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LASTRA2A DILATATA. 
S (dimetorum). Frond small, triangular, drooping. Pin¬ 
nules blunt. 
e ( recurvum , Bree). Frond small. Pinnules concave , and 
dark green, Neum. p. 61. Lastram 
Foenisecii, 3ab. Lopliodium Foenisecii 
Newm. 1854." 
We only differ from Mr. Francis in considering that 
L. Foenisecii is a distinct species, and not merely a 
varied form of L. dilatata. 
It is found in shaded, watery, sandy soils, or in moist, 
rocky woods, and is so common that no locality need be 
specified. 
Mr. W. Reeve observes to us that this, also, is one of 
those Ferns which are valuable for the adorning of 
the rockery or shrubbery, and will be found to thrive 
where the Lastrcea cristata will not, being not so 
impatient of sunshine; not hut that it will attain a 
greater size and more beauty, when grown in the shade, 
than when grown in a full exposure to light. It is, 
therefore, well adapted to the shaded side or base of the 
rockery; and as it will, when once established in a 
favourable situation, attain a heighth of three or four 
feet, forethought will be required in planting, so that it 
may not smother the smaller species. It prefers a moist 
situation for its abode, but will grow remarkably well 
upon an elevated position that is well shaded. If grown 
as a pot-plant, it must be allowed a moderate space for 
its roots; and with a compost of loam, peat, and leaf- 
mould, with a free admixture of silver sand and good 
draiuago, not being potted too firmly, and ufterwards, a 
