ray 
ttmoughout. 
prweedmg to the margin in direct lines. In the fertile parts 
of the frond, only the midrib of the pinnules is fully deve¬ 
loped, and the spore-eases are attached to a small portion of 
tne venules which becomes developed just to serve as a re- 
refikted , stalked, 
^The OsmundRoyal is a widely-distributed plant, occurring 
CTtoemely abundant and luxuriant in some parts of Ireland.', 
It is common throughout Europe. 
Ibis plant is especially suited, in cultivation, to occupytha 
base of rockwork abutting upon a piece of water where its 
be place( | ^ thin the reach of the’water. It 
shouid have peat earth for its roots. The best way to esta- 
bksli it is, to procure strong vigorous patches from localities 
“ removed carefully, will suo 
CHAPTER XXL 
the hooxwokt. 
vP r< ^ l2 i! ?l ? riI ‘ 0 ? nwort ia a small and very distinct plant, 
Slt k by c^pumstances,—first, it has two fronds or 
Sw W °a ^ ran ? te3 of lts frond, the one of which is leafy, the 
gher seed-beanng; and secondly, the pinnm of the leafy 
braach are crescent-shaped, with the outer margin jagged. 
T^ere is no other native plant which has these peculiar fea- 
H 11 - 6 the M .°? n wort is a plant very easily recog- 
tl - w “ eQ ^ met with. There is another peculiarity in 
!S t V r ni 1C ^ ^ s , ervea to distinguish it, and its near 
y the Ophioglossum, from all other native species—-the, ve~ 
Aa&on is straight, not emanate: that is, the fronds,before 
tney are developed, are not rolled up spirally, unrolling 
as they expand, but in the incipient state thhmrS are merely 
rifnd^gen^ * ^ S ® r ^ ace * one species of JMry 
? fcfao k drived from a Greek word sig- 
