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the naked stalk of the first pair of pinne is always 
shorter and rather more slender than the main stalk 
_ between the first and second pair; the pinne are pin- 
nate, the pinnules deeply pinnatifid: all parts of the 
- frond are covered with stalked glands, which give it a 
_ downy or tomentose appearance, a clammy or sticky 
feel when touched, and a very strong and peculiar 
ell, which has been compared to that of the Herb 
art Geranium, a peculiarity from which the name 
ved. 
N uncommon on limestone soils in Somersetshire, 
3 Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Derbyshire, 
Yorkshire, Durham, Westmoreland and 
ind; it also occurs at Llanferris, in Denbigh- 
broken small; ofa constitution 
ryopteris, it prefers sun to 
the most exposed situations : 
uld be planted in a seed-pan 
ll pieces of limestone, 
