SCOLOPENDRIUM. 
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14. interruptum, O' Kelly. 7x0^ inches. Lax and interrupted. 
15. kalon, Lowe. Found near Athlone by the late Colonel A. S. 
H. Lowe. 8x1^ inches. Crenate. 
16. lineare, O’’ Kelly. 2^x0^ inches. A narrow form and 
depauperate. 
1 7. lineare-major, O' Kelly. 9 xof inches. Very lax, stipes long. 
18. majus, O' Kelly. 9^ X i x V inches. Flat. 
19. minimum, Lowe. Devon. 2 inches long. 
20. multifido-cristatum, OKelly. 4Xo r 6 5 inches. Multifidly 
crested. 
21. ramoso-cristatum, Lowe. Found in Co. Clare, by Mr. A. 
Wise. 5^Xo| inches. 
22. ramosurn, O' Kelly. 6 X o T 7 5 inches. Also Arnside, by Mr. 
J. Crossfield. Branching in the rachis. 
23. subpinnatum, O' Kelly. 
24. superbum, O' Kelly. 9 X 1 inches. A fine deeply crenate form. 
25. tenuifolium, O' Kelly. 5^ Xo| inches. Slender. 
26. truncatum, O' Kelly. 2-fxo^ inches. Depauperate and 
truncate. 
27. variabile, Lowe. Found at Browsholme Hall, Clitheroe, by 
myself. 5 inches. And also in the Burren by Mr. O' Kelly ; the 
latter has a more bushy habit. 
Tribe 9. SCOLOPENDRIE/E. 
THE HART’S TONGUE FERN. 
SCOLOPENDRIUM VULGARE. — Smith. 
No one can mistake the Hart’s Tongue ; for in its normal state, 
its strap-shaped, entire tongue-like deep green fronds are quite dis- 
tinct in appearance. Although a widely distributed fern, it is only 
locally common, and occurs only to the height of about 600 feet, 
luxuriating most in shady, moist situations where the water drains 
off ; damp walls, mouths of wells, and banks in shady lanes, are its 
special delight. It is not found north of the island of Gothland, in 
the Baltic Sea. 
An evergreen species, with fronds from four to twenty-four inches 
in length. Although the Hart’s Tongue has a single undivided 
frond, its prolific varieties assume the most remarkable peculiari- 
ties, so much so as to make it requisite to subdivide the varieties, 
and this has been done in the following manner : — 
branched. 
unequally branched 
crested 
conglomerated 
sagittate 
truncate 
pouch-bearing 
flexuose 
plumose (crispum) 
undulate 
narrowed 
muricate 
supralineate 
marginate 
margin-altered 
variegated. 
Readily grown under cultivation, but liable to be attacked by the 
