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divisions are prematurely and abruptly terminated squarely, the 
midrib projecting from the centre as a thorn or bristle ; this torm 
occurs so frequently that in the Lake District a Fern so characterized 
Fig. 179. Z. m. truncata (pinna). 
is termed the “ beginner’s Fern,” since it is nearly always the first 
thing which the young Fern-hunter comes across in the varietal line. 
We have found it repeatedly. Sometimes plants are found partly 
truncate and partly normal, but constant ones are not rare. 
LASTREA REMOTA 
(Plate XXI) 
This Fern (Fig. 180) was first found in Westmoreland by Mr. 
Е. Clowes, of Windermere, who regarded it as a form of L. spinulosa, 
but a frond being submitted to Mr. Moore, of the Chelsea Botanic 
L. remota (part of pinna). 
Gardens, he pronounced it to be identical with a species native to 
southern Germany, and named Aspidium remotum (Braun), thus 
adding a new species to the British list. In view, however, of the 
variability of L. dilatata, and Mr. Clowes’ own opinion at the time 
of the find, that it was a form of L. spinulosa, which we regard as one 
of its variants, we are hardly inclined to accept L. remota as a dis- 
tinct species, but rank it rather with the other indefinite ones of 
the same section of L. dilatata forms. It is quite hardy, but de- 
ciduous, and grows to a considerable size. 


