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ATHYRIUM FILIX-FCEMINA. 



tassel, four inches and a half in width. Length of frond 

 fourteen inches. My thanks are due to Mr. Elworthy for 

 fronds. 



Fig, 463.— Middle pinnjE. 



Plumoso-multifidum, Stansjield. (Fig. 463.) — Found some 

 five or six years ago on Ben Lawers, Scotland, by Mr. "W. 

 Marshall. A feathery form of multifidum. Fronds of moderate 

 size. Pinnse crowded. Pinnules plumose; the tips of the 

 pinnae and the apex of the frond multifid. I am indebted 

 to Messrs. Stansfield for the illustration. 



Fig. 464.— Middle pinnffi. 



Stipatum, Wollasto7i. (Fig. 464.) — Found at Dolgelley in 

 1864, by Mr. Bruce Findlay. This appears to be the Gi'aiitice 

 of Messrs. Sim. A dwarf form with a very broad stipes 

 and rachides. Pinnse crowded, pinnules crowded. Pinnae 

 linear -lanceolate. The illustration is from Messrs. Stansfield, of 

 Todmorden. 



Latipes, Moore. — Found near Doncaster by Mr. S. Appleby. 

 Fronds pyramidal, and about twenty-six inches in length, and 

 nine inches in width across the base, where broadest. Stipes 

 nearly twelve inches long. Pinnae more than two inches in 

 width. Pinnules large and coarse, two inches in length, the 



