104 



ATHYRIUM FILIX-FCEMINA. 



years ago Mvs. Riley, of Papplewick, Nottinghamshire, had a 

 variety ahnost identical with the present form. For fronds I 

 am indebted to Mr. Edwards, of Nuttall. 



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Fig. 433.— Middle pinna. 



Fig. 434. — Lower portion. 



MoxEis'SE, Clapham. (Figs. 433 and 434.) — Gathered in the 

 Isle of Man, in July, 1864, by Mr. A. Clapham, of Scarborough. 

 A singular form, with various fronds of about twenty inches 

 in length, some broad, others narrow, the upper half consider- 

 ably contracted, or only contracted at the ai^ex. Pinnae usually 

 much contracted near their apices, and then dilated at their 

 extreme ends, occasionally widest at the apex. Pinnules 

 simple, much cut, and the teeth very grotesque, some wanting, 

 others minute. The illustrations are from ]\Ir. Clapham, of 

 Scarborough. 



LoNGRiDGENSE, Lowe. — A large-growing upright form found 

 at the side of Longridge Fell, near Chaigeley Manor, 

 Lancashire, by myself, on the 12th. of August, 1865. Length 

 of frond four feet, width nine inches. The peculiarity consists 

 in all the segments of the pinnules curling over, and almost 



