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rudimentary, or rexy much smaller than those of tlic outer sides. The apices are sometimes somewhat 

 tniiltilid. It was found near Tunbridge Wells, and it* not unfrcqueut. and tolerably constant The 

 appearance produced by the inequality of development in the lobes, is similar to that of some kinds of 



& cris/inm (W.). Tliis is a permanent form, in which the apices of all the fronds are nmkilidly* 

 Crisped, and the lobes arc wavy or curled, but wry rarely divided. It has been found in Ireland, by 

 Dr. Kitialinn, and near Tunbridge Wells, Kent, in 1851, by Mr, Wollnston, and is not a common form. 



10- trimnium (W.). This variety in its most marked character is no more than a trifoliatcd 

 litahnum, but it not unfrequently sends up fronds moro or less multifid and crisped, with the lobes 

 bifurcate. It is exceedingly rare, and was found in Ireland, in 1854, by Dr. Kinahan, by whom tho 

 plants were sent to Mr, Wollaston, 



11. cristatum (W.). This constant form, so unlike ramomm, is. nevertheless, a beautiful connecting 

 link between it and eri&pum* Its peculiarities consist in a development, as it were, of the blunt apical 

 IoIhh of crispum into branchlcts, differing in that respect from tho compound ramifications of ramosum. 

 Its basal lobes arc frequently elongated and serrated, and the whole plant is very prone to throw up 

 semi-fertile fronds, the lobes of which are sometimes bilid, and sharply serrated. It was found in 1853, 



near Tunbridge Wells, by Mr. Wollaston, 



12. ramomm (Kinahan), This is exactly analogous to Scotopendrium vtdffare, var. ra momm. The 

 rachis (very rarely the stipes) both of the fertile and barren fronds divides dichotomously into branches 

 and branchlcts, tho apices of which are beautifully curled or tufted. The variety is very rare, and, as 

 far as we know, has only been found near Upper Lough Breagh, Wicklow, Ireland, by Dr. Kinahan ; 

 near Kriflc, Mayo, Ireland, by Captain Eden ; and by Mr. J, Huddart, at Windermere, Westmoreland, 

 the plants slightly differing. It is rather a shy-growing variety. 



13. muliifurcatum <M.), This is a handsome and vigorous variety, voir irregular in its form, but 

 quite constant to its peculiarities. These consist first, in the occasional branching of tho fronds onco 

 or twice near tho base, and secondly in the apices of the fronds not so divided, as well as the branches 

 of the others, being many times forked near the apex. The segments resulting from these apical 

 furcation? arc most irregular in form, but they spread out, and arc each of them extended into a 

 lengthened acute point, of which the margins arc irregularly notched, producing a somewhat ragged 

 appearance. It was found in 1853, in a hedge-bank near Pcnryn, Cornwall, by Mr. K Symons, and 

 was communicated to us by Mr, U. Dawson. 



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