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Fig. MO.— Apex of Frond. 



Grandiceps, Lowe. (Fig. 5.'20.) — This most remarkable and 

 very rare Fern was discovered in Ireland by the Rev. R. Travers 

 Smith, who found it in an old wall at Tramore, ('ounty of 

 Waterford, and gave it to Mrs. B. Hone, of A^evay, Ballybrack, 

 Dalkey, near Dublin. Mrs. B. Hone forwarded fronds and a 

 plant of this singular variety. Length of frond eight inches, 

 width from an inch to an inch and a half, except at the 

 tasseled apex, where it becomes two inches and a half wide. 

 A depauperated variety, occasionally pinnte opposite, but more 

 frequently the opposite pinmc absent. Usually only three or 

 four pinnfe, the greater portion of the stipes being naked. 

 Pinna? leafy, variously cut and differing much from each other 

 in form; and much serrated on the margin. Two inches and a 

 half below the apex of the frond the stipes dilates and becomes 

 flat, and then branches and divides many times, forming a 

 more or less circular tassel termination with a cuneate base. 

 My thanks are due to Mrs. B. Hone for a plant and fronds. 



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