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Fig. 173- L. ps. in. Schofieldii. 



house among a number of common ones collected by a gardener ; 

 fronds almost tubular. 



Schofieldii (Fig. 173).— Found near Buxton by Mr. J. Schofield ; 

 a very dwarf ramose form, not in itself very attractive, but it has 

 produced a very beautiful dwarf grandiceps ramulosissima. 



Stablerii. — Like L. froftinqua Pinderii, but larger. 



Sub-cristata Dadds. — Tassels very small, but fronds peculiarly 

 broad and handsome (see Appendix No. XX). 



Lastrea Montana (Oreopteris) (The Mountain Buckler 

 Fern — The Lemon-scented Fern) 



(Plate XX) 



This beautiful species is very widespread, and is not, as its name 

 moniana denotes, by any means confined to high elevations, though 

 it is very abundant on hillsides in the lake districts of Wales and 

 Scotland, covering large areas on the open moor, fringing the 

 streams, and forming dense communities in the woods. It needs 

 root moisture, but given that will well withstand both wind and 

 sunshine. In form it has a superficial resemblance to the Male 

 Fern, but apart from the yellower green of its fronds (Fig. 174), and 



