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the frond is even three or four feet high. Axminster, 
Combe St. Nicholas, Kilmington, and Shute. 
3. Sharp-lobed A. P. Acutilobum, This resembles the 
preceding. An observant eye cannot, however, fail to 
notice that its leaflets are more divided, especially those 
at the base of the frond. The sharp bristle-pointed lobes 
are very conspicuous. The under-leaflets, too, are longer 
than the upper ones, especially in the lower part of the 
frond, which is seldom the case in the Prickly Perns. 
The frond is two feet long and triangular. Hence, the 
lower pinnae are longer than those above them. The 
pinnae are lance-shaped. The mid-stem, both of the frond 
and of each pinna and the stalk are all intensely covered 
with scales. In consequence of the leaflets being so much 
divided, the plant is tripinnate. All the leaflets are lance- 
shaped. M. Axminster ; Chard, at Tat worth ; Dalwodd, 
Hawkchurch, Lyme, Seaton, and Thorncombe. 
4. Narrow-fronded A. P. Angustifrons. This little Pern 
is not more than nine inches long, and an inch and a half 
wide, and of a narrow lance-shaped form. More than 
half of the foliage of the plant found here is covered with 
clusters of spores, though Moore states, as a general rule, 
that the upper third is fertile. The leaflets lie close 
together, overlap each other, and are of the ordinary form. 
They are small, bristly, and auricled. There is no difficulty 
in recognizing this variety, as it is the most diminutive 
of the Angular Perns. Axminster, near Wyke. 
5. Dense A. P. Densum, Mr. Moore seems to have 
given the distinguishing name to this variety, because the 
leaflets are crowded together, and the rachis of the frond 
and of each pinna is densely covered with hairy scales. It 
may be observed that the leaflets are rounded at the 
summit, with its ear or auricle distinctly sticking out at 
the base. If the auricle were cut off, they would then be 
egg-shaped or oblong. The leaflets are also small, stalked, 
and serrated : the lowermost on the upper side of each 
pinna is longer than the rest, and divided at the edge into 
very small but distinct lobes. At the extremity of each 
serrature there is a short bristle, and these bristles are 
very conspicuous. The scales of the stalk are not hairy, 
