312 The Flora of Wiltshire. 



3. L. Filix-mas, (Presl.) Male Fern. Aspidium, Sm. Engl. Bot. 

 t. 1158. If. 198. Dryopteris, Ncwm. ed. 3, p. 183, 186. 



Locality. Woods, thickets, and on banks and hedge-bottoms, in 

 almost every kind of soil. P. II. June, July. Area, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 

 Recorded in all the Districts. The most common of our indigenous 

 Ferns, with the exception of Pteris Aquilina. Fronds bipinnate, or 

 rarely pinnate, glabrous. Lower pinnse smaller than those next 

 them. Pinnules oblong, with a broad base, conspicuously serrated, 

 or incise, but not spinulose. Sori near the middle vein. Stype and 

 rachis nearly glabrous, yellow, or densely clothed with purple scales. 

 Indusmm very persistent, convex, with no marginal glands. Height 

 2 to 4 feet. (3 affinis. Frond robust, broadly lanceolate. Pinnae 

 distant. Pinnules distant, elongate, narrow, acuminate, deeply in- 

 cised, the lobes serrated. Sori extending nearly the entire length 

 of the pinnules. This variety is not uncommon in the woods. 



4. L. spinnlosa, (Presl.) prickly Shield Fern. Aspidium, Sm. 

 Bowl. Ferns, 12. N. 203. 



Locality. Marshy places and wet woods. P. Fl. August, Septem- 

 ber. Area, 1. * * 4. * 



South Division. 



1. South-east District. " About Landford and Hamptworth, 

 Rev. E. Simms. 



North Division. 



4. North-west District. " Spye Park/'' Dr. Alexander Prior. 

 Rare and local in Wilts. Fronds erect, linear-lanceolate, bipinnate. 

 Pinnules oblong, inciso-pinnatiiid, with serrate spinose-mucronate 

 lobes. Indusmm persistent, not fringed with marginal glands. Scales 

 of the rachis, broad, ovate, pale. Height 3 to 4 feet. Fronds nearly 

 erect. Much diversity of opinion exists in regard to this, and the 

 following species, of which it is by some regarded as a variety. 



5. L. dilatata, (Presl.) sharp-toothed Shield Fern. Aspidium, 

 Sm. L. multiflorum, Newm, 147. 



Locality. Woods and on sheltered hedge-banks. P. Fl. August, 

 September. Area, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Recorded in all the Districts. 

 Fronds arched, ovate-lanceolate, bipinnate. Pinnules pinnatifid or 

 pinnate, with serrate spinose-mucronate lobes. Indusium evanescent, 



