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Height. Averages about two feet. 
Colour. Bright green. 
Habitats. Woods or hedgerows. Very common. 
(See also page 53.) 
LASTREA FILIX-MAS, variety REMOTA. 
(Windermere Fern.) 
Fronds. Bi-pinnate, lanceolate and elongated. Pinnae 
triangular, distant, and reflexed. Pinnules 
decurrent, and spiny on the margin. Sori 
situated close to the midrib of the pinnules. 
Stipes thick and scaly. The whole frond stiff 
and rigid. 
Height. Averages about three feet. 
Colour. Yellowish-green. 
Habitats. This fern has only been found in the 
neighbourhood of Windermere. 
GROUP I; GENUS X; SPECIES IV. 
LASTREA FCENISECII. (The Recurved Fern.) 
Plate XII. 
Fronds. Bi-pinnate, triangular, and reflexed. Pinme 
triangular, the lowest pair being alwaj's the 
longest and largest. Pinnules oblong; those 
