632 roLYPOMACE^. [As2}le7iiuin. 



p. Pinnules with the margins entire. 



In moist shady woods, thickets and hedges ; frequent. 



/3. Apse castle, and copse at Weeks's, 1844, Dr. BM-Salter . 



4. L. spinulosa, Presl. Prickly-toothed Shield-feiii. " Fronds 

 linear-lanceolate bipinnate, pinnules oblong inciso-pinnatifid, seg- 

 ments serrate spinoso-mucronate, indusiura persistent without 

 marginal stalked glands, stipes clothed with broad roundish con- 

 colorous scales." — Bah. Man. p. 411. Aspidium. Br. Fl. p. 

 571. E. B. t. 1460. 



In damp hedge-bottoms and on shady banks, in woods and lanes, &c. ; fre- 

 quent. 



Abundant on the Wilderness. In a dell at Apse castle, called Tinker's Hole, 

 in plenty. 



The Rev. G. E. Smith, in a letter to me of December 20th, 1842, thus charac- 

 terizes this fern : — " Frond deltoideo-rhomboid or lanceolate. Rachis strong and 

 thick, and covered more or less with brown scales, which closely envelop the 

 young fronds and the stem (stipes). Pinna convex, variously divided. Occurs 

 in dry and wet places with sand, loam and gravel, and in dry and wet stony 

 places on ? reaching 3 feet and more in height." 



6. L. cZitoftia, Presl. Broad Shield-fern. " Frond ovato-lan- 

 ceolate bipinnate, pinnules pinnate or pinnatifid, segments ser- 

 rate spinoso-mucronate, indusium with marginal stalked glands, 

 stipes clothed with long pointed scales with a dark centre and 

 diaphanous margin."- — Bab. Alan. p. 411. Aspidium. E. B. t. 

 1461. A. spinulosum (3., Br. Fl. p. 571. 



Id similar places with the last; not unfrequent. 



E. Med. — Near Ninham farm, by Ryde, &c. 



W.Med. — [Moortown bog, Brighstone, A. G. More, Esq., Edrs.] 



This fern is thus characterized by the Rev. G. E. Smith : — " Frond lanceolate. 

 Rachis slight. Scales pale brown, and few of them on the young fronds. Pin- 

 nules flat, veins sunken above. On wet bushy and grassy spots in woods and on 

 moors." Is it distinct from L. spinulosa P 



V. AsPLENiUM, Linn. Spleenwort. 



" Sori oblong or linear. Involucres of the same shape, arising 

 from the lateral veins and opening on one side longitudinally 

 towards the central nerve or midrib." — Br. Fl. 



1. A. Adiantwn-nigrimn, L. Black Maidenhair Spleenwort. 

 " Fronds ovate or deltoid tripinnate below, pinnules ovato-lanceo- 

 late inciso-pinnatifid toothed, principal rachis winged, sori at 

 length confluent."— 5r. Fl. p. 573. E. B. t. 1950. 



In moist shady hedgerows ; frequent. 



E. Med. — Very common about Ryde. In the hedge between Ryde and Alder- 

 moor, a little beyond the direction-post. Edge of Quarr copse, along the New- 

 port road. 



W. Med. — Common about Brixton, A. G. More, Esq., Edrs.] 



2. A. Trichomanes, L. Common Wall Spleenwort. " Fronds 

 pinnate, pinnte roundish-oblong obtuse crenated truncato-cuneate 

 at the base (stipes and rachis black)." — Br. Fl. p. 573. E. B. t. 

 576. 



