ATHYUIUM FILIX-l''(EMINA. 



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Fig. 395. — Upper pinna. 



PuRPUUEUM, Iloi't. (Fig. o95.) — Length of frond thirty 

 inches, of which ten inches is the stipes; width eleven inches. 

 Lanceolate in form. Pinn?c distant below, approximate upwards, 

 the basal pinn?e nearly three inches apart, in the centre of the 

 frond only an inch. The lower pinnse flexuose, the upper 

 slightly ascending; length five inches and a half, width one inch 

 and a half. The larger pinnules three quarters of an inch long, 

 deeply divided, auricu.late. Pinnules stipitate. Sori copious, 

 lunulate, and small. Rachis and stipes of a purplish red 

 colour. Found at Osmaston Manor, near Ashbourne, in great 

 abundance. I am indebted to Mr. Monkman, of jNIalton, and 

 to Mr. Wright, of Osmaston Manor, for fronds. 



Fig. 396.— Middle portion. 



Pygm^um, Moore. (Fig. 396.) — A dwarf variety. Length 

 of frond seven inches. The pinnules variously laciniatcd and 

 depauperated, the anterior basal pinnule much longer than 

 the others. Not unlike laciniato-conjiuens , and not sufficiently 



