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ASPLENIUM MARINUM. 



above the caves at Kynance Cove, near the Lizard, on the 

 Devon coast, as well among the granite boulders as in the 

 fissures of the multi-coloured Serpentine. About one third 

 ramose, the pinnse being irregularly shortened, or reduced, and 

 frequently wanting. No two fronds alike. A variable ramose 

 form, in which the pinnae differ much in size and shape, and 

 ia which the frond sometimes branches and re-branches several 

 times. Length of frond eight inches, width, across the ramose 

 apex, (when most ramose,) about four inches. The illustration 

 is an exaggerated form sent by Mr. Monkman. 



Fig, 538. — Middle pinnae. 



Fig. 539.— Base. 



Laxum, Loioe. (Figs. 538 and 539.)— Found in the Burron, 

 County Clare, by Mr. F. J. Foot, of the Geological Survey of 

 Ireland. Length of frond from two to three feet, pinnae very 

 lax, especially on the lower part of the frond. Stipes and 

 rachis very cbeneous. Not unlike Asplenium Icetum in general 

 appearance. The basal pinnae an inch apart and smallest at 

 the base, gradually becoming larger to about five inches below 

 the apex, and then slightly narrowing. Scarcely auricled, t)nly 

 shewing traces of this appendage, triangular-elongate near the 

 base, and linear-oblong from the centre of the frond upwards. 

 Simple, with a shallow serrated margin. My thanks are due 

 to Mr. Foot for fronds. 



