526 The B R I T I 
1. Common Polypody. 
Fclypodium vulgare. 
The root is long and thick ; and creeps juft 
at tne furface. 
T\k plant is a foot iiigh. 
The tbutllalk is of a purplifh brown. 
The leaf is of a deep green on the forefide, 
and paler behind ; and the i]ov;ers and feeds are 
placed there in round fpots of a yeilowifh brown. 
It is common in woods and under hedges., 
C. Bauliine calls it Pohpodiiim 'julgare. 
S H HERBAL. 
The root is a gentle purge. 
We have three other fpecies. 
r. Serrated Polypody, P olypodmm mirak limwMs 
Jcmtis. This has been fuppofed a variety 
but is really a diftinft fpecies. 
2. Laciniated Polypody of Wales, PolypuJmm 
Cambro Briianicum phmuUs ad matp'nes laci- 
niatts. 
3, Broad Polypody, Pdyfodimn ilucnfc. On 
the tops of the Welch mountains. 
GENUS III. 
ROUGH SPLEENWORT. 
L O N C II 1 t I S A S P E R A. 
THE leaf is continued in fniall fegments to the bafe of the footftalk. The leaves that have ripe 
feeds curl up. 
Rough Spleenwort. 
Lonchilts (ijpcra i;ulgnr!s. 
The root is compofcd of innumerable fibres. 
The leaves are very long, and narrow j and 
are divided down to the middle rib into fine 
fegments : the colour is a dark green. 
The fegments are longifh in the middle, 
and fmallcr to the bafe of the footftalk, as alfo to 
the point. 
The feeds are very numerous, and brown; 
and the leaves on which they are placed curl up.- 
It is common on heaths. 
C. Bauhine calls it Lonchitis afpera minor. 
We have one other fpecies. 
I . Rough Spleenwort, with indented fegrrtints, 
Lmchitis sfpcra major. On the Welch 
mountains. 
GENUS IV. 
SMOOTH SPLEENWORT. 
A S P L E N I U M. 
rr HE leaf is fimply, and not deeply, divided. The fegments are cbtufe ■, and the flowers and 
-«- ieeds cover the back of the leaJ in a continued mafs. 
Common fmooth Spleenwort. 
Ajplenium 'vulgare. 
The root is a tuft of fibres. 
The leaves rife in great clufters ; and they are 
five inches long, narrow, and fiightly divided, or 
finuatcd at the edge. 
The fegments are obtufe, and not exaflly op- 
pofite to one another. 
The forefide of the leaf is a dark green ; the 
backfide is covered with a brown powder. 
We have it on old walls. 
C. Bauhine calls it Cekrach offic'nwitm. 
It is fuppofed a remedy for obftruftions of the 
fpleen. 
E N U S 
D W A R F FERN. 
C H A M A 
F 1 L I X. 
T 
HE leaf has a naked footftalk ; and is compofed of many pairs of diftinft pinnE. The feeds 
arc placed in dots. 
Dwarf Sea-Fern. 
Cb.m€e filix marilima. 
The root is a tuft of black fibr'es\ 
The leaves are numerous, and three inches 
long : their ftalk is black. 
The pinnsE are of a deep green on the forefide, 
and pale behind, with the feed in dots. 
We have it on old walls at the fea-fide. 
C. Bauhine calls it Filicu'a marilima. 
We have one other fpecies. 
I. Dwarf. Rock Fern, Chams filix alpina fedicu- 
laris ruha foliis. The fegments jagged. 
GENUS 
