HOLLY FERN. 83 
cultivated in the same way as 
Fragilis, but, like all sea-side ferns, it seems to enjoy 
the ‘protection afforded by glass. 
15. HOLLY FERN. Loycurms. 
um Lonchitis, Roth. B. F. 108, 107, 108. 
‘The caudex is woody, erect or recumbent through 
age, and long enduring, its upper extremity a brown, 
chaffy, but not very salient crown, composed of the 
undeveloped fronds: the stalk is very short, scarcely 
ble from the leafy part of the frond, and clothed 
