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but on a much larger scale ; and the lobes are divided to the costa 
at the base of the pinnae ; and they are broad, deeply crenate, and 
confluent above.] 
9. Hodgsonae, Lowe (rotundatum Hodgsonae, Barnes). Found 
in 1870, at Leece, near Ulverston, by Mrs. Hodgson. Distinct and 
beautiful. Pinnules lax, thin, and round. 
*10. lato-cruciatum, Lowe. Raised by myself. 23 x ii inches, 
(var. cruciatum x rotundatum.) Pinnae cruciate and confluent. Only 
the basal lobe divided. A most distinct fern. 
11. laxum, Lowe (rotundatum laxum, Jones. In the late Colonel 
Jones’s collection. 
12. Ligonielense, Lowe. Found at Ligoniel, Co. Antrim, by Mr. 
W. H. Phillips. 27x6^ inches. An interesting subrotund form. 
13. Phillipsii, Lowe (rotundatum Phillips, Jones). Found in 
1877, in County Down, by Mr. W. H. Phillips. Pinnules smaller 
and more numerous than in No. 14. Frond widest in the centre, 
narrowing to a pointed apex. 15 x 2\ inches. 
14. rotundatum, Moore. Found in i860, in Somerset, by the late 
Mr. Elworthy. 20x2 inches. A narrow fern, with only two to 
four pairs of pinnules, which are rounded. 
15. singular Lotue. Raised by myself. 15x2 inches. Pinnae 
ascending. Tips confluent. Apex of frond as if bitten off. 
Section / 3 . LINEARE. 
(Pinnules narrow, supra-lineate or infra-lineate.) 
1. confluens, Foot. A lineare form found in Ireland by Mr. S. 
Foot ; and in S. Devon, in 1873, by Mr. J. Mol)'. Length, 18 inches. 
The ends of the pinnae and frond confluent. A lax variety. 
2. cuneatum, Wollaston. Found in 1873 in S. Devon by Mr. J. 
Moly. 24x6 inches. Lax, with broader pinnules than in Imeare. 
3. depauperatum, Padley. Found by Mr. Padley. 16x5 inches. 
A depauperate lineare. 
4. egenum, Lowe (confluens Moly, Jones). Found at Axminster 
by Mr. Moly. A very depauperate lineare. 24x6 inches. 
5. extremum, Lowe. A very extreme form (frond without label 
in the late Colonel Jones’s collection). Lax ; much depauperate ; 
and the apices of the pinnae confluent and linear. 30x7 inches. 
6. gracile, Wollaston (acuto-incisum, Jones). Found in 1856 in 
S. Devon by Mr. G. B. Wollaston. A beautiful, symmetrical, acute, 
incised form, not unlike confluens. 20x6 inches. 
7. gracile-interruptum, Lowe. Found in Somerset by the late 
Mr. Elworthy. Nearer Mr. Foot’s confluens than lineare ; the 
three pairs of basal pinnules wanting ; on the upper half of the 
frond the superior basal pinnule is narrow and very long ; beyond 
which again wanting or depauperate. 24 X 5 inches. 
8. hirondelle, Wills. Found by Mr. Wills, small but very 
symmetrical. 
9. Jamesii, Lowe (lineare James, Jones). Pinnae not so lax, and 
pinnules broader. Found in Guernsey. 
