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ATHYRIUM FILIX-FCEMINA. 



leafy variety of midtijidum, raised from spores by Mr. J. E. 

 Mapplebeck, of Moseley, near Birmingham. Fronds symmetrical, 

 ten inclies long, four inches wide. Pinnae opposite below, 

 alternate above; approximate, overlapping each other, except 

 the basal pair; the multifid apices small. Pinnules broad, 

 touching each other without overlapping. The frond widest 

 in the centre, gradually narrowing to the multifid apex. The 

 illustration was sent by Mr. J. E. Mapplebeck. 



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Fig. 206. 



MuLTiFiDUM-CooLiNGTT, Loioe. (Fig. 296.) — A large-growing 

 stout variety, raised by Mr. Edwin Cooling, Mile-ash Nursery, 

 near Derby. Length of frond twenty-seven inches, width seven 

 inches. Pinnae narrow, distant, usually furcate, and the fur- 

 cations multifid, broadest at the base, and narrowing gradually 

 to the furcation. The superior basal pinnule the longest. 

 Pinnules long, narrow, and deeply divided. Sori copious, 

 becoming confluent, and covering the whole under side of the 

 frond. The illustration is from Mr. Cooling's frond. 



MuLTiriDUM SEMiDEPAUPERATUM, Sim. — Raised from spores 

 by Mr. Sim, of Foot's Cray. In this variety the multifid 

 apex and one side of the frond resemble midtijidum, whilst 

 the other side has the pinnre considerably diminished in size, 

 or even wanting, being excessively depauperated. 



