. The botany of the Eastern Borders : with the popular names and uses of the plants, and of the customs and beliefs which have been associated with them. Plants. OF THE EASTERN BORDERS. 307 The remains of this deUcate Fern are very heautiful; they appear hke the work of a tasteful artist who had impressed their elegant forms in burnished copper on a deep red metallic ground. It re- sembles a living Hymenophyllum ; but a nearer analogue is a species of Davallia from the West Indies which we have seen in the col- lection of Mr. Morris. Several of the species of Sphenopteris, with narrow segments
. The botany of the Eastern Borders : with the popular names and uses of the plants, and of the customs and beliefs which have been associated with them. Plants. OF THE EASTERN BORDERS. 307 The remains of this deUcate Fern are very heautiful; they appear hke the work of a tasteful artist who had impressed their elegant forms in burnished copper on a deep red metallic ground. It re- sembles a living Hymenophyllum ; but a nearer analogue is a species of Davallia from the West Indies which we have seen in the col- lection of Mr. Morris. Several of the species of Sphenopteris, with narrow segments, may hereafter be united, as the slight differences among them may have been caused by difference of situation and age. Our species is nearest to S. elegans of Brongn.; but the rachis is more winged, the pinnse more slender, and the termination of the lobes less obtuse than in that species. We find also, from specimens recently obtained, that one central vein passes into each lobe or ulti- mate segment. We have named it after Dr. Johnston, as a mark of respect to a distinguished naturalist, whose wi-itings and labours have added much to our knowledge of the natural history of our country. Locality. Budle, in shale. Fig. Fig. 2. A fragment of a pinna, the pinnules somewhat distorted, the rachis having on each side of a central ridge a series of puncta- tions. Fig. 2. A. Magnified view of the rachis. We have another spe- cimen showing the same kind of punctations ; they may have been caused by the shrinking of the tissues, when the plant was in course of Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johnston, George, 1797-1855; Tate, George, 1805-1871. London : J. Van Voorst
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