ATIIYRIUM FILIX-FCEMINA. 



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field, near Plvmouth. Fronds lon<^ and narrow. Pinnae 

 alternate, narrow, the tips blunt. The inferior pinnules mostly 

 minute and decurrent, the superior ones deeply divided and 

 sharply serrate. The superior basal pinnule longer than the 

 others. I am indebted to the Rev. C. Padley for fronds. 





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Fig. 419.— Shewing form of Frond. 



Fig. 420.— Middle portion. 



WiLLisoNiT, Willison. (Figs. 419 and 420.) — An extraordinary 

 looking dwarf distorted variety, found near AV^hitby by Mr. 

 Willison, a nurseryman of that town. Length of frond ten 

 inches and a half, of which seven inches is the stipes, 

 and only three inches the leafy portion of the frond, the 

 leafy portion being as wide as it is long. Stipes very scaly at 

 the base, Avith large reddish brown scales. Immediately below 



