C tlu- fromi. as u.-llas 

 tlu- niiilrihs o\' tin- pinna-, i-spoiially o\\ tlu- lowi-r surfaci-. Tlu- ronnd sori m-ar tlu- 

 mart;-in. Fronds witlu-r in ;uitnimi. 



On/ario : K:ims:\\ ; I'rrscott ; Ostcinul ; XiioU-t ; Toronto, ami westward to I.akt! 

 vSupi-rior, opposite Cirami Island. Oiichcf : tlK>uivstfr, m-ar Ottawa ; tlu-lsea ; 

 L'Orij^inal ; Harrinj.rton, iVc. Nova Scotia and Xnv /intnsn'irk : Connnon in wi-t spots, 

 on shaded hillsides, and in ravim-s. Ncvfoundlaiul : fape Mii|nek>n. Also in 

 Manihibtty in the Rixky MmniUiins, and in Aliiska. 



c'.i'.M's XXI. Gymnogramme. r")i;s 



V.\l X. 



GvMNlx;I^\MMl•: tki.\\c;i i.auis, Kanlfnss. (uddci /u-m. Khizonu- small, short, 

 creeiiintc, with ehaIVy stipe stubs; stipes tul'teii, wiry, dark, jiolished ; latnina di-ltoiil or 

 penta^-onal, a few inches in ilianu-ti-r, the lower iiinn.u very lari^e, f rianj,'-ular, aiul twiie 

 parted, with the secondary pimi.-e much elongated on the lowi-r side ; upper piim.x- 

 lanceolate, atul more or less pinnately lobed, coven-d bi-iu-alh with yellow powder. 



British Columbia : -Crevices oi rocks, \ancini\er Island, rare. 



GKXL'S XXII.— Oanmuda, LiXN. Royal I-cn,. 



I. O. RKi;.\i.is var. sim-htamii.is, Lawson. Anu-rictni Rnyal Fcni. I-'roiuls erect, 

 pale or irlaucous i^reen, ^-labro.is, bipinnate ; pinnules oblon.i,'--lanceolate, oblit|ne, shortly 

 stalked, very slifefbtly dilated at the base, nearly t-nlire ; fertile pinmiles fo rminii" a 

 racemose panicle at the summit o{' the frond. This Canadian fern is not siifliciently 

 different from the Ro\al Fern o\' Furope, O. n-i^nr/is, to take rank as a separate sf>erii's, 

 but is distinct as a variety. The ICuropean O. rcy[iilis is Iar44er, more robust (not so tall 

 and thin in proportion), o'i darker colour, iK>t s^-Iaucous, with more widely s|)readin.^ 

 or diverg-ent piiinje, and more leafy auricled, sessile ]>innules. which are nuire or less 

 pinnatifid at the base, (whereas in the Canadian variety llu-y are quite entire), and 



