THE SOFT PRICKLY SHIELD FERN 
ung ones bein 
fronds are accompanied by a young ono on their inner side, those уо 
from bulbils which are formed beneath the soil on the stipes of the 
in Somersetshire by Mr. Elworthy 
in tho details of its parts, Tt 
14. incisum (W). This variety, of which there are two forms, is unique in tà 1 1 
isa large-growing plant, ‘The pinnules are very di 
portion of tho frond, ao simply divido asin tho varity abtripinnadum, bot as they approach the 
they become more and more incised and irregularly laciniate d their 
or auricled. 1 le pinnule 
Wollaston 
serrated, those nearest the secondary rachis being somewhat prol 
The two plants referred to differ much in size; the on 
upwards of four feet in height; tho other, found by Dr. Allehin also in Su 
smaller growth. For the latter, Dr. Allehin had suggested the name of m 
of the pinnules, but the 
disruption of the epidermis on some 
distinct names. 
16. subtripinnatun (МӘ). This is one of the more highly developed states of the spec 
wer pinnules, the basal ones in particular, are so deeply pinnatii that the seg 
distîne, and sometimes quite so, Tt is of large growth. In other respects it resembles the normal type 
Tt is common in Ireland, and, we believe, plentiful in England in damp shady situations. Оше 
this variety (ке Plate XIII, fig. A), necessarily taken from а small frond 
compound character, which is better represented by the detached pinna. 
16, tripinnatum (М). ТЫ very beautiful and peculiar variety has been called trip 
with the sultripinnati just described, in consequence of its basal anterior pi 
distinctly sugh the plant is on the whole less divided than the Devon 
the Trish variety decompositum, "The most remarkable " unusual 
gation of the anterior basal pinnules, and their truly pinnate charact lets bein 
distinctly stalked, The other pinnules are highly developed, though les b and 
they are crowded and imbricated. It is profuse in the production of sori, and thi 
bulate scales. It was found in Cornwall by Mr. Millet; and was first made kno 
hy Mr, E- J. Lowe, It is a very marked aberration from the normal form, and a 
17. deeompasitum (M.). This beautiful variety is by far the most compound 
mal race of this species, "The fronds aro divided thus—first, pinnas then pinnu 
lobes of pinnulets, and these latter are again serrated, The basal pinnule ably 
Dr. Allehin. 
