POLYPODIUM VrLGARE. 



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Fig. 31. 



Serrulato-bifidum, Monhnan. (Fig. 31.)— Found in 1857 

 or 1858 in a hedge bank at High Hutton, near Malton, by Mr. 

 C. Monknian. A handsome bifid form, with long narrow fronds, 

 the lower lobes of which are pretty uniformly divided (bifid 

 or trifid,) and all, more especially towards the apex, very 

 prettily and finely serrated. The apices of the fronds are 

 drawn out into a long, tapering, acute, lobe -like termination, 

 also serrated. The apex is occasionally bifid or multifid. A 

 beautiful Fern, but, like most of the bifid forms, somewhat 

 inconstant in cultivation. Mr. Monkman has found a similar 

 but broader form at Byland Abbey, Yorkshire. 



