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Fig. 223.— Apex of frond and basal pinna. 



ScoTTii, Loice. (Fig. 223.) — Found near Swansea, in South 

 Wales, in September, 1857, by Mr. Frederick J. Clouston Scott. 

 A singular leafy variety, with pinnns close set and overwrapping 

 each other, opposite below and alternate above. Length of 

 frond fifteen inches, breadth five. One half of the pinnae are 

 branched, and all more or less irregular, some only consisting 



