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Ferns. It was found in Borrodale, Cumberland, by Mr. R. 

 D. Harrison. The pinnae are opposite below and sub-opposite 

 above, distant, and from an inch and a half to two inches in 

 length, their apices being branched and tasseled. The pin- 

 nules are opposite. The midrib very scaly. Sori usually one 

 on each pinnule, and in the larger and broader pinnules two, 

 the whole fonning a single line close to the midvein. Length 

 of frond from twelve to eighteen inches. The point of each 

 frond, and of each of the pinniE being twice or thrice forked, 

 forming a small spreading crest, renders this variety very 

 interesting. For a frond of this beautiful and rare Fern I am 

 indebted to Mr. Clowes, of Windermere. 



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Fig. 189. — Middle pinna and basal pinna. 



PiNDERi, Moore. (Fig. 189.) — Found near Elter Water, in 

 the Lake district, by the Eev. G. Finder, in 1855. A very 

 handsome and distinct form, with very long narrow fronds 

 and remarkable outline. Fronds three feet long, and not six 

 inches wide in the broadest part, very much tapered upwards 

 to a long slender point, and also tapering in the same manner 

 below. A form of Lastrea propinqua. Elongate lance-shaped. 

 Stipes brief. Basal scales subulate and very long. My thanks 

 are due to the Rev. G. Finder for fronds, and also to Miss 

 Beevor, of Coniston, for others. In 1862 Mr. C. Monkman 

 and Mr. Thomas Stansfield found this variety also at Coneys- 

 thorpe, near Malton. 



