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SCOLOPENDRIUiVfc VTJLGARE. 



Clift, of Balsall Heath, Birmingham, and now in my possession. 

 One half the length of the frond is naked, the leafy portion 

 coriaceous and narrow, with a smooth even margin. The frond 

 terminating in a large compact multifid head, very leafy, and 

 uncut on the margins. Length twelve inches. Sori sparingly 

 distributed. 



Fig. 641. 



Patulum, Lowe. (Fig. 641.) — A very large form of ramosum 

 found at Littleham, Devonshire, by the Rev. C. Padley, of 

 Beaconfield, near Plymouth. The rachis branches in the 

 middle of the frond, and each of these branches divides 

 repeatedly. Undulate. My thanks are due to the Rev. C. 

 Padley for the frond illustrated. 



