Pl.end.cr. 1. FILICES. G. Athyriuui. 11 



Shady marshes ; perennial; June, July. 

 Root large, caespitose; Jrowf^ deep green; invulacra kid- 

 neyshaped, margin lacerated. 



4. ylthyrium regiiim. Royalfemalefern. 

 Fro«(^ bipinnate ; leaflets ovate, oblong, lobato-pinnatifid; 



lobes linear, oblong, obtuse, not notched; rcchis winged. 



Filix foemiiia q. Ailiantum nigrum, pinnulis cicutaiiae divisura Bobarti, 

 Jtaii Syn. 126. 



i'oly podium regiiim, Linn. Sp. PI. 1553. 

 C^athea rcgia, S»i. Fl. Brit. I MO. 

 Cyathea incisa, Engl. But. !63. 

 Aspidium regir.m, Siaart'^ Sijn. Fit. 58, 

 Poiypodium tiifidunt, With. 957. 



Walls, and alpine rocks; perennial; June. 



Root scaly; frond nine inches long, smooth, light green; 

 lobes variously cut; edge not in the least notched; ribs 

 rather straight. 



5. Athyriam dentatiim. Toothed femalefern. 

 Frond pinnate ; leaflets ovato-oblong, pinnatifid ; lobes- 



oblong, obtuse, denticulate. 



Piily podium derifaium, Dickson Crypt. 

 Cyatiit-a itentata, Smiih Fl. Br. Ii41. 

 Aspidium deniaium, Sisarlz iyn, Fil. 59. 



Alpine rocks; perennial; July. 



Root scaly; frond about 9 in. long, lanceolate, acute, 

 smooth; ribs of the lobes fiexuose ; racliis sometimes winged 

 near the tip ; involacra halved, with the margin fimbriated. 



D. AsPLENiACE^. Sori linear ; itivolucra fixed on one 

 side, and open towards the rib. 



VII. 7. ASPLENIUM. Dioscorides. SplesnworL 



Sori linear, separated, originating laterally from a rib, 

 and opening towards it. 



\. Asplenium lanceolatum. Spearshape spleenwort. 



Frond bipinnate ; leafids obovate, oi3tuse, wedgeshape at 

 the base, finely toothed at the tip ; sori when ripe confluent; 

 margin of the invclacrum torn. 



Filix foerriiiia q. F. eleaaiis, adianto nigro acceder.s, segmcmis rofun- 

 diorihus, Raii Syn. 127, 11. 



Dryopteris Candida, Ger. em. 11. S5. as to the figure onl^'. 

 Asplenium lanceolatum, Htids. Fl. Ang,43^. 



Rocks and old walls; perennial; June to October. 

 Root black, scaly; frond erect 4-5 in. high, light green, 



