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pinna regularly divided and crisped. It is con¬ 
stant in cultivation. 
Yar. poly dados lias the upper part of the frond 
developed into a broad fan, while the rest of the 
frond is depauperated or irregular. A very variable 
variety, to be found in many places round Ilfra¬ 
combe. 
Yar. stenodon is named from its remarkably fine 
toothing. It is of small size, the pinnules united 
by a narrow wing, and the rachis of a dull red. 
Yar. excurrens . “The points of the pinnae, and 
sometimes of the pinnules, run out into diaphanous 
hair-like points, which have the appearance of being 
an excurrent growth of the Terns.’’— Moore. 
Yar. trifidum appears to be a larger growth of 
molle. The pinnules are more distinct and lobed ; 
lobes generally entire at the sides, and three times 
cleft at the points. 
Yar. laxum. u The peculiarity of this form is 
the very conspicuous elongation of the anterior 
basal lobe of the long narrow pinnules, which form 
aline on each side of the midrib.”— Moore. 
Athteium Rh(etium. Erect Lady Fern. 
Fronds narrow, erect, twice divided; the pinnae 
distant from each other ; pinnules also distant, the 
edges of the pinnules turned under, giving the 
