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POLYSTTCTirM ANOHLARE. 



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Fig. 88. 



Acuminatum, Moore. (Fig. 8S.) — A veiy pretty, eleg-ant, 

 dwarf variety, found near Nettlecombe, by Mr. Elworthy, 

 having attenuately pointed fronds and pinnee, the pinnules 

 being small, narrow, and acute, and very finely serrated. My 

 thanks are due to the Rev. Charles Padley, of Bulwell Hall, 

 Nottinghamshire, for examples. 



OxYPHYLLUM, MooTB. (Fig. 89.) — Found near Nettlecombc, 

 by Mr. Elworthy. An exceedingly fine and elegant variety, 

 having the feathery character of the variety Pliimosum, together 

 with the narrow acute pinnules resembling the variety Acutum. 

 The pinnules are profoundly pinnatifid in a distantly lobed 

 and attenuated manner, in the way of Prolifcritm, to which 

 latter variety it has most affinity. 3Iultilohum and Oxyphyllum 

 seem to me sufficiently distinct. 



