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P'ig. 234. P. ang. obtusissimum. 



Obtusissimum (Fig. 234). — Found at Ottery St. Mary by Mr. 

 G. B. Wollaston ; a very beautiful imbricate form with oval pin- 

 nules, also imbricate, with very small spines. 



Fig. 235. P. ang, oxyphyllum. 



Oxyphyllum (Fig. 235). — Found near Nettlecombe by Mr. 

 Elworthy ; an intermediate form between plumosum and acutilo- 

 bum, but nearer the latter. 



Parvissimum. — A very pretty, small, compact form raised by 

 Veitch, of Exeter ; misnamed, as others are smaller. 



Pendens Wills. — A handsome, broad-fronded, pendulous 

 variety. 



Perserratum Bayl^e, p. Patey, p. Wollaston. — These three 

 forms are similar, but distinct, the subdivisions are deeply cut and 

 very bristly ; medium growth. 



plumoso-divisilobum, p.-d. grande fox, p.-d. tenue fox, 

 p.-d. Baldwinii Jones and Fox, p.-d. densum Jones and Fox, 

 p.-d. imbricatum jones and fox, p.-d. laxum jones and fox, 



