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Ilfracombe, by Mrs. Chanter; in Ireland, on Quin Abbey, 

 County Clare, by Dr. Kinahan; near Windermere by Mr. F. 

 Clowes; near Keswick by Miss Wriijht; and in Owsnip Gill, 

 Swaledale, by Mr. Robert C. Brown, of Nottingham. A much- 

 branched variety. The rachis is two or three times forked, 

 and the apical lobes often enlarged and bifid or multifid. The 

 pinna; are not unfrequently irregular or depauperate, and as 

 often conspicuously crenate. The illustration is from Mr. 

 Brown's frond. 



BiFURCUM, Wollaston. (Fig. 5-50.) — Found near Maidstone 

 by Mr. G. B. Wollaston; on the wall of Hoddam Kirkyard, 

 in Dumfriesshire, by Mr. W. G. Johnstone; and in Owsnip 

 Gill, Swaledale, by Mr. Robert C. Brown, of Nottingham. Its 

 peculiarity consists in having the apical lobe dilated, and two 

 or three times forked. My thanks are due to Mr. Brown for 

 a plant and fronds. 



Fig. 551.— Apex. 



Fig. 552.— Apex, 



Katastakton, Loivc. (Fig. 551.) — An imbricated variety 

 raised from spores at llighficld House. Pinna; equal in size, 

 except near the base and apex, ovate, with somewhat cuneate 

 base, indistinctly crenate, and imbricated, usually more so than 

 the illustration. Length of frond two to three inches. 



Racimosum, Loice. (Fig. 552.) — I have three fronds of this 

 Fern sent to me by Messrs. Stansfield, of Todmorden, under 

 the name of hifurcum, but it is obviously distinct from that 

 variety. It is more dwarf. The pinnte are smaller, and the 

 crested heads of the furcate apex are very compact and leafy. 



