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*• Lateral veins branched or forked. Cltister upon (he first upper 
lateral vcitdet. 
3. L. Filix-mas (Presl) ; fronds lanceolate suhbipinnate, pinnae 
linear-lanceolate lowermost pair rather smaller than the second, 
pinnules oblong blunt or acutish sen-ate (not spinulose) attached 
DV their whole width or often connected below, clusters near the 
mid-vein. — Aspidiinn Sm., E. B. 1458. N. 198. — Fronds only 
slightly naiTowed downiwards and the lowest pinna of consider- 
able size, rising in a circle fi-om a tufted rhizome. Stipe and 
rachis nearly glabrous, yellow, or densely clothed with pm-ple 
scales. Indusiiun very persistent, convex, with no marginal 
glands. Height 2 — 4 feet. — a. ; pinnules crowded lineai-oblong 
very blunt slighth- coniluent broad-based adpressed-sen-ate. — ^. 
uffinis ; pinnules less crowded longer acutish narrow and often 
slightly auricled at their base, teetli patent lower ones notched. 
— y. ahbreviafa (DC.) ; clusters near the base of the confluent 
crowded very blunt pinnules, about 1 ft. high. — Woods and 
banks, y. Cumberland. Yorkshire. Wvck, Glouc. Glen Isla, 
Forfar. P. VI. \U. Male Fern. ' E. S. I. 
4. i. rig'ida (Presl) ; fronds triangulai'-lanceolate bipinnate 
glandular, pinnae tiiangular-lanceolate lowermost pair not smaller 
than the second, pinnules oblong blunt lobed and serrate with 
a narrow attachment, segments 2 — 5-toothed not spinulose, indu- 
sium pei-sistent fringed with stalked glands, stipe clothed loith 
long pointed 1-coloured scales. — Aspidiiim Hook., B. S. 2724. 
iV! 191.— Fronds erect, lanceolate with the lower pinnte rather 
short and tiiangular, or tiiangnjlar with the lower pinnae long ; 
upper pinnffi narrow: aU pinnate. Pinnules truncate below. 
Covered with minute stalked glands. Height 1 — 2 feet. — Ingle- 
borough, Ai-nside Knot, and near Settle. P. VH. VHI. E. 
5. L. cristdta (Presl) ; fi'onds linear-lanceolate or narrower 
suhbipinnate glabrous, pinna short triangular-oblong pinnatifid 
or pinnate lowennost pair not smaller than the secona, pinnules 
oblong blunt or rarely acute sen-ate attached by their whole tvidth 
and connected below lowermost lobed and subtripinnatifid and 
superior and inferior nearly equal, stipe with broad ovate acute 
1-coloured (pale) scales. — Fronds erect, 2 ft. high. Indusium 
■without marginal glands. — a. ; fionds nearly linear, pinnaa pin- 
natifid, pinnules blimt ; ban-en fronds broader. Aspidiiim Sm., 
E. B. 2125. X. 203. — fi. L. idigiyiosa (Xewm.) ; fi-onds linear- 
lanceolate, pinnse pinnate, pinnules acute ; ban-en and late fer- 
tile fronds lanceolate, pinnae subpinnate, pinnules blunt. — Bogs 
and boggy heaths, rare. P. VHI. E. 
6. L. spimdvsa (Presl) ; ft-onds oblong-lanceolate bipinnate 
glabrous, pinnae triangular-oblong or -lanceolate lowei-most pair 
scarcely smaller than the second, pinnules ovate-oblong acute 
