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Fig. 153. ZL. dil. hymenophylloides Fig. 154. Z. ай. hymenophylloides 
(tip of frond). (pinna). 
HYMENOPHYLLOIDES (Figs. 153, 154). —A dwarf, congested form, 
found by Mr. Dadds at Ilfracombe. 

Fig. 155. 2. lepidota (pinne). 
Т.ЕРТротА (Fig. 155, Plate XVI).—Said to have been found in 
Yorkshire ; it is an extremely distinct and beautiful form, all the 
pinne being contracted and narrow, giving Ше whole plant a very 
light and delicate appearance ; it is very scaly, whence the name; 
the pinne shown in Fig. 155 are rather more foliose than usual. 
L. CRISTATA.—Presumably a cross, raised by Messrs. Stansfield ; 
a true lepidota, with pretty crests throughout. 
PoLyDACTYLA TURNER.—With pointed crests at all tips. 
RAMO-CRISTATA BARNES.—Another fine form raised by Mr. 
Barnes in which the fronds branch as well as crest. 






