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L. S. serrata — ser-ra'-ta (tootlied like a saw), Lowe. 



A strong- growing and beautiful variety, found near Tunbridge Wells, 

 at Barnstaple, at Todmorden, &c. Its barren fronds (Fig. 104), 1ft. long and 

 Sin. broad in the centre, are furnished with 

 somewhat sickle- shaped, deeply yet finely toothed 

 leaflets, the tips of which are often forked. The 

 fertile fronds are longer and of more upright habit; 

 their leaflets are very narrow, sharply toothed, and 

 occasionally forked at the summit. — Zoz^e, Our 

 Native Ferns, ii., p. 389, fig. 798. 



L. S. serrulata — ser-rul-a'-ta (having small 

 teeth), Lowe. 

 A pretty, dwarf form, having very narrow, 

 spear-shaped barren fronds, furnished with short '^'^^ ''''""^ °f Lomaria 



^ n 11 -I 1 Spicant serrata 



leaflets closely set and beautifully serrulated on the ^^^^ ^^^^^ 



margin. These fronds are of a pecuHar shape, 



gradually widening towards their summit, which terminates in a short tail- 

 like process.— Our Native Ferns, ii., p. 394, fig. 823. Nicholson, 

 Dictionary of Gardening, ii., p. 295. 



L. S. stricta — stric'-ta (upright), Lowe. 



A distinct variety, found in Westmoreland, also in Ireland and near 

 Llanrwst. Its barren fronds, Ift. long and spear-shaped, are lin. broad at 

 their widest part, and are furnished with toothed leaflets often depauperated 

 (impoverished) at the base. The fertile fronds, 1ft. to l^ft. long, are 

 furnished with very narrow and much shorter leaflets, so that they look 

 much narrower than the barren ones. — Lowe, Our Native Ferns, ii., p. 381, 

 fig. 786. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, ii., p. 295. 



L. S. SUbserrata — sub-ser-ra'-ta (somewhat toothed), Loive. 



A very handsome variety, found near Castle Howard, in Yorkshire, and 

 also near Todmorden. Its barren fronds, 6in. to 12in. long and lin. broad, 

 are furnished with somewhat sickle- shaped leaflets naturally curving upwards, 

 having more or less deep, broad, and round-toothed on the lower edge. 



