224 
FERNS : BRITISH AND FOREIGN. 
112. SCOLOPENDRITJM, Sm. 
Vernation fasciculate, erect. Fronds simple entire, lobed, or 
pinnate ; frequently abnormally forked, plain, undulate, or 
with a comose, crested apes ; from 6 inches to 2—3 feet long. 
Veins forked ; venules free, the superior and inferior branch of 
each fascicle contiguous, parallel, and sporangiferous on their 
proximate sides, constituting two linear, confluent sori, each 
furnished with a linear iudusium, the free margins of which 
connive. 
1. S. vulgare, Sm.; Eng. Hot. t. 1150; Lindl. and Moore's 
Brit. Ferns, t. 40; Sowerbijs Ferns, t. 35; Loiue's 
Ferns, 5, t. 55 ; Hook. Brit. Ferns, t. 37. S. offici- 
narum, Sw. ; Schk. Fil. t. 83; Hoolc. Gen. Fit. t. 
57 B. Asplenium Scolopendrium, Linn . — Europe, 
Madeira. 
Genua 112.— Portion of mature frond, under side. No. 1. 
Var. polyschides, Lindl. and Moore, l. c. t. 42, f. 2. 
Var. cornutum, Lindl. and Moore, l. c. 
Var. marginatum, Lindl. and Moore, l. c. t. 42, /. 3. 
Var. crispum, Lindl. and Moore, l. c. t. 42, f. 4. 
Var. multifidum, Lindl. and Moore, l. c. 
Var. laceratum, Lind, and Moore, l. c. t. 42,/. 10. 
Var. incisum (Roth.) Lindl. ; and Moore’s Brit. 
Ferns, t. 30. 
