Portion of fertile Frond— under side. 



CYSTOPTEPJS DICKIE ANA. 



Sim. Newman, 



PLATE XXXII 



VOL. VII. 



Cystojpierifi fragilis var. DicMeana, 

 " dentata var. DicMeana, 



?.rooRE. J. Smith. 

 SowERBY. Hooker. 

 Babington. Soweeby. 



Cystopteris — Bladder Fern. 



DicMeana — J^Tamed after Dr. Dickie. 



A VERY handsome indigenous dwarf species, easily cultivated, 

 and making a charming specimen. 



A deciduous hardy Fern. 



Discovered by Dr. Dickie on dripping rocks in a cave at 

 Cove, near Aberdeen, and since then at Dunkeld, by Dr. 

 Balfour. 



It has not been found in any other country. 



Authorities feel inclined to place the Cystopteris Dickieana 

 as a form of C. fragilis. In the present work, however, I 

 have preferred figuring it as a distinct species. On page 79 

 in giving a list of Mr. Moore's varieties, in mentioning Var. 

 dentata, it is stated as being figured as a distinct species, this 

 notification was intended to apply to C. DicMeana. C. dentata, 

 may, however, be another form of the C. Dickieana. 



Fronds bipinnate, and ovate-lanceolate in form, the j^i'^i^^e 

 being rather ovate and overlapping each other, and deflexed. 

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