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POLYSTICHrM AXGTjLATIE. 



Fig. 12G. 



KuMATODES, Lowe. (Fig. 126.) — Two plants exactly alike 

 Avere found in Devonsliii'e, by Mrs. Thompson, of South Lawn, 

 Exeter. It is a curious variety, partaking somewhat of the 

 characters of Angustifrons , but is a wider frondcd form. . The 

 length is about twenty inches, and the width in widest ])art 

 about five inches and a half; the outline is almost equal in 

 Avidtli except near the apex, Avhere it rapidly narrows. Its 

 pinna vary considerably, being occasionally much more \indi- 

 vided, it is however never so divided as in Angustifrons. 

 The pinnfc are alternate, and in the lower half of the frond 

 much bended. Tripinnate. The pinnules large, auriculato, 

 deeply divided, especially towards the base, and more especially 

 the auricle, which is divided to the veinlet, serrated, and very 

 spiny, the superior basal one is the longest, and its basal lobes 

 are distinctly stalked as in Tripinnatum. The chief features 

 in this form are its very fragile texture, its bending pinnae and 

 its large spines, more especially shewn in the centre of the 

 frond. Colour a dark bluish green. Stipes, rachis, and rachidcs 

 very scaly. My thanks are due to the Hev. Charles Padlcy, 

 of Bui well Hall, Nottinghamshire, for fronds. 



SuB-VAiiiEGATUM, Wullaston. — Perfectly normal in every 

 respect, except that it is beautifully mottled with cream-colour 

 and pale green, a character which, like many of the goldcn- 

 foliaged trees in our gardens, disappears in autumn, to return 

 again with the new fronds or leaves, as the case may be, next 

 spring. Found by Mr. G. B. "VVollaston, of Chisc^lhurst, near 

 Chichester, Sussex. It is unnecessary to give an illustration of 

 this variety. 



