

Apex of Frond. 



POLYPODIUM PHEGOPTERIS, Var. Multifidum. 



Lowe. 



Polypodium — Polypody. Pkegopteris — Beech Fern. 



Multifidum— MuW^i^A. 



This interesting variety was found by myself in great 

 abundance in 1857, near Stockghyll Force, Ambleside. 



In form it resembles the normal form of Polypodium 

 pkegopteris, the distinctive feature consisting in its being 

 irregularly niultifid. 



