CYSTOPTEKIS l-RA(ill,lS. 



433 



hraiiching- and cristate at the apex. Length eight inches. 

 My thanks are due to Mr. Elworthy i'or fronds. 



Fig. 852.— Base. 



Fig. 853.— Base. 



QuADRATA, Clapliam. (Fig. 852.) — Gathered in 18G5 by 

 Mr. A. Clapham, of Scarborough, near llydaL A narrow- 

 quadrate form, six inches in length. Pinnae sub-opposite, very 

 remote at the base. The apex of the pinnules and also the 

 lobes of the basal pinnules flat and minutely dentate. I am 

 indebted to Mr. Clapham for a frond. 



PuLCHERRiMA, Loice. (Fig. 853.) — Found in the lake dis- 

 trict by !Mr. James, of Vauvert. A form of Cystopteris fnujilis 

 not unlike TVoodsia ilceiisis in general appearance. Length 

 seven inches, width one inch and three quarters. l*inna; 

 ascending, very distant below. Pinnules narrow, with blunt 

 apices. Hirsute and copiously fertile. The illustration is from 

 Mr. James. 



Angustata, Smith. — A not uncommon form, found in Devon- 

 shire; at Matlock and Castleton, in Derbyshire; Yorkshire, 

 Westmorland, Cumberland, Carnarvonshire, Lough Gill, Sligo, 

 and in several parts of Scotland. Jjength twelve inches. Fronds 

 VOL. II. 3 K 



