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line and no crook at all, and at times one or more are so 
tinj, that they are barely perceptible. The frond is 
exceedingly tapering. The mid-stem and stalk beneath are 
densely covered with scales. The clusters of spores are on 
PINNA OF THB LINEAB ANGUtAB FEBN 
the edge of the leaflets and consequently become visible 
from the upper side of the frond. The leaves also are 
altered by the fructiflcation. Axminster, Charmouth, 
Hawkchurch, Musbury, Thorncombe, and Wootton Ihtz- 
paine. 
43. Bitten-off A. F. Frcemorsim, This is more curious 
than elegant. It has this name given it, because the leaflets 
appear to have been bitten off, though on examination they 
are found to be as God created them. They are also often 
marginate,* and have frequently little warts on their surface, 
or, as Botanists describe it, they are verrucose. The pinnae 
are very short, and often the frond is about three inches 
wide and a foot and a half high. The stalk and mid-stem 
are generally covered with scales. The ends of all the leafy 
parts are abrupt or blunt. The pinnae at times are so 
stunted, that they are scarcely more than three or four 
leaflets huddled together. The regular leaflets are roundish, 
egg-shaped. The irregular ones, appearing as it were hitten- 
off, form the leading characteristic of this plant. Charmouth 
and Seaton. 
44. Long-armed Bitten-off A. F. Frojecto-prcemorsum. 
This may be denominated a sub-variety of the preceding. 
* See Woodcut of Scolopendrium Marginatum, 
