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ATHYRIUM FILIX-F(E:\IIXA. 



PoLYCLADOS-MiNiis, Moove. — Fouiicl near Scarborough by 

 Mr. Cla])bam. This subvariety is ramose both in the stipites 

 and rachides. The pinnules being small, blunt, and oblong in 

 form, which are normal as regards being pinnatifid and toothed. 

 An illustration is not needed. 



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Fig. 291. — Upper pinna 



Poi.YCLADoSj Moore. (Fig. 291.) — A curious variety. Large 

 spreading fronds, usually twin- or ramo-fronded, or furcate; the 

 primary divisions more or less irregularly forked, but without 

 any tendency to cresting. Some fronds are not ramose, but 

 have a peculiar warty contraction of the midrib about mid- 

 frond, which causes the pinnae to crowd into masses on either 

 side. The plant is a curiosity, with no two fronds exactly 

 alike, and many as divergent as possible. Found near Ilfra- 

 combe, Devonshire, by the Rev. J. M. Chanter; in Guernsey by 

 Mr. C. Jackson; Eccleston, in Lancashire, by Mr. R. Morris; 

 near Manchester by Mr. J. Horsfall; Barnstaple, Devonshire, by 

 Mr. C. Jackson; and at Windermere by Mr. F. Clowes. There 

 are several sub-varieties hereafter to be described. The illus- 

 tration is from Mr. Monkman's plant. 



FuRCANS-MoNKMAXii, Monhman. — Of this variety several 

 plants were found in the immediate neighbourhood of Monk- 

 manii. It is a robust grower, and is in all respects analagous 



