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(W'lNl'S XXm. SchlzaOa, Smi i n. Sf^nt-frniUul Fern. 



S. IMsri.l.A, I'ursli. 7'hf .l//tin/i\ Frrn. In small )<:rass-lik»' liilts, iiili'i lili' tnuiiis an 

 iiu'h or nmtr in Umij^iIi, liiu'ar, iiiuiiv iilfil, Iwisti-il ; fiMliU* ItDiuls lalU'il.i or 4 inilirs), 

 straij^-lil, I'H'il, iliviilt-il at top into a It'w <i)ni|>arl pairs ol" pinna* (appoarin^ as if 

 inu>xp.'iiulril), wliiili hi-ar lli»> spDranyia. 



XoTti Sio/i(i.- I'liiiiul oil ilu- shore of Granil F.akr, twt'nty-llirt'c inil»*s frotn Halifax 

 I'ily, N. S., ill .\iii,>-iisl, 1S71), by Miss l-'lizaht'tli (i. Kiii^lil, of \t'\v N'ork. 'I'lu' plants 

 won* loss than two iiulu's hinh, tin* fruit iiniiiatiiiH' ; tlii-y wfiv urowini,^ aiimni; the 

 rhizonu's of tin* royal Ifrn. This lillii' Umii has not lirrn foiiiul simo at that plaii', nor 

 I'lsowhoiv in Canaila. .\%'7i>/'oun(//ii/i(/: St. I'ii«rrp, Nt'wfoiiiullaiul, in pt'.il hoj^-at fot>t of 

 ranj^v o\' hills to luiilh of Hourj^', ^■rowin^' with th»' swamp onhiils, Ati-ffiiisn, Ctilofxninn, 

 if^c, Itfrnaril ilt> la l'vl;iii», ( iHid ov iHiS-jn). 'i'luMf an- spi-i-imons fn>ni this station in 

 Pylaii's HiMh.iriiiin in tin* I'.iris Miisciiin ; hut tiu' pl.iiit has not lu'tMi siiur foiiiul in Nfw- 

 foumllaiul, anil only onrt' in Nova Si'otia. 'I'ho only otlu-r station known in tin- whoU" 

 worki li>r this spt'i-irs is in Nfw Jrrsi'v, wIumv it is also v«'rv si-arri*. Plants that ;iro 

 wry raiv now, ami tiiviimscrihi'il in ai\M, art' hi-lifvcil to h.ivi" hi-cii more pii'v.iUMil .it 

 somr fornu'r pi'rioil. 



This iinohtrusivi" fern, so small in size, so ini'onspirnons in form anil I'olour, hi'lonv^s 

 to a si'rios whirh is ivmark.ihU' ilistinrt in striirtiir.il I'harartiMs, .iiiil wlu>si' comp.ir.iliN i"ly 

 few spi'i'iivs aiv now widely sc'atttMvil on the isl.inils ;iiul arouiul tlu* shon-s o\ Iropieal 

 re^-ions of the earth. It may be re^fariled as one of the remnants of a piohahle lon^- 

 lost, Atlantis flora, and is henee ealled the Atlitutis Fi'm. 



GI':\L'S XXIW BotrychiUXn, SWAIM/. ('.n,f>c Ferns. Moi>n~vnrt. 



I. V>. \'iK(;iNl.\N'i M, Sw.irt/. /'//(' I'iririniiui (I'rafx'-Fcrn or Mdomi'ort. Rootfihres 

 few, thiik, tleshy ; stipe fleshy, swollen at base, with a lons^itiiilin.'il sheathing" fissure 

 showinj^ the eiulosed hairy froiul-biid. (In all the other speeies the biiil is entirely 

 eoiuealed by the h.ise of the stipe). Lamina, infertile, branehiiiy Iroiii the main ;ixis 

 about its midille, sessik', hut its three primary divisions stalked, hroadU iiiaiij^iil.ir in 

 outline, niueh ilivideil, e.ich of the primary ilivisions beiny oiiei-, twiee i>r three times 

 pinnatilid ; the lobes of the pinnules obloiiif-ovate, deeply iiuised ; texture of the l.imin.i 

 thin, delieate, membranous, veiny. The ^ ipe, risiiiLC as ,1 main axis above the l.imina, 

 ends in a compound fertile spike of yellow sporangia, beini;' bipinnate or t ripinnate. Plant 

 very variable in size, usuallv a toot or more in hei,n;ht, and one ot the most beautiful ami 

 distinct of our Canadian ferns ; dwarfed specimens, only a few inches in len.i;'th are 

 not rare. 



In rich wootis, or in rocky pl.ices where tlu'ie is accumiilalion of vi-LCetalili" soil, 

 jji'eneral, but nowhere abundant. Ontario: — Not uncommon in the woods about Kini^ston, 

 and the surrounding; country, as near Odessa ; Wolfe Island ; also Ilinchinbrook, &c. ; 



