ASPLENIUM LANCEOLATUM. 



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sluillowcr upwards. Distinctly toothed, the teeth being small 

 and transparent. This form is remarkable for its denticulated 

 marijin and small sori. I am indebted to ^Ir. Ivery, of 

 Dorking, for plants, and to the Rev. C. Padley, of Beaconfield , 

 near Plymouth; Mr. Cooling, of Derby; and Mr. Edwards, of 

 Nuttall, for fronds. 





Fig. 407.— Frond. 



A. dwarf singular variety. 



Caudatum, Lowe. (Pig. 497.) 

 much less divided, bipinnate; pinna) distant, the lower ones 

 divided to the costa, the upper ones simply aviriculate. The 

 frond terminating in a caudate apex. Densely soriferous to 

 the top of the frond. Raised from spores. Length of frond 

 four to five inches. 



Claphamii, Moore. — An accidental seedling in the fernery 

 of Mr. Clapham, of Scarborough. Nearly allied to microiloii, 

 but having yet narrower almost parallel-sided fronds, with an 

 irregular or sinuated margin, and a brief narrowed ajiex. 

 Length of frond five inches, and three fourths of an inch 

 wide; linear-acute in form. Pinna; nearly ecjual in size, 

 sessile, with a narrow attachment at the base, becoming more 



