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LOMARIA SPICAXT, Var. IIeteroi'Iiyllum. 

 Moore. 



PLATE XX. A. 



Lomuria — From Ivma, an edge, in reference to the position of the 

 spore-eases. Spicani — Spiked. Ileterophyllum — Different-leaved. 



Found at Tunbridge Wells, by ]\Ir. WoUaston, and subse- 

 quently on Ben Lawers, Scotland, by Mr. James Horsfall. 



On this variety are produced fronds in which the lobes are 

 wholly or partially absent, and frequently becoming semicircular 

 in form; inciso-dentate. 



Length of sterile frond four inches. 



Another variety of a British species. Constant. 



The frond for illustration was forwarded by Mr. Stansficld, 

 of Vale Garden, Todmordcn. 



LOMARIA SPICANT, Var. Lmbkicatum. 



PLATE XX. 1!. 



Lomaria — From loma, an cdfje, in reference to the position of the 

 spore-cases. Spicant — Spiked. Imhricatum — Imbricated. 



Found in 1858, in the Y&\e of Todmorden, by Mr. J. 

 Horsfall. 



Pinnides approximate and even crowded, so much so that 

 there are fifty pairs in a frond three inches in length; they 

 are exceedingly narrow at the base, and become largest in the 

 centre of the frond. 



Base scaly. 



A hardy constant variety of a British Fern. 



The frond for illustration was forwarded by Mr. Stansfield, 

 of Todmorden. 



