GTMNOGEAMILE. ADIANTTJII. 453 



■with dense scales, pinnae alternate or opposite blunt seasUe. — 

 Notolepum JV. 293. Asplenium L., H. F. 36. E. B. \'i4A.— 

 Fronds 3 — 6 in. long, green and smootli above, whoUy covered 

 by very many scales beneath, amongst which the capsules are 

 almost hidden. — Old walls and rocks. P. IV. — X. E. S. I. 



11. Gtmnogkam'me Desv. 



[ G. leptcyphyCla (Desv.) ; fronds pinnate or bipinnate gla- 

 brous, pinnules wedgeshaped deeply lobed. — S. F. 1. N. ed. 

 3. 11. S. 48. — Frond 1 — 4 in. high. Stipe purple. Pinnae 

 and pinnules alternate. — Banks. Jersey. A. IV.J 



Tribe IV. Adiantea. 

 12. Bleck'nttm Linn. Hard Fern. 



1. B. horedle (Sw.) ; barren fronds pinnatifid with broadly- 

 linear rather blunt pinnae, fertile frond pinnate with linear 

 acute pinnse.— ^. B. 1159. JI. F. 40. Lomaria Spicant N. 89. 

 — Each lateral vein of the fertile pinnae extends halfway to the 

 edge, then turns at right angles and proceeds up the pinna until 

 it reaches the next vein. Capsules attached in a continuous 

 row to the longitudinal portions of the combined lateral veins. 

 — Stony and heathy places. P. VU. E. S. I. 



13. Pte'kis Linn. Brakes or Bracken. 



1. P. aquilina (L.) ; fronds tripartite, branches bipinnate, pin- 

 nules linear-lanceolate the lower ones usually pinnatifid, seg- 

 ments oblong blunt.— ^. JB. 1679. S. F. 38. N. 93.— Fronds 

 annual, 1 — ^5 feet high, very much divided, with spreading 

 branches. Capsules attached to the marginal vein, lying upon 

 a fine membrane and covered by the membranous continuation 

 of the epidermis. Inferior pinnules pinnatifid or sinuate or 

 entire.— Woods and heaths. P. VII. E. S. I. 



14. Aman'tum Linn. Maiden-hair. 



1. A. Capillus- Veii'eris (L.) ; frond irregular, branches and 

 roimdish-wedgeshaped lobed thin pinnules alternate, lobes of the 

 fertile pinnules terminated by a transversely linear-oblong re- 

 flexed lobe covering several roundish clusters, sterile lobes ser- 

 rate.- E. .B. 1564. H.F.il. iV. 83.— Rhizome blackish, shaggy. 

 Fronds 6 — 12 in. high. Stipe and rachis slender, nearly black. 

 Pinnules not jointed to the partial stalks. — ^Damp roeis near 

 the sea in the south and west. P. V. — IX. E. L 



