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Fig. 489.— Apex. 



Laciniato-laxum, Loive. (Fig. 481).) — A singular form 

 raised from spores in 1865, in the Vale Nurseries, Todniordeu, 

 by Messrs. Stansfield. Fronds six inches long and two broad. 

 A lax slender form. FinnsB sub-opposite, distant, and membra- 

 naceous. Various in form, and terminating laciniately. Pinnules 

 very various in size and form, and laciniate. The illustration 

 is from Messrs. Stansfield, of Todmorden. 



L ACINI atum, Mooi'e. (Plate XXXIX — A.) — An interesting 

 dwarf variety, originally found at Xettlecombe, by Mr. C. 

 Elworthy. Subsequently a number of varieties differing some- 

 what from laciniatum have been referred to this species by 

 Mr. Thomas Moore; these were found near Thirsk, Yorkshire, 

 by Mr. A. Clapham; Todmorden, by Mr. A. Stansfield; Prescott, 

 by Mr. R. Morris; Balcombe, Sussex, by Mr. G. Hankey; 

 Edinburgh, by Mr. A. Tait; Scarborough, by Mr. A. Clapham; 

 and in the north of Ireland, by Mr. A. Stansfield. A difhcult 

 form to describe on account of the variable character of its 



