BLECHNUM SPICANT 



Padley; both the stalk and the 

 midrib are winged, i.e. bear a 

 narrow, leafy portion on each side, 

 from which, instead of directly from 

 the midrib, the small, bluntly 

 toothed pinnae spring ; the very 

 long stalk bears these wings alone 

 for more than half the length of the 

 frond, the pinnss then commencing 

 abruptly ; vide the illustration. 



Parviceps. — Found at Ronstead 

 Gates by Mr. Hodgson ; small, star- 

 like crests. 



Paradoxum. — No beauty, but too 

 curious to omit, as it has a third 

 row of pinnae on the upper side of 

 the midrib ; found at Ramsdale by 

 Mr. G. Whitwell. 



Fig. 129. B. s. midtifurcatum. 



Fig. 130. B. s. Padley ense. 



