224- TEENS : BEITISH A1TD FOREIGN, 



112. SCOLOPENDRIUM, S.n. 



Vernation fasciculate, erect. Fronds simple entire, lobed, o* 

 pinDate ; frequently abnormally forked, plain, undulate, or 

 with a comose, crested apex ; from 6 inches to 2—3 feet long. 

 Veins forked ; venules free, the superior and inferior branch of 

 each fascicle contiguous, parallel, and sporangiferous on their 

 proximate sides, constituting two linear, confluent sori, each 

 furnished with a linear indusium, the free margins of which 

 connive. 



I. S. vulgare, Srn. ; Fng. Bot. t. 1150 ; Lindl. and Moore'b 

 Brit. Ferns, t. 40; Sowerby's Ferns, t. 35; Lowe's 

 Ferns, 5, t. 55 ; Sooh. Brit. Ferns, t. 37. S. offici- 

 narum, Sw. ; Schk. Fil. t. 83; Hook. Gen. Fil. < 

 57 B. Asplcnium Scolopendrium, Linn. — Europ", 

 Madeira. 



Genes 112.— Poilion of mj'.ure frcnJ, underside. No.l. 



Var. polyschides, Lindl. and Moore, I. c. t. 42, /. 2. 

 Var. cornutum, Lindl. and Moore, I. c. 

 Var. marginatum, Lindl. and Moore, I. c t. 42, /. 3. 

 Var. crispnm, Lindl. and Moore, I. c. t. 42,/ 4. 

 Var. multifidum, Lindl. ami Moore, I. c. 

 Var. laceratum, Lindl. and Moore, l. c. t. A2,f. 10. 

 Var. incisum (Roth.) Lindl. ; ami Moore's Brit. 

 Ferns, t. 30. 



