382 LOMARIA SPICANT. 



in Westmorland by Miss Beevcr; near Black Holme, "Winder- 

 mere, by Mr. F. Clowes; in Ireland by Dr. AUcbin; Vale of 

 Todmorden and near Llanrwst by Mr. A. Stansfield; and near 

 Halifax. Sterile fronds lanceolate, more narrowed towards the 

 base than the apex. Length six to nine inches. Segments 

 distant, linear-obtuse, with dilated base, the lower ones rounded. 

 INIargins irregularly crenate-dentate, and recurved. Fertile 

 fronds twelve to eighteen inches, with very narrow segments. 



Pableyense, Lowe. (Fig. 787.) — A remarkable form, found 

 at Exmouth by the Rev. Charles Padley, of Beaconfield, Plymouth. 

 Length twelve inches. The basal seven inches and a half simply 

 winged linearly, being only one eighth of an inch wide, above 

 which suddenly above one inch and a half wide, the pinnee 

 being attached, as it were, to the exterior of this wing, serrated 

 with a rounded end. The illustration is from the Rev. C. Padley. 



Breviloba, Lowe, (hrevilohum of Moore.) — Found above Acre 

 Mill, Rosendale, by Mr. Stansfield. Frond three to four 

 inches long, narrow, the lobes only one eighth of an inch 

 in length. The apex confluent into a broad, terminal, obtuse 

 lobe. 



Angustifrons, Moore. — Found in the Vale of Todmorden 

 by Mr. Stansfield. Lax and thinner, widening to an inch in 

 the centre of the frond, and tapering off both to the base and 

 apex. Length ten inches. 



FissA, Lowe, (jissum, Moore.) — Found near Tunbridge Wells 

 and Todmorden. A large form, having the rachis at the apex 

 split down several inches, both sides bearing lobes, those on the 

 inner side being much the smallest. The apices sometunes 

 niultifid. 



Crispum-erectum. Ivery. — A handsome, dwarf, much-imbri- 

 cated erect form, received from Messrs. Ivery, of Dorking. 

 Length three inches. Xarrowing to the base. 



Crispa, Lowe, {crispum of Wollaston.) — Found in Broadwater 



