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Fig. 516.— Apex. 



Ramosum, Lowe. (Fig. 516.) — A very interesting form, found 

 by the Rev. C. Padley, of Beaconfield, Plymouth, near his 

 residence. Fronds bright shining green, very smooth, and of 

 the obtusum section; the main stipes branching an inch below 

 the apex, and these again branching two or three times. 

 Pinnules but little divided. Length six inches. My thanks 

 are due to Mr. Padley for fronds. 



Fig. 517. — Middle pinnie. 



Obtusatum, Moore. (Fig. 517.) — Comparatively dwarf, being 

 from two to eight inches; and ovate-acuminate in form. The 

 smaller specimens bipinnate; pinnae brief and bluntly triangular, 

 pinnules roundish-obovate and very indistinctly toothed. The 

 larger specimens tripinnate, their primary and secondary pin- 

 nules corresponding with the pinnae and pinnules of the small 

 specimens. Found at Sandgate, Kent, Torquay, Wensleydale, 

 Highfield House, near Nottingham, Nottingham Park; in 



