VIII. ATHYKIUM. 139 
irregular crowded. A most variable plant, of which the 
lollowing forms occur: 
. Fronds broadly lanceolate semi-drooping ; pinnae 
distinct ; pinnules linear-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate 
with flat diverging toothed lobes, 
ATHVRIUM FILIX-FCEMINA, Both: Newm. 420: Bab. Mnn. 413. 
ATHTEIUM FILIX FCEMISA var. INCISUM, Newm. 243. ATHYRIUM 
INCISUM, Newm. App. xiii ASPLENIUM FILIX-FCEMINA. Bernhardi : 
Hook and Arn. Fl. 574 : Florigr. Brit. iv. 67 : Franc. 50. As- 
PIDIUM FILIX-FCEMINA, Swattz : 8m. Eng. Fl. iv., 282 : Eng. Hot. 
t. 1459 (bad). POLYPODIUM FILIX-FCEMINA, Linnasus. POLTPO- 
DIUM INCISUM, Holllliail. 
ft. latifolium. Fronds lanceolate flaccid; pinnae ap- 
proximate ; pinnules stalked flat imbricate ovate, lobed 
at the base, toothed above ; son uniserial on each side of 
and distant from the midrib. 
ATHYRIUM FILIX-FCEMINA var. LATIFOLIUM, Bab. Man. 413. 
ASPLEXIUM FILIX-FCEMINA, vnr. LATIFOLIUM, Moore and Houlston 
in Gard. Mag Hot. iii., 2Gi': Hook and Arn. FL 574 ATHTI.IUM 
LATIFULIUM, Bab. MS., not Presl. ATHYKIUM OVATUM, Newm. 
App. xii., not Kctli. 
y. molle. Fronds broadly lanceolate, lax ; pinnae ap- 
proximate, the lower pair, short distant deflexed; pin- 
nules oblong, connected at the base bj- the wing of the 
midrib, flat toothed; sori uniserial on each side of and 
near to the midrib. 
ATIIYRIUM FILIX-FCEMINA ear. MOLLE, Newm. 242: Bab. Man. 
413. AiHYBtuM MOLLE, Roth: Ni'wm. Nat. Aim. (1844). 26. and 
App. xii. ATHYRIUM TRIFIDUM, Koth. ASPLENIUM FILIX-FCEMIXA 
rr. MOLLE, LK-akin Florigr. Brit. iv. 59. POLYPODIUM MOLLK, 
Schreber. POLYPODIUM TRIFIDUM, Hoffman. 
2. marinum. Fronds lanceolate spreading, equally at- 
tenuate towards the base and apex ; pinnae approximate ; 
