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by their whole width or often connected below, clusters near the 

 midvein. — E. B. 1458. N. 198. — Fronds only slightly nar- 

 rowed downwards and the lowest pinna of considerable size, 

 rising in a circle from a tufted rhizome. Stipe and rachis 

 nearly glabrous, yellow, or densely clothed with purple scales. 

 Indusium very persistent, con-vex, with no marginal glands. 

 Height 2 — 4 ft. — a ; pinnules crowded linear-oblong blunt 

 slightly confluent broad-based adpressed-serrate. — ^.L. Borreri 

 (Newm.) ; stipe and rachis very scaly, pinnules truncate sub- 

 entire at the sides. — y. affinis ; pinnules less crowded longer 

 acutish narrow and often slightly auricled at their base, teeth 

 patent lower ones notched. Var. incisa Moore. — 8. L. dbhreviata 

 (DC.) ; clusters near the base of the confluent crowded very 

 blunt pinnules, about 1 ft. high. — Woods and banks. 8. 

 Cumberland. Yorkshire. Wyck, Glouc. Glen Isla, Forfar. 

 P. VI. VIL Male Fern. E. S. I. 



4. L. remo'ta (Moore) ; fronds narrowly lanceolate, pinnae 

 triangular-lanceolate lowermost pair slightly smaller, pinnules 

 acute with a narrow attachment deeply cut, clusters near the 

 midvein. — S. F. 22. — Rhizome tufted. Scales ovate-acumi- 

 nate and subulate. Much resembles L. spinulosa. — Marshy 

 places. Windermere. P. VIU.' IX. E. 



5. L. rig'ida (Preal) ; fronds triangular-lanceolate bipinnate 

 glandular, pinnse triangular-lanceolate lowermost pair not smaller 

 than the second, pinnules oblong blunt lobed • and serrate with 

 a narrow attachment, segments 2 — 5-toothed not spinidose, indu- 

 sium persistent fringed with stalked glands, stipe clothed with 

 long pointed 1-coloured scales. — S. F. 16. F. B. S. 2724. N. 

 191. — ^Fronds erect, lanceolate with the lower pinnse rather 

 short and triangular, or triangular with the lower pinnse long ; 

 upper pinnse narrow ; all pinnate. Pinnules truncate below. 

 Covered with minute stalked glands. Height 1 — 2 feet. — Ingle- 

 borough, Amside Kjiot, and near Settle. P. VII. VIH. E. 



6. L. cristdta (Presl) ; fronds linear-lanceolate or narrower 

 subbipinnate glabrous, pinnse short triangular-oblong pinnatifid 

 or pinnate lowermost pair not smaller than the second, pinnules 

 oblong blunt or rarely acute serrate attached by their whole tvidth 

 and connected below lowermost lobed and subtripinnatifid and 

 superior and inferior nearly equal, stipe with broad ovate acute 

 l-coloured (pale) scales. — Fronds erect, 2 ft. high. Indusium 

 without marginal glands. — a ; fronds nearly linear, pinnse pin- 

 natifid, pinnules blunt; barren fronds broader. M. F. 17. S. 10. 

 iV. 203. — 0. L. uliginosa (Newm.) ; fronds linear-lanceolate, 

 pinnse pinnate, pinnules acute, barren and late fertile fronds 

 lanceolate, pinnse subpinnate, pinnules blunt. — ^Bogs and boggy 

 heaths, rare. P. Vni. E. 



