THE LASTREAS 
Fig. 173. L. ps. m. Schofieldiz. 
house among a number of common ones collected by a gardener ; 
fronds almost tubular. 
SCHOFIELDII (Fig. 173).—Found near Buxton by Mr. J. Schofield ; 
a very dwarf ramose form, not in itself very attractive, but it has 
produced a very beautiful dwarf grandiceps ramulosissima. 

STABLERII. 一 Like L. propinqua Pinderii, but larger. 
SUB-CRISTATA Dapps.—Tassels very small, but fronds peculiarly 
broad and handsome (see Appendix No. XX). 
LASTREA MONTANA (OREOPTERIS) (THE MOUNTAIN BUCKLER 
FERN—THE LEMON-SCENTED FERN) 
(Plate XX) 

This beautiful species is very widespread, and is not, as its name 
montana denotes, by any means confined to high elevations, though 
it is very abundant on hillsides in the lake districts of Wales and 
Scotland, covering large areas on the open moor, fringing the 
streams, and forming dense communities in the woods. It needs 
root moisture, but given that will well withstand both wind and 
sunshine. In form it has a superficial resemblance to the Male 
Fern, but apart from the yellower green of its fronds (Fig. 174), and 

