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hazardous to conjecture how many forms are enumerated 
or when the discoveries will cease. The commonest variety 
as far as my observation goes is the B. multifidum, which 
has the apex of the fi’onds forked more or less, but this 
variation is more frequently confined to the barren fronds. 
USES. 
This fern was formerly supposed to possess the same 
virtues as the Spleenworts,. “and the greene leaves to be 
regular good for woimds, and to keepe them from infiamma- 
tions.” — Parhinson. 
LOCALITIES. 
In woods, heaths, boggy places, &c. Ardsley, Ackworth, 
Heath. 
Plate XYI. 
