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manner, into two much-branched, very leafy heads, five inches 

 in width, contracted above the forking, and between the forks 

 cornute. 





Fig. 763. 



Fig. 764. 



Papilloso-irregulare, Monkman. (Fig. 763.) — This form 

 also producing the series of wart-like excrescences on the 

 upper surface. The fronds lobate at the base, then depau- 

 perate to the centre of the frond, the leafy portion all but 

 wanting. General outline of the upper surface almost normal 

 and slightly undulate, papillose and muricatcd. Width one inch 

 and a quarter in the upper half, and only a quarter of an inch 

 in the basal half. Length fourteen inches. The illustration 

 is from Mr. Monkman. 



CoRRUGATO-CRisTATUM, Icevy. (Fig. 764.) — A dwarf form 

 with a multifid-crested apex. Sori copious. Corrugated. Length 



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