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membrane, as well as the under surface of the frond exterior 

 to this membrane, are soriferous. Mr. G. B. WoUaston has in 

 his possession a variety with multifid apices. 



Laceratum, Moore, {imlmatum, serratum, and e7icUcicefoUum, 

 of Gardens.) (Fig. 610.) — An exceedingly fine form found at 

 Taunton, in Somersetshire, by Mr. J. Young; and in Yorkshire 

 by Mr. A. Clapham, of Ramsdale Bank, Scarborough. Fronds 

 variable, frequently short and broad. Length six to ten inches, 

 breadth above the still wider base three inches. Sub-deltoid, 

 the margin profoundly inciso-lobate, the lobes being crowded, 

 elongate, tapering, or multifid-crisped at their apices; occasionally 

 longer and narrower, with (on either side of the base) elongate 

 branch-like lobes, and being in fact hastate; the margin 

 inciso-lobate, with narrow elongate tapering and projecting 

 lobes. The apex either slightly or densely multifid-crisped. 

 The basal lobes are occasionally four inches long, an inch 

 wide, and expanded into a multifid cristate tuft almost two 

 inches in width. This variety is known by its numerous 

 projecting lobes, its profoundly-cut subpinnatifid margin, and 

 multifid crisped character. My thanks are due to Mr. 

 Clapham, of Scarborough; Mr. E. Cooling, of Derby; Mr. 

 Edwards, of Nuthall, Nottinghamshire; and to Mr. Clift, of 

 Balsall Heath, near Birmingham, for plants; and to Mr. 

 Monkman, of Malton; Mr. Elworthy, of Nettlecombe; the 

 Rev. C. Padley, of Beaconficld; and Mr. Swynfen Jervis, of 

 Darlaston Hall, near Stone, Staffordshire, for fronds. 



SuBPiNNATUM, Moove. (Fig. 611.) — Found at Ilfracombe, 

 Devonshire, by Mr. J. Dadds. A singular dwarf variety of the 

 variahile section. Fronds six inches in length, and almost two 

 inches broad. The fronds are split to the costa into several 

 irregular rounded wedge-shaped lobes, often distant, with an 

 open sinus occasionally overlapping. Base unequal, the costa 

 near the centre often for the length of an inch bare, so that 

 the lamina is separated. 



SuBCORNUTUM, Tciit. (Fig. 612.) — Introduced by Mr. A. 

 Tait, of Edinburgh. A handsome form, with rigid, coriaceous, 

 upright-growing fronds. Length six to eight inches, somewhat 



