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both above and below, with larger basal pinnules, the superior 

 basal one distinctly tiipinnate, the basal pair of lobes being 

 stalked. Coarsely dentate, and destitute of spines. In the 

 centre of the frond the auricle both above and below is divided 

 to the base and stalked, being parallel to the rachides, simple, 

 entire, and elongate-ovate. Stipes, rachis, and rachides covered 

 with narrow, hair-like, pale brown scales, giving the stems a 

 woolly appearance. The stipes and the basal portion of the 

 rachis scattered over with broad, thick, sharp-pointed scales, 

 almost black, and ebeneous, having a narrow red line along 

 each edge. The under side of every pinnule, from the extreme 

 basal pinnae to the apex of the frond, profusely covered with 

 large spore- cases, averaging from seven to eleven on each 

 pinnule, the indusium being circular, pale in colour, with a 

 dark centre. The texture of the pinnae thick, and the veins 

 invisible from the opaqueness of the pinnules. This Fern has 

 a very foreign look about it, and were it not for the authority 

 I should have been inclined to have considered it from the 

 Cape of Good Hope. The name has been given in reference 

 to the spore-cases covering every pinnule. 



Fig. 112. 



Proliferum-Craxfordianum, Phillips 3ISS. (Fig. 112.) — 

 Discovered by Mr. Phillips, of Belfast, in Cranford Park, in 

 1861, and was named by him in honour of the Cranford family. 

 The plant grows from one to two feet high. Fronds ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, pinnae obtuse, less scaly than in Proliferum-Footii; 

 pinnules aaricled, slightly mucronate, texture less coriaceous 

 than in that of Mr. Foot's variety. My thanks are due to 

 Messrs. Stansfield, of the ^'ale Gardens, Todmorden, for fronds. 



