436 99. iTLiCEs. 



inciae-serrate with a nmraw attachment mferidr lowermost often 

 largest, stipe witli ovate acute l-col6ured (pale) scales. — ^Height 

 8 — 4 ft.; irOnda nearly ereet. Upper pinnules narrowed and 

 decurrent below. . \ , Indusium without marginal glands. — a ; 

 pinnae triangularroUong lowermost pair not smaller, pinnules 

 witli a stalklike attachment lowermost nearly equal, stipe with 

 ovate acute scales. AspidiumiSm., Sow. Ferns 12. iV;.203. — p. 

 L. remota (Moore); frond narrowly lanceolate, pinnse triangular- 

 lanceolate lowermost pair slightly smaller. than the sgCQiid, 

 pinnules rather acute with a narrow attachment; loweimost 

 nearly equal, stipe with ovate-acuta lanceolate and; subulatg 

 scales. — These plants and the , forms, of i. cristata are not aatisr 

 factorily determined. I am imperfectly acquainted with some 

 of them. — Marshy places and wet woods. /3. Windermere. P. 



yni. IX. E. s. I. 



7. L. dUatata (PrBsl) ; frond triangular-lanceolate or -ovate 

 bipinnate, lower piimse unequally triangular lowest pair riot 

 shorter than the second, pinnules, obl'ong' with a narrow attach- 

 merit pinnatifid or pinnate inferior ones largest; segments 'spi*- 

 nous-serrate, stipe clothed with long pointed scales with a dark 

 ceiUre and diaphanous margin.^- A^idium Sw.. L. mull^ora'N. 

 21:5. — Caudex usually erect. Fr©nds j 2 — 4 ft. high, arched, 

 often drooping, convex, more or less clothed, with stalked glaijids 

 when young ; on young or starved, plants often triangular,, on 

 older and. perfect ones never. Indusiuni with marginal glands. 

 The largest scales of the full-grown plant should be examined. 

 ; — The L. coUina (Newm.) has a triangular-ovate prolonged 

 frond and ovate blunt bluntly mucronate-serrate pinnules., N. 

 223. — The L. glandidosa (Newm.) has a broad lanceolate frond 

 covered with stalked glands beneath: and, the scales on the stipe 

 are often nearly without the dark centre. Deak. Fl. Brit. f. 1612. 

 —Woods, banks, &c. P. ^^ll. IX. E. S, I. 



8. L. ce'rmda (Brack.) ; .frond triangular or triangular-ovate 

 bipinnate, lower pinnse unequally triangular lowest pair longest, 

 pinnules prolonged-tiiangular with a narrow attachment pinna- 

 tifid or pinnate inferior lower, ones . lai'gest, segments spmqus- 

 serrate, dipe clothed tmth lofig narrow laciniate 1-colowed scaler. 

 — ^Nephrodium foenisecii Zoive I L. recurya J\''.,225. — Frond 1 — 2 

 feet long; the lower pinnae., much the largest. Pinnules and 

 segments', concave above. A smaller plant than the two preceding. 

 SweetrBoented.-T-Rocky shady places. P. VIII. IX. E. S, I. 



5. PoLTs'TicHTrir Roth. 



1. P. LonkhUis (Roth) ; fronds rigid linear ^mnate,, pinnae 

 not lobed serrate spinous their base auricled above oblique below. 

 — N. 163. Aspidium Sm., F. B. 797. — Stipe very short. Fronds 



