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broadly spear-shaped and bi- or tripinnatind (twice or three times divided 

 half- way to the midrib). The leaflets, which are so closely set as to 

 occasionally overlap one another, are cut nearly to the midrib into oblong 

 divisions which are again more or less deeply cut and lobed.— Nicholson, 

 Dictionary of Gardening, h, p. 132. 



A. m. ramo-plumosum— ra'-mo-plu-mo'-sum (branched and feathery), 

 Moore. 



A very handsome variety, with fronds divided nearly to the top of the 

 stalks into two main branches which are distinctly pinnate (once divided 

 to the midrib) and furnished below with distantly-set leaflets, whereas those 

 of the upper part are imbricated (overlapping) and cut nearly to the 

 midrib into egg-shaped or oblong lobes, the margins of which are slightly 

 dentate (toothed).— M$Msdn } Dictionary of Gardening, i., p. 132. 



Fig. 116. Frond of Asplenium marinum ramosum 

 (nat. size).. 



A. m. ramosum — ra-mo'-sum (branched), Wollaston. 



This pretty, dwarf> and very distinct form, originally found in Dorsetshire, 

 is conspicuous by the branching of its fronds, 4in. to 8in. long, and also by 

 the broad, short leaflets with which they are furnished. The basal leaflets 

 are triangular and nearly as broad as they are long, wedge-shaped at the 

 base, and remarkable for their irregular undulate and broadly-toothed margins. 

 The plant is very free-growing, and produces abundantly its fronds, which are 



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