ATHYRIUM FILIX-F(EMINA. 



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lowest sessile and the others adnate, pointing forwards, ovate- 

 lanceolate in shape, profoundly pinnatifid. Teeth irregular 

 and coarse. Sori remarkably large. A most singular variety. 



Fig. 46-5.— Apex. 



OiiBicuLATUM, Lotoe, ( Capitatiim, Padley, MS.) (Fig. 465.) — 

 This very fine variety was raised by Mr. Elworthy, of Xettle- 

 combe, from spores. It has been named capitatum by the Rev. 

 Charles Padley, who seems to have been unaware of the fact 

 that a variety capitatum already exists. A depauperate form, 

 eleven inches in length, having a much-branched rounded 

 head of four inches in width, and almost as much in depth. 

 The pinnse are mostly sub-opposite, many wanting, some an 

 inch in length, others not a quarter of an inch, the pinnules 

 at their base diminutive, widening considerably towards the 

 apex, and becoming branched or capitate. The apex of the 

 frond terminating in a compact large crest, branching and 



