. British ferns and their varieties. 1 :f^f^W**** «*k LII POLYPODIUM VULGARE, VCIY. SEMILACERUM 368 BRITISH FERNS LIII POLYSTICHUM ACULEATUM, Vlir. PULCHERRIMUM (Jones) J no. Bevis, Hawkchurch. Dorset. ft. Perhaps the greatest discovery of modern times; had thisplant fallen to the lot of the most aspiring hunter that ever bore avasculum, he could scarcely have helped feeling at the moment ofdiscovery that he had not lived quite in vain ;—but it was pulledout of the hedge in a ploughed field by a common labourer whoknew nothing of Ferns. The whole find,—a goodly clump of sixor seven crow
. British ferns and their varieties. 1 :f^f^W**** «*k LII POLYPODIUM VULGARE, VCIY. SEMILACERUM 368 BRITISH FERNS LIII POLYSTICHUM ACULEATUM, Vlir. PULCHERRIMUM (Jones) J no. Bevis, Hawkchurch. Dorset. ft. Perhaps the greatest discovery of modern times; had thisplant fallen to the lot of the most aspiring hunter that ever bore avasculum, he could scarcely have helped feeling at the moment ofdiscovery that he had not lived quite in vain ;—but it was pulledout of the hedge in a ploughed field by a common labourer whoknew nothing of Ferns. The whole find,—a goodly clump of sixor seven crowns, — was handed over to Mr. Wills, and by him(with a rare liberality) very soon dispersed in about as manydifferent directions.* * Many and hot have been the discussions as to the species to which thisvariety belongs. Mr. Wills, who knows the exact circumstances of itsdiscovery, and whose keenness of eye and instinctive knowledge in suchmatters are well known, stoutly maintains that it is aculeatum,—and it has yetto be pro
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