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SCOLOPEMDUIUM VULGAKE. 



Fis:. 637. 



Fig. 638, 



Ptyoides, Loioe. (Fig. 637.) — Found in Devonshire by Mr. 

 W. Edwards, of Nuthall, Nottinghamshire. Length eight inches. 

 Base truncate. A frond of thick substance, here and there split 

 to the midrib. From the centre of the frond the midrib branches, 

 and each branch again branches. The upper half of the frond 

 is much laciniated. Veins distinct and club-headed below the 

 branching half of the frond, but on the branching portion 

 indistinct. My thanks are due to Mr. Edwards for the plant 

 from which the illustration is taken. 



Crispum-grandidens, Lotce. (Fig. 638.) — A remarkable 

 sport of crisjmm, found in North Wales by Mr. Clift, of Balsall 

 Heath, Birmingham, and now in my possession. It resembles 



