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ATHYRIUM FILIX-rCEMINA. 



1861 near Burneside by Mr. A. B. Taylor. Stipes and rachis 

 strong. Length of frond fourteen inches. Pinnae distant 

 below, approximate above, broad, and some multifid at their 

 tips, especially towards the apex of the frond. Pinnules 

 long, narrow, and rounded at their apices, finely and regularly 

 dentate, more dilated near the base of the frond, and the 

 inferior pinnules longest. Pinnae rapidly contracting in size, 

 and the frond terminating in a multifid apex. My thanks 

 are due to Mr. Barnes, of Milnthorpc, for fronds. 





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Fig. 405.— Middle pinna. 



SuBCRUCiFORME, Wollaston. (Fig. 405.) — Found in 1861 

 near Whitbarrow, by Mr. Barnes. A large-growing but delicate- 

 fronded Fern, remarkable for the almost cruciform shape of a 

 portion of the pinnules. The pinnae are long, narrow, and 

 pointed, the outline of the frond being symmetrical ; the pinnules 

 however vary in an extraordinary degree, the inferior pinnules 

 much longer, and more frequently normal than the inferior 

 ones. Some pinnules are of the form of a cross, others branching, 

 forked, or more or less depauperated. Only about one half of 

 the fronds are properly marked, the rest being normal. The 

 illustration is from Mr. Barnes' fronds. 



Fig. -106.— Pinna. 



Tenue, Moore. (Fig. 406.)— Found at Scarborough by Mr. 

 Clapham, and has proved constant in cultivation. A slender 



