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crowded very blimt pinnules, about 1 ft. high. — Woods and 

 banks. 8. Cumberland. Yorkshire. Wyck, Glouc. Glen 

 Isla, Forfar. P. VI. VII. Male Fern. , E.S.I. 



4. L. remo'ta (Moore) ; fronds narrowly lanceolate, pinnae 

 triangular-lanceolate lowermost pair slightly smaller, pinnules 

 acute with a narrow attachment deeply cut, clusters near the 

 midvein. — H. F. 22. — Rhizome tufted. Scales ovate-acumi- 

 nate and subulate. Much resembles X. spimtlosa. — Marshy 

 places. Windermere. P. VIII. IX. E. 



6. X. rig'ida (Presl) ; fronds triangular-lanceolate bipinnate 

 glandular, pinnse triangular-lanceolate lowermost pair not smaller 

 than the second, pinnules oblong blunt lobed and serrate with 

 a narrow attachment, segments 2— 5-toothed not spinulose, iiidu- 

 sium persistent fringed with stalked glands, stipe clothed teith 

 long-pointed 1-coloured scales. — 1£. F. 16. -B. £. S. 2724. iV. 

 191. — Fronds erect, lanceolate with the lower pinnje rather 

 short and triangular, or triangular with the lower pinnse long ; 

 upper pinnae narrow ; all pinnate. Pinnules truncate below. 

 Covered with minute stalked glands. Height 1 — 2 feet. — Ingle- 

 borough, Arnside Knot, and near Settle. P. VII. VIII. E. 



6. i. cristdta (Presl) ; fronds linear-lanceolate or narrower 

 subbipinnate glabrous, pinnse short triangular-oblong pinnatifid 

 or pinnate lowermost pair not smaller than the second, pinnules 

 oblong blunt or rarely acute serrate attached by their whole width 

 and connected below lowermost lobed and subtripinnatifid and 

 superior and inferior nearly equal, stipe with broad ovate acute 

 1-coloured (pale) scales. — Fronds erect, 2 ft. high. Indusium 

 without marginal glands. — a ; fronds nearly linear, pinnae pin- 

 natifid, pinnules blunt ; barren fronds broader. IT. F. 17. S. 10. 

 2f. 203. — /3. L. uUginosa (Newm.); fronds linear-lanceolate, 

 pinnae pinnate, pinntiles acute, barren and late fertile fronds 

 lanceolate, pinnae subpinnate, pinnules blunt.— Bogs and boggy 

 heaths, rare. P. VIH. E. 



7. L. spinuldsa (Presl) ; fronds oblong-lanceolate bipinnate 

 glabrous, pinnae triangular-oblong or -lanceolate lowermost pair 

 scarcely smaller than the second, pinnules ovate-oblong acute 

 incise-serrate with a narrow attachment inferior lowermost oftftri 

 lareest, stipe with ovate acute 1-coloured (pale) scales, rhi- 

 zome stout creeping.—S. 12. N. 203. S. F. 18.— Height S~^ 

 ft. • fronds nearly erect. Upper pinnules narrowed and de- 

 current below. Indusium without mai-ginal glands. — a ; pinnae 

 triangular oblong lowermost pair not smaller, pinnules with a 

 stalklike attachment lowermost nearly equal, stipe with ovate 

 omita scales. " Spores wharted." — ^Marshy places and wet 

 woods. P.Vni.li. E.S.I. 



