THE COMMON MAIDENHAIR SPLEENWC 
pinnae, which are attached near their centre, instead of by the lower angle; the pinna are o 
and elegantly erenated. It has been sent to us from the banks of the Wye, near Monmouth, by 
Mr. J. D. Eny 
байи (М.). A large form, remarkable for having the pinnas especially those about the middle 
1, deeply divided at the base into two or more broad obovate lobes, in some instances 
Jost to the midrib. It was found in Devonshire by the Rev. J. M. Chanter 
wn (ML). ‘This is by far the most beautiful variety, exactly analogous to the var. cambricum 
of Polypodium vulgare, and uniformly barren. ‘The pinnae are deeply pinnatifid, with narrow inciso. 
serrate segments, It has now been found in several localities : formerly, near Burnley, in Lancashire 
by Mr. & Gibson, and in Devonshire, by the Rev. W. S. Hore; subsequently, as we learn, by 
Dr. Kinahan, in Claro; and more recently near Settle, in Yorkshire, by Mr. A. Clapham; and in 
Borrowdale, Cumberland, by Miss Wright. It is the rarest of all known varieties, being difficult to 
cultivate, and uniformly barren 
