ATIIYRIUM riI.lX-F(EMINA. 



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DiVERSiFRONS, Moorc. — Raised from spores by Mr. Young, 

 of Taunton. A pretty variety, having broad fronds. This 

 variety jiroduccs two kinds of fronds, some not unlike incismn, 

 and others remarkably depauperately laeiniated. ]^inna} various 

 in length, and in their outline, some linear and tapering to a 

 point, others abbreviated and forked or hooked at the apex, 

 the whole rachis occupied by the pinnules, or considerable 

 bare irregular spaces. The pinnules irregularly jiinnatifid and 

 laeiniated, occasionally depauperated either in length or breadth. 

 An illustration is unnecessary. 





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Fig. 310.— Apex. 



CoRONATUM, Moore. (Fig. 319.) — A splendid dwarf Fern, 

 well named on account of its enormous crowded apex. Length 

 of frond eight inches, width one inch and a half, except the 

 terminal crown, which is at least three inches and a half 

 across. Eachis dilated from the centre of the frond, and 

 throwing out a number of branches, which cross each other, 



