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outline. The pinnre are soraewliat triangular, with acute apices, 

 profoundly pinnatifid, the segments narrow-oblong, or elliptic, 

 mostly acute and irregularly and profoundly serrated, tjie larger 

 ones often lobate. This variety has always been considered as 

 barren, but recently I have received fertile fronds from Mr. 

 Higgins' plant, and this, I think, is the only instance of the 

 plant being known to be fertile. Length of frond four to six 

 inches. My thanks are due to Mr. Joseph Henderson, of 

 Wentworth, for fronds gathered from an excellent specimen in 

 Earl Fitzwilliam's magnificent collection of Ferns. 



Fig. 549.— Frond. 



Fig. 550. — Upper portion. 



E.AMOSUM, Wollaston. (Fig. 549.) — Found in Devonshire, at 

 Newte's Hill, near Tiverton, and, somewhat abundantly, near 



