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lowest pinnae are nearly, if not quite, divided into distinct 
little leaves, and hence the plant is almost, if not altogether 
tripinnate. Many of the pinnules, too, nearest the rachis 
of the frond are either stalked or have a broad stalk-like 
attachment : the others are decurrent and run more or 
less into one another. The leaflets have linear segments 
ending in remarkably coarse blunt teeth, a striking mark of 
distinction from the ordinary form. If we closely examine 
the under parts of the leaves, we shall observe that they are 
thickly covered with minute stalked glands. The covers of 
the fruit, when seen under the microscope, appear to be 
jagged, and also fringed more or less with stalked glands. 
The clusters or sori are generally in two rows on each side 
of the mid-vein of the leaflets. If the pinnules are almost 
or altogether divided into distinct leaflets, the divided parts 
have two rows likewise. The fructification, though small, is 
abundant over the whole frond. There is another peculiarity, 
that the stalk is for the most part green, and only purple 
close to the base. Most of the pinnae are nearly at right 
angles to the mid-stem and distant from each other. The 
lobes of the leaflets are blunt at their extremities, where 
there are two or three coarse teeth. Whether it be owing 
to the pure air of the hills or to the inherent character 
of this variety, it has a more elegant form than any of the 
other Dark Scaled Ferns. It does not attain to so great a 
height, neither does it stretch out its arms so widely, still it 
is prettier in its mode of growth and much more erect with 
spreading or bending branches. The very coarseness of the 
teeth, the dark green colour, and the distance of the pinnae 
from each other, give it such peculiar grace and symmetry, 
that the lover of nature should not hesitate to take a long 
walk to secure to himself a good specimen of the Fern 
of the Hill. 
Hewman states, that though he feels a difficulty in giving 
anything approaching to a satisfactory speciflc description, 
still, influenced by a peculiarity which arrests the eye, he is 
inclined to consider it a distinct species. This variety has 
been found growing in Shute parish. 
3. Narrow-leaved Dark Scaled Fern. Angusti-jpinnula. 
Moore. This chiefly difiers from the preceding in having 
