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mostly short forkings. During the afternoon over 40 
abnormal tips were discovered, about 30 of them slight 
forked, 10 were with forks an inch or so long, 4 had 
divisions 114 inch deep, 4 about two inches long, 2 abou 
three inches, 2 about four inches, and one was forked 
three times. 
The finest specimen collected in 1917 bears five d 
tinct tips, the central one about the size and position 
a normal tip, with a double-tipped lobe on either § 
below it, making a cross-shaped ending of the frond, 
measuring 214 inches across, about 34 of an inch belo 
the centre tip. I am satisfied if I find half a dozen welt 
forked specimens on a single trip, such as those num- 
bered 6, 8, 11, 23, 24 and 21 on plate 5. A great ma 
similar to numbers 2, 15, 16 and 10 may be picked 
almost any time. Specimens like 12, 13 and 26 are 
unfortunately only the freak tip was preserved, as 11 ee 
not able to carry the whole frond, which was an UWF 
starved fronds are found forking too and this seems « 
disprove the theory, as specimen No. 25 would indicate 
which is about as completely forked as one can desit 
It is not an uncommon thing to find more than 
forked frond on a single root, and sometimes several 
found together. Similar ones to Nos. 24 and 26 
frequently found under the others, as the stem seems 
equal to the task of supporting a matured well-fork® 
fertile frond. On my last trip I searched for fors® 
fronds of the previous year’s growth, as the old ones 
were still green and nearly perfect, though prostra 
and covered with decaying leaves, and in no case S 
