68 



ATHYRIUM riLIX-rCEMINA. 



Length eighteen inches, width three to four inches. A sub- 

 variety raised from this form has the pinnae very irregular in 

 size, and occasionally branched near the apex, in other respects 

 it is identical with latifolio-imbricatum. 



Fig. 370.— Middle pinnae. 



Lacineato-confluens, Moore. (Fig. 370.) — Anarrow-fronded 

 dwarf variety. Length of frond eight inches, width one inch 

 and a half. A laciniated and confluent variety. The illustration 

 is from Messrs. Stansfield, of Todmorden. 





FiK. 371.— Pinnae. 



Lacineato-lixeatum, Moore. (Fig. 37L) — A dwarf very 

 narrow-fronded bipinnate variety. Length of frond nine inches, 

 width less than an inch. Pinnae alternate, distant; lobes of the 

 pinnae laciniate, often minute, depauperate, or the dentation 

 alone present. The illustration is from Messrs. Stansfield. 



