PI. end. cr. 
I. FILICES. 6. Athyrium. 11 
Shady marshes ; perennial; June, July. 
Root large, ceespitose ; frond deep green ; inmlucra kid- 
neyshaped, margin lacerated. 
4. Athyrium regium. Royal femalefern , 
Frond bspinnate ; leaflets ovate, oblong, lobato-pinnatifid; 
lobes linear, oblong, obtuse, not notched; rachis winged. 
Filix foemina q. Adiantum nigrum, pinnulis cicutariae divisura Bobarti, 
Rail Syn. 126. 
Polypodium regium, Linn. Sp. PI. 1553. 
Cyathea regia, Sm. FI. Brit. 1140, 
Cyathea inci«a, Engl. B t. 163. 
Aspidimn regium, Swartz Syn. Fit. 58. 
Polypodium tiifidum, With. 957. 
Walls, and alpine rocks; perennial; June. 
Root scaly; frond nine inches long, smooth, light green; 
lobes variously cut ; edge not in the least notched ; ribs 
rather straight. 
5. Athyrium dentatum . Toothed femalefern. 
Frond pinnate ; leaflets ovato-obiong, pinnatifid ; lobes 
oblong, obtuse, denticulate. 
Polvpodium denfaium, Dickson Crypt. 
Cyathea dentata. Smith Ft. Br. 1 141. 
Aspidium dentatum, Swartz Syn. Fit. 59. 
Alpine rocks; perennial; July. 
Root scaly; frond about 9 in. long, lanceolate, acute, 
smooth; ribs of the lobes flexuose ; rachis sometimes winged 
near the tip ; involucra halved, with the margin fimbriated. 
D. Aspleniace.®. Sori linear; involucra fixed on one 
side, and open towards the rib. 
VII. 7. ASPLENIUM. Dioscorides. Spleenwort . 
Sori linear, separated, originating laterally from a rib, 
and opening towards it. 
1. Asplenium lanceolatum, Spear shape spleenwort. 
Frond bipinnate ; leaflets obovate, obtuse, wedgeshape at 
the base, finely toothed at the tip ; sori when ripe confluent; 
margin of the involucrum torn. 
Filix foemina q. F. elegans, adianto nigro accedens, segmentis rotun- 
dioribus, Raii Syn. 127, 11. 
Dryopteris Candida, Ger. em. 1 135. as to the figure only. 
Asplenium lanceolatum, Huds. FI. Ang.\b\. 
Rocks and old walls; perennial; June to October. 
Root black, scaly; frond erect 4-5 in. high, light green, 
