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ATHYRTUM FILIX-FCEMINA. 



A most interesting variety. My thanlvs are due to Mr. Barnes, 

 of Milnthorpe, for fronds. 



Fig. 412.— Middle pinna. 



Undulatum, Moore. (Fig. 412,)— Foand in Guernsey, by 

 Mr. J. James, of Vauvert. A large broad form of the incisum 

 class. Stipes and rachis red. The fronds, exclusive of the 

 stipes, fourteen inches long and eight inches broad. Pinnae 

 flexuose, broad, somewhat irregular, crowded, their apices 

 acuminate. Pinnules lanceolate, acute, almost pinnate, stalked, 

 crowded, and very leafy. Lobes somewhat wavy on their edges. 

 Sori minute, situated near the costa. The illustration is from 

 Mr. James' frond. 



Fig. 413.— Middle of Frond. 



Fig. 414.— Middle of Frond. 



Variabile, Moore. (Figs. 413 and 414.) — Found in 1861 

 near Levens, by Mr. Barnes. A dwarf slender variety, with 



