POI.YPODIIM VULGARE. 



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T\s. 12. 



BiFiDUM, Moore. (Fig. 12.) — A variety discovered some 

 vears ago. It has been gathered in various parts of the lake 

 district, in AVales, and on the Yorkshire Hills, by Mr. 

 Monkraan; at Aniside, by Mr. Crosbfield; near Milnthorpe, 

 by Mr. Barnes; in the Valley of the Conway, by Mr. 

 Stansfield; at Matlock, near Ambleside, and at Chaigeley 

 Manor, near Clitheroe, by myself. A distinct, good variety, 

 characterized by the lobes being bifid, (that is, forked,) 

 occasionally three or four cleft; •sometimes almost ramose, 

 developing into Ramosum. The lobes are seldom all alike 

 bifid. Lensrth of frond from twelve to fifteen inches. 



