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ASPIDIUM FILIX-MAS, Vak. Acrocladon. 



PLATE HV. 



Lastrea filix-mas, var. acrocladon, Clapham, MS. 



Aspidium — Shield Fern. Filix-mas — Male Pern. 



Acrocladon — Branched ends. 



In the Section Lastrea of Authors. 



A VERY beautiful variety of the Male Fern, raised from 

 spores by Mr. Clapham, of Scarborough. The fronds are 

 elegant in shape, the pinnules deeply incised, and the apices 

 of the pinnae multifid, being most so at the base of the frond, 

 and scarcely so at the upper portion, near the apex. 



Length of frond two feet. 



My thanks are due to Mr. Clapham, of Scarborough, for the 

 frond figured. 



