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LASTREA DILATATA. 



biclentate. Sori copious, more or less confluent, every pinnule, 

 even to the minute depauperated ones, soriferous. My thanks 

 are due to Mr. P. Neill Fraser for the illustration. 



Fig. 261.— 1. Apex. 2. Basal pinna. 



Hymenophylloides, Lowe. (Fig. 261.) — A curious, dwarf 

 Fern, found at Ilfracombe, by Mr. Dadds, now I believe in the 

 possession of the Rev. Charles Padley, of Bulwell Hall. More 

 or less normal in the general outline of its fronds, yet differing 

 in the striking resemblance which they bear to some of the 

 exotic Ilymenophyllums and Trichomanes. Length of frond 

 eight or nine inches, width, which is nearly equal, except at 

 the apex, two inches and a half Stipes and rachis very 



