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LASTREA DILATATA. 



and near Malton. Mr. Monkman remarks that "the plants 

 were large and handsome. The pinnules irregularly shortened 

 or wanting; sometimes a mere horn-like midrib, devoid of foliage, 

 projecting." 



Fig. 234.— Frond. 



PiGMJEA, Moore. (Fig. 234.) — Found in Cant Clough, in 

 the beautiful vale of Todmorden, Lancashire, by Mr. Stansfield, 

 of Vale Nursery, Todmorden. A very dwarf form having 

 the pinnte scarcely bipinnate, the basal pinnules at the base 

 of the frond being divided, the others irregularly confluent; 

 having crowded lobes of various forms, and with unequal 

 serratures which terminate in a bristle. Its main peculiarity 

 consists in the rachis or stipes being ramose. A singularly 

 pigmy variety, for fronds of which I am indebted to Messrs. 

 Stansfield, of Todmorden. 



