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the discoverer of an imbricate variety of Polystichum 

 lonchitis and a congested form of the rarely varying AUo- 

 8orus crispus. Another interesting find of his was his Loch 

 Lomond Lastrea, at first supposed to be a hybrid between 



L. fillx-mas and L. spinvlosa or L. dilatata. As, however, 



it conies readily from spores it is probable that it will turn 

 out to be a botanical variety of L. dilatata with which it 

 certainly has affinities. The seedlings still await develop- 

 ment and investigation. The Revd. J. J. M. L. Aiken, who 

 knew him well, has contributed the biographical sketch of 

 our venerable friend which appears upon another page. 



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