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since that time we have discovered it in several 
different parts of Devon. 
Yar. very much resembles the extreme 
forms of spinulosa in form and the narrowness of 
its lower pinnae, which grow pointing upwards. It 
is stiff and upright in its growth ; the pinnae far 
apart ; the pinnules much separated from one an- 
other and square at the end ; both the pinnae and 
the apex of the frond drawn out and attenuated. 
The whole plant, which is of a peculiar deep green, 
has a light feathery appearance : it is the very re- 
verse of valida and the luxuriant plants of dilatata. 
We found it in a wood at Hartland for the first 
time. 
Var. nma is remarkable for its small size, rarely 
exceeding six inches in height. It may often be 
found in full seed when not more than two inches 
high. It is almost evergreen in Devonshire, only 
yielding to unusually cold winters. 
Var. fuscijpes, named by Mr. Moore in the 
‘ Nature Prints,’ is found about Ilfracombe and 
abounds on Dartmoor. Its foliage is very similar 
to that of sjpinulosa ; its scales are light brown, 
but narrower than those of spinulosa. The bottom 
of the stem is brown : the fronds are of a pale 
green and jlat^ instead of being dark in colour and 
concave in form, like most of the dilatata group. 
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