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Dartmoor and the day was spent in sedulous hunting, but 

 although many species were seen in fine condition and in 

 great abundance, no varieties of importance were found. 

 On August bth, a small party walked out of Totnes and 

 took the first promising lane. Here, about half a mile 

 from the town, Mr. Henwood found a small plant of a 

 rather promising foliose form of P. angulare. Shortly 

 afterwards a very good P. ang. hvacliintum fell to my lot. 

 It was quite a small plant but had very long basal 

 pinnce, was very slender in m.ake and throughout finely 

 toothed, after the manner of the best hvachiatums and 

 hrachiato-cvistatums. In the same lane Mr. Cranfield 

 found a twin-fronded Scot, feni forme or variahile, very 

 similar to the one figured by Col. Jones in his Nature- 

 prints under the name of ramo-vaviahile. 



On August yth, a diminished party wended southwards 

 from Totnes and met with P. angulare and Scol. vulgare in 

 great abundance. I found a plant of the former species 

 with small cristulate and twisted tips. Although a small 

 plant it is quite thorough, every pinnae being character- 

 istically crested. Near Bow Bridge Mr. Henwood came 

 across a very erect and slender form of angulare, which 

 will probably turn out to be a decnrrens. 



On August 8th, the last relics of the party, viz. INIr. Hen- 

 wood and myself/ proceeded to Harberton, S.W. from 

 Totnes. We found we were on a different geological 

 formation (micaceous schist, I think), and the hunting 

 seemed very unpromising as there were very few angnlares 

 and Scolopendrinnis, and ferns generally were much less 

 numerous than on our former expeditions. Nevertheless, 

 before reaching Harberton we came across a very elegant- 

 slender form of L. filix-mas in the way of Padley's 

 attenuata, but not depauperate like that variety. As it was 

 a large plant with only one crown we contented ourselves 

 with taking spores, leaving the plant itself for the next 

 hunter. The next and last find, although not of any 



