. A history of British ferns. Ferns. 314 LADY FEEN. then spreading, and finally defiexed, extremely acute, their mid- rib not winged: pinnules distant, very narrow, linear, entirely unconnected, their margins convolute, (fig. a, on the preceding page, repre- sents a pinna) : clusters of cajjsules subrotund, close to the midrib of the pinnule, and finally covering their un- der surface, and themselves partially covered by the convolute margin of the jDLnnules. The description of Athyrium rhasti- cum, va7\ minus, of Eoth (Flor. Germ, iii. 68), agreeing exactly with Sir J. E. Smith's specimen of
. A history of British ferns. Ferns. 314 LADY FEEN. then spreading, and finally defiexed, extremely acute, their mid- rib not winged: pinnules distant, very narrow, linear, entirely unconnected, their margins convolute, (fig. a, on the preceding page, repre- sents a pinna) : clusters of cajjsules subrotund, close to the midrib of the pinnule, and finally covering their un- der surface, and themselves partially covered by the convolute margin of the jDLnnules. The description of Athyrium rhasti- cum, va7\ minus, of Eoth (Flor. Germ, iii. 68), agreeing exactly with Sir J. E. Smith's specimen of Aspidium irrigu- um, but scarcely with that author's descriiJtion, appears to me to be merely a seedling plant. Smith admits that his sj)ecies was " raised originally from seed," and that " after long cultivation it considerably approaches Filix-femi- ; There is nothing to show to which form of Filix-femina this elegant seedling belongs, but it certainly most nearly resembles Athy- rium convexum : a figure is given in the S. The Linnean Lady Fern : Athyrium incisum ; Athyriuisc FiLix-FEivnNA, var. incisum. Polypodium incisum, Hoffm. Deutschl. Fl. ii. 6. Athyrium Filix-femina, Roth, Fl. Germ. iii. 05. Athyrium Filix-femina, var. incisum, Newm. F. Athyrium Filix-fcEmina, (i., Bab. 41:3. Athyrium incisum, Neivm. Phytol. App. xiii. Athyrium Filix-foemina, a., Moore, 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 Newman, Edward, 1801-1876. London, J. van Voorst
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