86 HAEDY EERNS. 
Growing side by side with Asplenium marinuni 
on the rocks of St. Michael's Mount, I found a 
very interesting variety of lanceolatum. At first 
sight I took it to he a variety of Adiantmii nigrum ; 
hut its form was lanee-like, its stalk much greener, 
and its habit of growth crisper and stiffer, I have 
shown the specimen to a good authority on Ferns, 
and it was declared to be Asplenium lanceolatum, 
partaking largely of the nature of marinum. It 
has retained its peculiar character for three years, 
and flourishes in cultivation as I cannot make 
either lanceolatum or marinum do. It grew on a 
cliff, intufted with marinum, I could not reach it 
myself, but I got one of the sailors who rowed us to 
the Mount to gather it for me, and he called it mari- 
num ; but this it could not be. In growth it pre- 
sents a compact tuft of shining dark green fronds. 
The walk from Penzance to St, Michael's Mount 
is chiefly interesting from the quantity of rare and 
curious plants that are to be found on the low 
sandy marsh, along the upper part of which the 
high road runs. But the way to approach St. 
