Petty: North Lanes. Varieties of Polypodium vulgare. 



Another (125), 9 in. altogether, thin in texture, lobes not 

 cut or divided, but unequal in size, the longest lobe on each 

 side placed about a third of distance from apex. S.E. 



Another (136) has broad lobes, averaging- *4 in. across, 

 some of them are bifid, some shortened, others narrowed 

 and serrulate towards the point. North. 



[lobatutn Sidebotham. Seen in S.W. Cumberland, Duddon 

 Woods ; not gathered.] 



\multifidum Moore. Three plants on a wall near the lodge of 

 Duddon Hall. Two of the plants taken to cultivate ; both 

 dead, after losing their characters.] 



obiusum Stansfield. 183. Length of frond, including stipes, 

 10 in. E.S.E. I have five specimens, three inclining to 

 E., one to W. The smallest (117) 5 in. long and 2 in. 

 broad; the longest found on plant. N.N.E. 



There are no specimens of true serratum Moore amongst 

 mine, but one (148) is serrate on upper half of frond. 



serrulato-bifidum Monkm. 59 S.S.E., 127 N.W., are the 

 best ; not a scarce form, I should think, in shady places. 



variegatum Barnes. Two plants on the Knott, Broughton-in- 

 Furness. One taken (54), but proved inconstant in cultiva- 

 tion. W.N.W. 

 There was a tendencv in several cases in the lobes to run 



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