he had called Woodsia Veitchit. As this name cannot be adopted 
for the species, we gladly employ it for the variety of this very 
beautiful and interesting species of the genus Woodsia. 
Puate 32. Fig. 1. Woodsia polystichoides, var. B Veitchii, Hook.,—natu- 
val size. 2. Portion with fertile pinne. 4. Portion of a pinna. 5, 6. Sori. 
7. Portion of a scale of the involucre:—aguified. 3. Pinna of var. y,—natural 
size, 
