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ATHYRIUM FILIX-FCKMINA. 



distinct, at least as regard all the fronds I have seen, 

 illustration is from Messrs. Stansfield. 



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Fig. 397.— Shewing form of Frond. Fig. 398.— Middle pinna. 



Fig. 3!)9. — Middle of lower portion. 



Ramo-depauperatum, Monhman, MSS. (Figs. 397, 398, 

 and 399.) — Found hy Mr. Monkman in Yorkshire. Stipes and 

 rachis purple. Fronds slender, aiid of thin substance. Length 

 eighteen inches, becoming twin-branched or even triple-branched 

 at four inches above the caudex. Pinnae in the basal half of 

 each frond depauperate, and occasionally so in the upper 

 portion, their apices acuminate, often dilate and furcate. Pinnules 

 stalked, pyramidal, divided to the costa with sharp-pointed very 

 narrow teeth. The abnormal pinnules very various in form. 

 My thanks are due to Mr. Monkman, of IMalton, for fronds. 



Ramuloso-Monkmanit, Louie. — This variety differs con- 

 siderably from the ramulosum found at Windermere, by Mr. 

 F. Clowes. Mr. Clowes' variety is large, stout, and broad, 

 namely, twenty inches long, by nine inches and a half broad, 

 dividing into two fronds eight inches below the ajaex, and then 



