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17. tulidu (M t ). A stout, erect, broad, rigidly fleshy-looking form, thick and leathery when dry, tho 

 fronds ovate, the pinnules divided almost (o tho midrib over the greater |>art of tho fronds. The 

 venules terminate in a hair-like white line near tho margin on tho upper surface, and give tho plant 

 a falsely strigoso appearance. It has been sent to us by tho Rev. J. M« Chanter, from Devonshire ; and 

 by Mr. C. Jackson, from Guernsey. 



13- Schofiddn (Stausficld). This very diminutive plant was found by a gardener named Schoficld, 

 near Buxton, Derbyshire, a few years since, and has since retained Its peculiarities under cultivation. 

 It hi uncertain whether it should bo referred to L, ditatuta or L. ajnntUosa, and its tendency to a 

 creeping habit of growth, as well as its concolorous scales, rather load to tho inference tlint it belongs to 

 the latter ; but it is yot altogether too diminutive, and too little known to admit of the question bein" 

 decided. The fronds rarely attain a length of more than three or four inches, and more generally do 

 not exceed two; they arc usually ramose, sometimes not; often mul ti fid, sometimes not ; and when 

 single, they are pinnate, tho pinna; oblong and simply notched. The whole plant, which is quite a 

 curiosity, and as yet a rarity, is somewhat analogous to the van crispum of AQtyrium Jfffi&femina. 



In a plant so sportive as £. diUUaUt, and so widely and variedly dispersed as to latitude, elevation, 

 and locality, it is probable there may bo other variations besides those wo have enumerated, sufficiently 

 different from them to interest those who study the diversities which occur in the forms of plants. 



