CETERACH OFFICINARUM. 95 
when first introduced; and although some of the 
fronds have now become black and shrunk, many are 
still fresh and expanded. 
" On communicating this circumstance to a corres- 
pondent, I received the following statement, which may 
be worth recording as an example of tenacity of life 
among Ferns, in common with their allies the mosses; 
A lady in Ireland found among her dried specimens one 
of the Grammitis Ceterach, which had been above two 
years in a port-folio in a very dry, warm room, and after 
planting it in a pot and covering it close, she had the 
satisfaction to see it come again to life. Afterwards a 
fresh young frond came up, which continued to flourish 
at the time this information was given, and all the old 
ones have now withered away." 
Dr. Daubeny, it will be seen, calls the Ceterach 
officinarum by another name, Grammitis Ceterach. It 
is so called by some botanists, whilst by others it is 
known as Scolopendrium Ceterach, Asplenium Ceterach, 
Notolepeum Ceterach, and Gymnopteris Ceterach. 
