l.OMAltIA Sl'lCANT, 



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(liscovcior, Mv. Aronkman, of ^falton, wlio holds tlu' only plant 

 known, and sends the fronds for illustration. Mr. ^lonkman 

 first named this fine plant ramo-cristatum, but in consequence 

 of tlu> more markedly fan-like forms assumed by the strongly- 

 developed fronds, and the constantly increasing tendency to 

 dichotomous forking, he was induced to ado])t th(> name 

 '\f ((1)0110(11)71" as being the most descriptive. Th(> plant is 

 robust, but has not yet proved fertile. The fronds branch into 

 two, three, or four, at the stipes, each division again repeatedly 

 forking, and the same process repeating until the Habellate 

 form is made ui) of a dense nriss of foliage. The large flat 

 fronds hanging over the pot are v(>ry striking. 



Fis. 824. 



Fig. 825. 



Margixato-iukegl j.AKi:, Loicc. (Fig. 824.) — Normal in size, 

 the peculiarity consisting in the variable character of the pinna^, 

 no two being alike, some depauperate, truncate or branched, 

 making an irregular outline. 



CoNFLUENS, Lowe. (Fig. 825.) — Pinnu' irregular in size, 

 form, and ])Osition, a portion ov('i-lai)})ing (-acli sithei-. Frond 

 normal in si/e. 



