ATHYRIUM FILIX-F(EMINA. 



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CoRYMBiFERUM, Moove. (Plate XXXVII.) — A very hand- 

 some, robust-growiufif, tasscled variety, found in Guernsey by 

 Mr. James, of Vauvcrt. It has been raised so abundantly from 

 spores, that this remarkably handsome variety is not uncommon. 

 It differs in the great breadth of its pinnules, in the larger 

 size of its tasseled apices, and by its red stipes and rachis. 

 Length of frond from eighteen inches to nearly three feet, and 

 from six to ten inches broad. Pinna3 approximate, oblong, but 

 slightly tapering towards the apex, the rachis dividing into three 

 branches about six or eight inches below the apex, each branch 

 being bijnnnate, and tufted corymbosely. Along the rachis of 

 these branches the pinnules are uninterruptedly continued, and 

 thus materially increasing the breadth of the tuft. Pinnules 

 broad, oblong, blunt, and somewhat connected, as in molle; 

 they are set immediately on the rachides, giving the frond a 

 peculiar breadth and fulness. The corymbose termination is 

 large and spreading, bearing pinnules throughout. My thanks 

 are due to Mr. James, of Vauvcrt, and to Mr. E. Cooling, of 

 Derby, for fronds. 



Fig. 321.— Pinna. 



CoRYMBiFERUM-LowEi, LoKc. (Fig. 321.) — Raised from 

 spores at Highfield House. Length of frond twenty-two inches, 

 width in centre eight inches. This form differs in the fiat 

 wide-spreading multifid apices of tlie pinna?, and in the flat 

 many-branched compact ultimate crest. It also differs in habit, 

 the fronds rising from the crown at an angle of about 50°, 

 the apices alone weeping. Being a young plant, next season 

 it is probable, that it may be e^•en finei- than in 1864. 



