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ATHYRIUM FILIX-F(EM1NA. 



combe, by Mr. J. Morse. An exceedingly Iiandsome and distinct 

 variety. Length of frond eighteen inches, bipinnate, pinna? 

 distant. The apex of the frond exjjands into a large multifid- 

 crispy head, broader than the frond. The chief characteristic 

 is the large size of the multifid apex, which is three inches 

 and a half in length and five inches in width, being composed 

 of a dense mass of segments, forming a somewhat circular 

 crispy bunch. Another characteristic is the small inconspicuous 

 tassels of the pinnte. My thanks are due to Mr. Swynfen 

 Jervis, of Darlaston Hall, and to Mr. Elworthy, of Nettle- 

 combe, for fronds. An illustration is unnecessary. 



Fig. 354.— Pinna. 



Incisum, Hoffmann, (^Athyrium jilix-fcemina, var. iticisum, 

 Newman, Sowerby, Moore; Athyrium incismn, Newman; 

 Athyrimn cyclosorum, Ruprecht; and Polypodium incisum, of 

 Hoffmann.) (Fig. 354.) — A widely spread and not uncommon 

 variety. It has been found at Penryn, in Cornwall, by Mr. 

 G. Dawson; at Marwood and Bittadon, in Devonshire, by the 

 Rev. F. Mules; Nettlecombe, Somersetshire, by Mr. C. Elworthy; 

 at Bath, by myself; at Mayford, Surrey, by Mr. T. Moore; 

 Daylesford, in Worcestershire, by Mr. H. Buckley; in Here- 

 fordshire by Mr. G. Dale; Castle Malgwyn, Pembrokeshire, by 

 Mr. W. Hutchison; at Chaigeley Manor, near Clitheroe, Lan- 

 cashire; near Ambleside; in Teesdale; and at Corby Castle, 

 near Carlisle, by myself; at Edinburgh, and in County Donegal, 

 County Mayo, County A^"icklow, and County Dublin, by Mr. 



