ASPLENIUM TRICHOMANES. 67 



The caudex is short, tufted, and covered with brown lanceo- 

 late-shaped scales. 



Mr. Moore enumerates the following varieties: — Dicliotomum^ 

 Wollaston; hifurcatum, Wollaston; ramosum, WoUaston; multi- 

 fidurriy Moore; cristatum, VVilldenow; dej)auperatum, y^oWdi^ton; 

 suhoequale, Moore; lohatuni, Moore; and incisum, Moore. Of 

 these ramosum is a handsome branched variety, found in Devon- 

 shire, Ireland, and Westmoreland; multifidum, found by Mr. 

 Dick at St. Mary's Isle, Kircudbright, is also an interesting 

 variety; suhoequale found near Monmouth by Mr. Enys; lohatumy 

 in Devonshire by the Rev. J. M. Chanter; but the three most 

 interesting are — i?icisum (of which a figure is given at the head 

 of this chapter.) 



This splendid Fern has the pinnse deeply pinnatifid, with 

 narrow inciso-serrate segments; it is exceedingly rare, being 

 difficult to propagate, the fronds being all barren. Found near 

 Burnley, in Lancashire, by Mr. Gibson; in Devonshire by the 

 Rev. W. S. Hore; Clare, Ireland, by Dr. Kinahan; Settle, 

 Yorkshire, by jMr. Clapham, of Scarbro'; and in Borrowdale, 

 Cumberland, by Miss Wright. There is a splendid plant of 

 this Fern at Wentworth. 



The variety cristatum having a tessellated apex, was raised 

 from seed by Mrs. Delves, of Tunbridge Wells, the seed having 

 come in another Fern from the Glasgow Botanic Gardens; 

 yet, as nothing was known of the Fern at Glasgow, its history 

 is obscure. A figure of this is given at end. 



The variety depauperatum is exceedingly rare; it was found 

 in Clare, Ireland, by Dr. AUchin, and at Rydal, Westmoreland, 

 by Mr. Wollaston; the pinnae are very narrow and depauperated: 

 it is fertile. A good description of these varieties appears in 

 Moore's "Nature-printed Ferns." 



For fronds of A. tricJiomanes-incisum I am indebted to Mr. 

 Wollaston, of Chisselhurst; Mr. Henderson, of Wentworth; and 

 to Mr. Norman, of Hull. For plants and fronds of the variety 

 cristatum to Mr. Sim, of Foot's Cray. 



This species can be procured of any Nurseryman who cul- 

 tivates Ferns, but is so common as to be procurable wild in 

 almost every locality. The variety cristatum may be procured 

 of Mr. Sim, of Foot's Cray; the variety incisum of Mr. Sim, of 

 Foot's Cray, and Mr. Parker, of Hollo way; the variety depau- 



