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POLYPODIUM VULGARE, Var. Truncatum. 

 Moore. 



Polypodium — Polypody. Vulgare — Common. Truncatum — Truncated. 



An interesting variety, well worthy of cultivation. Rare. 



Discovered at Windermere, by Mr. Clowes. 



In this variety the lobes are profoundly serrated, the lobules 

 being minutely serrated. 



The fronds are occasionally truncate, the leafy portion being 

 absent, and the veins projecting so as to form irregular points. 



The pinnaa are alternate. 



Length twelve inches, or more. 



The frond for illustration was kindly forwarded by Mr. 

 Clowes, of Windermere. 



POLYPODIUM VULGAEE, Var. Marginatum. 



Folypodium — Polypody. Vulgare — Common. Marginatum — In 



reference to the margin. 



A DISTINCT variety. 



This Fern differs in having the epidermis of the under 

 surface of the frond split away, as it were, from the margins 

 of the lobes, and receding towards the mid-vein. 



Variety marginatum is very rare. 



My thanks are due to Mr. Monkman, of Malton, for the 

 frond which is here figured. 



