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variety) ; optanciiivi (Fig. 14), having confluent irregular 

 pinna;, with no two aIil^;e either in form or in the incised 

 margin; and nntidfido-irrcgiilarc (Y'vg. 13), with unequal-sized 

 pinna;, some ot great length, and others less than the lobes 

 of the larger pinna; — in this variety the apex of the frond is 

 branched. Mr. Clapham, of Scarborough, and Mr. Monkman, 

 ot Malton, raised varieties that in some respects were similar 

 to iiniltifido-irrcgiilare, and the former raised one almost 



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Fig. II. — SihyJ. Much reduced. {See page 76.) 



identical from a mi.xture of trapeziforvie and raniositin added 

 to parallehiin. 



In 1882 the author repeated these experiments of 1S70 and 

 1879, and raised Ella having long, broad pinna;, crenate from 

 the base, the lowest pinna; being broadly auriculate. The 

 apex of the frond is bluntly caudate, if such an expression may 

 be used. The fronds are \ i inches long and 3 inches broad. 

 Katlilecii was raised at the same time ; this is a smooth strap- 

 shaped variety, having an acute-pointed frond, ending suddenly. 

 The pinna; are not auriculed, and are subrotund in form. 



