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ASPLEXIUM LANCEOLATUM. 



aclnate upwards, and confluent in the upper half. Much 

 imbricated. The lower pinnee bluntly triangular, above obliquely 

 and transversely oblong, in the upper half crenately lobed. 



Fig. 498.— Apex. 



BiFiDUM, Lowe. (Fig. 498.) — A dwarf form found in 

 Devonshire, differing in having the fronds bifid near the apex. 

 Length of frond four inches. 



Fig. 49!!.— MiiliJlc ])iiiiia. 



KiTSONi^, Lowe. (Fig. 499.) — A large-growing lax form, 

 found in Devonshire by JNIiss Kitson. Length of frond fourteen 

 inches, of which the basal two inches and a half is the rachis; 

 the distance between the basal and next pair of pinna; two 

 inches and a half, then half an inch apart and alternate, the 

 two basal pairs being sub-opposite. The frond widest in the 

 centre, and nearly equal in size, very gradually tapering 

 towards the apex. Pinna; everywhere lax, decurrent above, 

 their apices blunt. Pinnules lax and dentate, the superior 



