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pale-coloured scales. It occurs on the hills of Westmore- 
land and Wales, and what seems the same plant, from the 
Scotch Isle of Arran, has been called L. maculata by 
Dr. Deakin. 
A more detailed account of the foregoing and of several 
other variations of this species, will be found in our Hand- 
book of British Ferns^ and in The Ferns of Great Britain, 
Nature-printed. 
Lastrea dilatata was the Aspidium cristatum of some 
of the older botanists ; and has since received numerous 
names ; among which occur — Lastrea multiflora, Poly- 
stichum multiflorum, Lophodium multiflorum, and Aspi- 
dium dilatatum. 
The common forms of this species, though found in 
drier places than cristata and spinulosa, are nevertheless 
partial to moisture, being found in damp, shady hedge- 
banks and woodlands. It is hardy, and easily cultivated. 
lastrea semula, Brackenridge. 
Hay-scented, or Triangular Prickly-toothed Buckler Fern. 
This species is the Lastrea recurm of some writers, 
and the Aspidium recurmm, Lophodium recurmm, 
Nephrodium foenisecii, and Lastrea fcenisecii of others. 
