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ATHYRIUM riLIX-FCEMINA. 





Fig. 344 — Pinna;. 



FissiDENS, Moore. (Fig. 344.) — Found near Nettlecombe 

 by JNIr. Charles Elworthy. Fronds very irregular in outline, 

 fifteen inches in length, and four inches in the widest part. 

 Pinna? very various in size, from half an inch to two inches 

 and a half, and very various in shape, many as if split down 

 the rachides, and only containing pinnules on the anterior side. 

 Pinna? very short on the basal half of the frond, wide in the 

 middle, and short again near the apex of the frond. Pinnules 

 various in size and form, the more developed ones much 

 laciuiated, depauperated, and many wanting; copiously dentate, 

 with long narrow teeth. The illustration is from Mr. Elworthy's 

 frond. I am also indebted to Mr. Swynfen Jervis, of Darleston 

 Hall, Staffordshire, for fronds. 



Fig. 345 — Portion of pinna. 



Fraserii, Loive. (Fig. 345.) — A handsome, broad-fronded 

 Fern, of a deep green colour, found in Larrington Glen, 

 Lanarkshire, in June, 1863, by Mr. P. Neill Fraser, of Canon 



