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Editor. 



OUR FRONTISPIECE. 



POLYPODIUM VULGARE. 



Our frontispiece in this issue gives a very vivid idea of 

 the many beautiful and varied forms into which our common 

 Polypody (Polypodium vulgave) has proved itself capable of 

 sporting. The normal form is shown as No. i for com- 

 parison. All the specimens have been drawn either direct 

 from actual fronds or from Colonel Jones' nature prints, 

 and represent the following varieties : — 

 Fig. I. Polypodium vulgare normal. 



2. „ ,, bifido-cristatum. 



3. ,, ,, ramosum Hillman. 



4. ,, ,, cristatum Scarborough. 



5. ,, ,, cristatum (old form). 



6. „ ,, grandiceps Parker (multi- 



fido-cristatum). 



7* >» »> J) x^ ox. 



8. ,, ,, pulcherrimum. 



9. u ,, cambricum. [mum). 



10. ,, ,, cornubiense (elegantissi- 



11. n >> parvissimum. [biense. 



12. „ ,, bifido-cristatum X cornu- 



13. II ,, omnilacerum (in proper 



form). 



