▁one ▁spec imen ▁he ▁found ▁was ▁taken ▁for ▁cultiv ation ▁and ▁divided . ▁As ▁it ▁was ▁collected ▁in ▁an ▁area ▁where ▁walking ▁f ern ▁and ▁eb ony ▁s ple en wort ▁( then ▁known ▁as ▁Cam pt os orus ▁rh iz oph yll us ▁and ▁As pl enium ▁eb ene um , ▁respectively ) ▁were ▁abund ant , ▁and ▁the ▁f ern ▁appeared ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁hy brid ▁between ▁the ▁two , ▁Scott ▁tent atively ▁referred ▁to ▁it ▁as ▁As pl enium ▁eben o ides ▁and ▁sent ▁spec im ens ▁to ▁prominent ▁p ter id olog ists ▁to ▁see ▁if ▁it ▁was ▁a ▁new ▁species . ▁After ▁three ▁years , ▁As a ▁Gray ▁con cur red ▁in ▁recogn izing ▁it ▁as ▁a ▁new ▁species . ▁Spec im ens ▁sent ▁to ▁England ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 4 ▁and ▁intended ▁for ▁Thomas ▁Moore ▁never ▁reached ▁him , ▁but ▁a ▁fr ond ▁and ▁a ▁print ▁were ▁sent ▁by ▁Scott ▁to ▁Rev . ▁M . J . ▁Ber keley ▁in ▁May ▁ 1 8 6 5 , ▁who ▁shared ▁the ▁material ▁with ▁Sir ▁William ▁Hook er . ▁Ber keley ▁end ors ed ▁Scott ' s ▁identification ▁of ▁A .   eben o ides ▁as ▁a ▁novel ▁hy brid ; ▁Hook er , ▁more ▁c aut iously , ▁declared ▁that ▁" if ▁there ▁were ▁such ▁things ▁as ▁hy brid ▁f ern s , ▁this ▁might ▁be ▁one ." ▁Until ▁this ▁point , ▁descri ptions ▁of ▁A .   eben o ides ▁had ▁circul ated ▁largely ▁in ▁private