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Ramosum-majus, Ch/i/uim. (Plate LV.) — Foinul at iraLiirn 

 Wike, near Scarborougli, by ]\Ir. E. AVoodall, and raised lioin 

 spores by Mr. Clapliam, of Settle. Fronds eighteen inches 

 long; stipites very thiek, and branching into several broad 

 fronds, cordate below, apex attenuated, somewhat undulate and 

 crenate, the multifid tufts frequently crossing each other. For 

 fronds I am indebted to ^Ir. Clapham, of Scarborougli; Mr. 

 Monkman, of Malton; and Messrs. Stansfield, of Todmorden. 



Fig. 701 



Fis. 704. 



RAMO-rROLiFEiiUM, Clapham. (Fig. 703.) — Kaised from 

 spores by Mr. Clajjham, of Scarborough. Two or three branched 

 below, each three inches in length, dividing in the middle into 

 two divisions, and again dividing and the apices si)lit. Mar- 

 ginate and coarsely serrated. A\'i(lth less than a quarter of an 

 inch. Similar forms have been raised from sj^ores by the late 

 Mr. Jackson and myself, A pretty dwarf form. 



RAMO-rALMATUM Loicc. (Fig. 704.) — Length three inches. 

 Twin-frondcd at the base, dccurreut, almost naked to the costa, 

 except an inch below the apex, where each expands into 

 hand-shaped, deeply lacerate multifid heads, more than an inch 

 in width. In the sinuses of the lacerations at the base is a 

 thin transparent skiu-likc membrane. 



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