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LOMARIA SPICANT. 



CoNFERTA, Lowe, {confcrtum, Clapham.) (Fig. 794.) — An 

 interesting, dwarf, elegant form, found by Mr. A. Clapham, 

 at Ilkley, in Yorkshire, in 1863. Pinnae crowded and imbri- 

 cated, narrow at the base, widening to the centre, and then 

 narrowing to the apex. The pinnce blunt at their apices, with 

 an abrupt, sharp, thorn-like point. 



Projecta, Lowe, {projectum, Moore.) (Fig. 795.) — Found 

 near Ben Lawers by Messrs. Stansfield, of Todniorden. Sterile 

 fronds very narrowly linear-lanceolate, the base and apex 

 tapering, being half an inch wide in the centre. Lobes bluntly 

 rounded and contracted, except here and there normal, and 

 therefore projecting beyond the narrow outline. 



Fig. 79G. — Middle portion of Frond. 



Fig. 797 — Middle portion of Frond. 



Eetusa, Loice, {retusnm, Clapham.) (Fig. 796.) — An interest- 

 ing Fern. Length seven inches, width in the centre one inch 

 and a quarter. Pinnae retuse and curving. Found by Mr. A. 

 Claj^ham, of Scarborough, at Ilkley, Yorkshire, in 1863. 



Crispato-imbricata, Loice, {crisjmto-imhricatum, Stansfield.) 

 (Fig. 797.) — Length eight inches. An imbricated crispate form, 

 with flexuose pinnae. 



Interrupta, Loice, {intcrrnptum, Wollaston.) — Found near 

 Tunbridge Wells by ]\Ir. Wollaston, and at Castle Howard by 

 Mr. C. Monkman. Variable. Some fronds multifid, or near 



