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nate, forked, extending to the edge. Clusters at length con- 
fluent, midway between the midrib and edge. Height 6 — 8 
inches. — Marshv and bo?g%' places. P. VII. VIII. Marsh- 
Fern. ' " ' E. S. I. 
•2. L. Oreop'teris (Borj'y ; rhizome thick short, fronds 
pinnate, pinnae linear-lanceolate pinnatifid glandular beneath 
graduallj- decreasing from about the middle of the frond to 
near the root, lobes oblong flat, clusters marginal. — H. F. 14. 
^.^.1019. X. 137.— Fronds remarkably narrowed 4ownward3, 
rising in a circle from a tufted rhizome, fragrant when bruised. 
Lobes blunt, entire ; lateral veins simple or forked. Height 
2 — 3feet. Indusium often scarcely distinguishable. — Mountain 
heaths. P. VII. Su-eet Mountain- Fern. E. S. I. 
** Lateral veins branched or forked. Cluster upon the frsf 
Mpper lateral veinlet. 
3. L. Filix-mas (Presl) : f ronds\a.ncQo\d.\.QSuhhipinnate, pinns 
linear-lanceolate lowermost pair rather smaller than the second, 
pinnules oblong blunt or acutish serrate (not spinulose) attached 
bj' their whole width or often connected below, clusters near 
the ruidvein. — E. B. 1458. X. 198.— Fronds only slightly 
narrowed 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, convex, with no marginal glands. 
Height 2 — 4 ft. — a. : pinnules crowded linear-oblong blunt 
slightly confluent broad-based adpressed-serrate. — S. {Dryopt. 
Borreri Xewm.) : stipe and rachis very scaly, pinnules truncate 
subentire at the sides.—,, .aninis (Afjndtuni afine, Fisch.) : 
pinnules less crowded longer acutish narrow and often slightly 
auricled at their base, teeth patent lower ones notched. Var. 
iiicisa Moore. — o. ahhreriata (Poli/st. ahbreviatum, DC.) : 
clusters near the base of the confluent crowded verj- blunt 
pinnules, about 1 ft. high. Xot ahhreviata, Xewm. — Woods 
and banks. 5. Cumberland. Yorkshire. Wyck.Glouc. Glen 
Isla, Forfar. P. VI. VII. Male Fern. E. S. I. 
4. L. remota (Moore): fronds narrowly lanceolate, pinnae 
triangular-lanceolate lowermost pair slightly smaller, pinnules 
acuue with a narrow attachment deeply cut, clusters near the 
midvein.^ — //. 22. — Pwhizome tufted. Scales ovate-acumi- 
nate and subulate. Much resembles L. »pinvlom. [Perhaps a 
hybrid betw. sp. 3 and 7 or 8.) — Marshv places. Windermere. P. 
vni. IX. ' E. 
