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above the base, the frond terminating- abvui)tly at the full width 

 as if eaten off; here there is a thickening of the costa, and 

 then a portion of a second frond is as it were attached to its 

 apex, singularly depauperate on one side, and normal on the 

 other. Apex pointed. 



Fig. 752. 



Gloveuii, Stansjicld. (Fig. 752.) — A dwarf much-branched 

 variety, somewhat resembling a diminutive form of glomeratum. 

 The stem branching and rc-branching, and the leafy portion 

 branching and re-branching several times. Length four inches, 

 and width four inches. The illustration is from Mr. Glover. 



Distortum-Jamesii, Lowe. — Found in Guernsey by Mr. 

 James. Fronds narrow, breadth half an inch, length eight or 

 ten inches. Some fronds have the outline of gnarled oak 

 leaves, sometimes branched in the middle; apex multifid, costa 

 curving or flexuose, margin irregular, as if bitten off. Lamina 

 interrupted, some grotesquely lobate. Copiously soriferous. 

 This is distortum of Moore. 



Marginato-furcans, Loioe. — A dwarf marginato-dentate 

 variety, with a pointed furcate apex. Length eight inches. 

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