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Cacumene, Lowe. (Fii?. 714.)— Length twelve inches, widest 

 in the centre of the frond. The margin irregular, lobate and 

 lacerate, the apex contracted and forming a head of narrow 

 divergent lacerated flat branches. Found by Mr. W. Edwards, 

 in Devonshire. 



Fig. 714. 



Fig. 715. 



Lacertum, Lowe. (Fig. 715.) — Found at the Woodlands, 

 near AVTiitby, by Mr. W. Willison, of Whitby, and called by 

 him "The Lizard," hence the adoption of Lacertum, from the 

 flict that the apex of the frond frequently resembles the tail of 

 the lizard, and the lobes bear some resemblance to the paddles 

 of this reptile. The illustration is from Mr. Willison. 



Polycuspis-angustum, Moore. — Raised from spores in 1863 

 by Messrs. Stansfield, of the Vale Nursery, Todmorden. A 

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