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ATHYRIUM FILIX-FCEMINA. 



basal pinnules, which are larger than the rest,) and narrowing 

 gradually towards the digitate tasseled apices. Pinnules stalked, 

 and the lobes incised almost to the costa, and minutely dentate 

 at the apices of the lobes, the basal anterior lobe the longest. 

 The pinnae multifid at their apices in every portion of the 

 frond. 



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Fig. 306. 



Alatum-Fraseri, Lowe. (Fig. 306.) — Found in Corrifern 

 Glen, in Peeblesshire, in July, 1860, by Mr. P. Neill Fraser, 

 of Canon Mills Lodge, Edinburgh. Length nine inches, width 

 not quite three inches in the widest part. A compact frond, 

 with close leafy pinnules, somewhat imbricated, and having 

 characters midway between cdatum and minimum. I am indebted 

 to Mr. Fraser for a frond. 



Fig. 307. 



Apujeforme, Moore. (Fig. 807.) — Found at Ayburn Wylce, 

 near Scarborough, by Mr. J. Ilorsfall, and made known to the 

 public by Messrs. Stansfield, of Todmorden. This elegant dwarf 

 variety somewhat resembles multifidum, differing in the apuseform 

 or fish-like outline of its fronds. Length from eight to ten inches, 

 width in the widest part, (that is in the middle of the frond,) 

 two to four inches. My thanks are due to Mr. Edwards, of 

 Nuttal, for a j)lant, from which the illustration has been 

 taken. 



