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are crowded, broad, and overlapping at the base. The 
teeth or segments of each leaflet are longest on their upper 
edge near the mid-stem and become shorter upwards and 
are generally rounded at their summit and always broadest 
at their base. Axminster ; near the Lyme road. 
Sweet Mountain Feun. Lastrea Montana, 
See page 32. 
Variable Mountain Fern. VarialiliSy Well. This 
plant has some of its frOnds irregular. The irregular fronds 
are blunt at their apex. The upper pinnae difier much in 
growth and length, with the summit of each generally 
dagger-pointed and their lowermost leaflets generally much 
longer than those above them. The pinnae in the middle 
and lower part of the frond are of normal size without any 
marked peculiarity. M. Hawkchurch. 
Male Feen. Lastrea Mlicc mas. 
See page 35. 
1. Deep-cut Male Fern. Incisa,^oove, 
The stalk is about a fourth the length of the frond, which 
is large, broad, and branched. The basal leaflet of the 
branches or pinnae have a narrow attachment and no stalk. 
Most of the other leaflets are decurrent and run into the 
stem. There is generally a slight auricle at the bottom 
of each leaflet. The leaflets are narrower, longer, more 
deeply cut, and more separated from each other than 
in the common form. The lower leaflets of a pinna have 
from three to five teeth. The branches of the veins too 
are more numerous. While the clusters of fruit in the 
regular plant occupy only the lower half of the leaf near the 
