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Fig. 461.— Apex. 



Fig. 462.— Middle pinna. 



DiADEMATiJM, Loioe. (Figs. 461 and 462.) — An exceedingly 

 handsome form raised from sjjores by Mr. Elworthy, of 

 Nettlecombe. In the narrow outline of the frond not unlike 

 formoso-cristatum. Pinnae remote, ascending, short, and ter- 

 minating in a much-crested head of above an inch wide. 

 Pinnules ovate-oblong, dentate, and rounded at their apices, 

 but not dilated as in formoso-cristatum. Some of the pinnules 

 attached their whole width to the rachides, erose, depauperate, 

 or wanting. The frond terminating in a much-branched dense 



