6«^o CRYPTOGAMIA FILICES. 



Icrn, in the copious Herbarium, prcferved at the 

 phyfic garden in that univerfity, to which fpeci- 

 , ., men a label was annexed, with this infcription : 

 " From the ifle of ^rr<2«, nzd.v Galloway \ froni 

 Mr. Stoneftreet" 

 The fpecimen is to be found amongft the ferns, 



Lik %,p. ^, f. Z- 

 This is our authority for Inferting it as a native of 

 Scotland. The plant is about fix inches high. 

 The ftalk. fmooth, flender, brittle, and of a 

 Hiining reddifh black colour, naked above half 

 way up, afterwards doubly and fometimes trebly 

 branched ; the branches alternate and diftant. 

 The lobes, or pinnules, are fan-fhap'd, fmooth 

 and thin, longitudinally ftriated, dented at the 

 top, generally cut into two or three, and fome- 

 times fix or feven obtufe fegments. Thefe pin- 

 nules grow alternate, and are fupporred 6n fhort 

 flender footftalks. 

 The irudifications grow n^ar the anterior margin 

 of the pinnules, on the under fide, one or two 

 out of each dent, drawing the margin a little 

 downwards -, they appear like thin white fcales 

 at firft, but are brown when ripe. The involu- 



• • crum is membranaceous, covering globular cap- 



• .^ fules, furrounded each with an articulated ring. 



It is efteemed as a pedoral, and gives name to the 



fyrup called Capillare, which is faid to have 



rarely any of this plant in its compofition, being 



•' ' commonly 



