SCOLOrKNDUIUM VULGAUE. 



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raridhilo, dividing- in the lower portion of tlio costa, and sprcadinji^ 

 out l)v rcMX'atod contiiiuous forkings into a bunch six indies 

 across, the tips of the uUiniate h)bes being cristate. Length of 

 frond six inches. Fertik- in th(^ upjier portion. 



Fig. 708. 



CoNCAVO-RAMOsu>[, Lotcc. (Fig. 708.) — Kaised from s])ores 

 by Mr. CLaphani, of Scarborough. Length six to seven inches. 

 Fronds twin, dividing at the base of the stipites; the leafy 

 l)ortion only about two inches in length, branching at the base, 

 and branching and multifid at the ajjex, but scarcely dilated 

 beyond the general outline of the frond, the fronds being 

 concave. Lamina equal in width from the base to the apex, 

 the margin irregularly and shallowly cut. 



MuLTiFUiicATUM, MooTC. — Fouiid at Orchardleiii^h Park, 

 Frome, Somersetshire, by ]Mr. \s . V. Ayres. A dwarf varietv, 

 truncate at the base, bearing in the lower part a few distant, 

 acute, linear, projecting segments, more than half an inch m 

 length. Higher up the lobes are larger and longer, and become 



