190 8- 1909.] Notes on Lastrea remota {Moore). 89 



Clowes writes, ' I have no doubt that L. remota of Moore and 

 Braun is a hybrid ; it has been sown over and over again, 

 and always produced L. Filix-mas var. paleacea.' I do not 

 know whether L. dilatata or spinulosa has ever come up from 

 its spores, but the plant called remota has never come up 

 from its spores. I cannot think it is a species or variety. 

 I do not know whether it is a hybrid between L. Filix-mas 

 and L. dilatata or L. spinulosa. It appears to be a plant of 

 extreme rarity, as only three stations are known for it — viz., 

 near the Cataract of Geraldsau in the Grand Duchy of Baden, 

 where it was found growing with L. spinulosa and L. Filix- 

 mas by A. Braun in 1834 ; and the Aachener Busch, between 

 Aix-la-Chapelle and Altenburg, found by Braun in 1859 ; and 

 at Windermere in 1854, by Messrs Huddart and Clowes, but 

 it was not recognised till sent to Mr T. Moore in 1859. In 

 1870 the late Mr J. Ward sent to the Botanical Exchange 

 Club some examples of a fern from the Black Plantation near 

 Eichmond in Yorkshire (July 1870). The specimens were 

 named by Mr Ward Lastrea dilatata var. Mr H. C. Watson 

 named them spinulosa. I was inclined to refer them to L. 

 Filix-mas var. incisa. The specimens were almost barren, and 

 evidently malformed, but except for the shorter and broader 

 fronds, less acute teeth, and shorter stipes, they agree best 

 with remota. It is hoped some botanist will examine this 

 locality." 



I may mention that when I gathered this fern on Loch 

 Lomond side, I took it to be a golden form of L. Filix-mas, 

 but after further examination I found it to vary a good deal 

 from any of the forms of Filix-mas, and I then sent it to the 

 Secretary of the Pteridological Society of England, to place 

 before the Council of that Society. The reply I got from 

 them was that the fern was undoubtedly L. remota, as it in 

 no way differed from the plant previously found in West- 

 morland near Windermere by Messrs Huddart and Clowes. 

 My own observations, however, led me to think that they 

 were not quite the same, as I had the two plants growing 

 together in my garden, so I asked a friend of mine and a 

 member of this Society to examine the two sets of fronds 

 more carefully than I could do myself, and I now give you 

 the result of his examination : " I would have written you 



