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SCOLOPENDRIUM VULGAKE, Var. Stansfieldii. 



Stansfield, MS. 



PLATE XXXIX. A. 



Seolopendrium — Hart's-tongue. Vulgare — Common. 



Stansfieldii — Named after the successful raiser of many varieties of Britisli 



Ferns, Mr. Stansfield. 



This magnificent, and, as yet, very rare variety, was raised 

 from spores in the fernery of Messrs. Stansfield, of Todmorden, 

 in the year 1859. It is quite constant, and when the fronds 

 are in perfection it is the most beautiful of all the varieties 

 of this protean species. 



The fronds are densely undulated, in the manner of Seolo- 

 pendrium vulgare, var. crispum; the undulations, however, in 

 the variety stansfieldii are lobed and profoundly laciniated, 

 the projections being long-pointed and variously crisped and 

 twisted, giving the whole frond the singular appearance of a 

 fringed frill, if it is allowable to use this pleonastic phrase. 



The stipes is from two to three inches in length, and the 

 fully-grown fronds twelve inches or more long, and about 

 two inches broad. 



My thanks are due to Messrs. Stansfield, of the Vale Gardens, 

 Todmorden, for the frond illustrated. 



