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ATHYinUM FII,1X-F(EM1NA. 



Fig. 351 —Pinna. 



FuRciLLATUM, Moore. (Fig. 351.) — A lax multifid form, 

 found at Nettlecombe, Somersetshire, by Mr. C. Ehvortliy. 

 Fronds fourteen inches long, and five inches wide. Kachides 

 slender. Pinnae distant, narrow, tapering to a long slender- 

 caudate point, the tip of which is slenderly furcate, and 

 divided into a tuft of flat brief segments. The apex of the 

 frond is also two or three times divided into narrow forkinsr 

 segments. Pinnules distant, sessile, and decurrent, oblong 

 acutish, and pinnatifid or iuciso-dentate above, narrowing near 

 the base into the entire decurrent portion. Remarkable for 

 its narrow terminal forks and lax habit. Fronds have been 

 sent by Mr. Elworthy, and also by Mr. P. Neill Frascr, of 

 Edinburgh. 



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Fig. 352. — Middle pinna. 



Glomeratum, Moore. (Fig. 35.'2.) — A very handsome and 

 remarkable variety, received from Mr. Ivery, of Dorking. The 

 fronds are about fourteen inches in length, and from four 

 to four inches and a half wide. Pinnre usually subopposite, 



