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Synonyms Erosum (Wol.), in combination with subvar. multifidum. 



Subvar. Truncatum (Mei). Clare. 



England : G. B. Wollaston. 

 Polystichum Angulare (Newm.); var. laciniatum (Mei). 



Dublin (Kin.) ; Phyt., 1852 and 1853, ut antea. ; barren. L. Foot, Esq., on 

 authority of Robert Ball, Esq., LL.D. 



Syn. viviparum (Mei), strictum (Mei) — vide Dub. Nat. Hist. Soc. Proc. 



Subvar. Truncatum (Mei). Dublin Mountains (Kin.) 

 Polystichum aculeatum (Newm.) ; var. laciniatum (Mei) ? Kew and Dorset ; G. B. 

 Wollaston — vide remarks above. 



Subvar. Truncatum (Mei). G. B. Wollaston. 

 Lophodium Foenesecii (Newm.) ; var. laciniatum (Mei). 



England: G. B. Wollaston, Esq., as mucronata.* 



Subvar. Truncatum (Mei). Ardmore, Waterford. 

 Lophodium multiflorum (Newm.) ; subvar. sinuatum (Mei). 



Ireland — Clare; Dublin; not uncommon in boggy places. 



Var. laciniatum (Mei). Ardmore, Co. Waterford. 



(Phyt., 1853, 1,037, as sinuatum). 



Subvar. Truncatum (Mei). Ardmore, Waterford ; Dublin. (Phyt. ut antea). 

 Lophodium Filix mas (Newm.) ; var. dissectum (Mei). 



Clare (Phyt. ut supra ut cambricum) (K). 



Subvar. sinuatum (Mei). Not uncommon. 



Dublin, Waterford, Clare. 



England : G. B. Wollaston. 



Var laciniatum (Mei) ? Ardmore, Dublin. 



Subvar. Truncatum (Mei) ? Dublin, Clare. 



England : G. B. Wollaston. 



N.B. — This species requires more study as to its varieties, with regard to 

 L.Borreri. 

 Lophodium fragrans (Newm.). 



Var. laciniatum (Mei)? Yorkshire, G. B. Wollaston, Esq. ; in combination 

 with multifidum this may be Subvar. sinuatum. 

 Gymnocarpium Phaegopteris (Newm.) ; var. laciniatum? (Mei). 



England : G. B. Wollaston. Sometimes multifid. 

 Hemestheum Oreopteris (Newm.) ; var. laciniatum (Mei). 



England : G. B. Wollaston, Esq. 

 Cystopteris fragilis (Newm.) ; var. dissectum (Mei). 



England ? G. B. Wollaston, Esq. 

 Ctenopteris vulgare (Newm.) ; var. dissectum (Mei). 



Ireland — Wicklow — vide Newman's British Ferns, &c. Second and third editions. 



England, Wales, near London ; G. B. Wollaston. 



Syn. cambricum (Linn.). Fig. Newm. Brit. Ferns. 



Subvar. sinuatum (Mei). 



Ireland — Dargle, Co. Wicklow ; Dartry, Co. Dublin. Common and fine in 

 South and West. 



England — Tunbridge Wells ; Torbay (Miss Griffiths). 



Synonymes sinuatum (Francis 22, Moore 44), Serratum (ib.), Hibernicum (ib.), 

 Mackaii (gardens). Dargle Fern of Mackay's Flora Hibernica, first found by 

 Miss Fitton. 



[Var. laciniatum (Mei) ?] England : G. B. Wollaston ; closely resembling 

 Lomaria spicant, var. lancifolium (Wol.) ; this may be truncatum (Mei). 

 Osmunda regalis (Lin.). 



Var. laciniatum (Mei).f 



Guernsey : Dr. H. Allchin. 



Subvar. truncatum^ (Mei). Sneem, KenmareBay: Professor R. W. Smith. 

 Two fronds shown me through the kindness of its finder. 



* Mucronatum (Wol.) apices of all the pinnae truncate, midrib projecting in a spike. A most 

 curious looking plant. Kent, G. B. Wollaston, Esq. 



t Laciniatum, pinnules pinnate; segments crenate. 



% Truncatum, pinnules rounded, and, in some cases, stalked. Killarney, Professor R. W. Smith. 

 A most remarkable form. 



