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recedes a little from the margin. There is no regularity in 
the Fern, neither is there the least tendency to its being 
crested. M. Chard, at Tatworth. 
25. Crested Arrow Hartstongue. Sagitato-cristatum. 
C. Here the frond is of ordinary dimensions with an 
arrow-shaped base, with its sides wavy and sometimes lobed, 
its head much-cleft and frequently crested, as appears in the 
woodcut. He who meets with this Fern will have no 
difficulty in deciding what it is. It is indeed a handsome 
plant. M; Hawkchurch. 
26. Splitting Hartstongue. Multiferum. W. This is a 
strange kind of Fern about nine inches long. The lower 
part is nearly regular, half-way upwards the mid-rib begins 
to enlarge itself and a furrow appears in its middle and 
sometimes leafy appendages upon it : an inch higher it 
splits in two and a line or two above this point a little horn 
appears on the upper side of the split midrib : an inch 
higher still one side rises above the other and forks at 
the apex. All the fronds do not assume this curious 
appearance. M. Hawkchurch. 
27. Pocket-bearer Hartstongue. Teraferum. W. As 
there is the pitcher plant in foreign lands, which holds 
water, a refreshing beverage, for the thirsty traveller, so 
we have a Fern which has a pocket behind its head large 
enough to contain the little coins of the people of Lilliput. 
The plant is heart-shaped at the base, about two inches 
wide, four inches high, blunt at the apex, and having behind 
it the pouch or pocket already described, and sometimes a 
little horn appears. M. Haw^kchurch. Widworthy, at 
Wilmington. 
28. Moly’s Pocket-bearer Hartstongue. Feraferum Molyi. 
W. This has its outer skin (epidermis) on the under 
