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distant lobes almost to the apex, the lobes again notched with small 
short teeth. When fertile the pinnules become tapered to an acute 
point, and the lobes are narrowed and more distant; forked or ramose 
pinnules are not uncommon. The sori are produced about the base 
of the lobes, and thus form a line about parallel with the sinuses. It 
was found by Mr. S. Appleby, at Cantley, near Doncaster. 
7. acuminatum (M.). A very curious and pretty dwarf variety. 
. Tt has short stipites furnished with narrow contorted pale-coloured 
scales. The fronds are rather more than a foot high, broadly 
lanceolate. The pinne are somewhat crowded, short and deflexed 
below, the longer ones each ending in a longish serrated acuminate 
point. The pinnules are distinct but decurrent, linear-oblong, often 
narrowed below, blunt at the apex, numerous, patent, pinnatifid in 
the lower part, and cut around the blunt apex into longish acute 
teeth; the teeth of the lobes are also acute, The sori are numerous, in 
lines near the costa. It is altogether a slender-looking and elegant 
plant, its peculiarities consisting in its acuminated pinne, and narrow 
oblong pinnules. The plant was gathered some years since on 
Snowdon, by Mr. W. Pamplin, and is quite constant under culti- 
vation. [Plate LV A.] 
8. stenodon (M.). A very elegant dwarfor dwarfish form, varying 
from one foot to a foot and a half in height. The stipites are dull 
red, and furnished with tawny brown scales. The fronds are lan- 
ceolate, with right-angled oblong acuminate pinn®. The pinnules are 
approximate, oblong or linear-oblong, bluntish, united by a narrow 
wing along the rachis, unequal sized, pinnatifid below with toothed 
lobes, simply toothed above, the teeth narrow, regular, and some- 
what elongated. "The rachis is stoutish, pale dull red. It has been 
communicated from—Surrey : Gomshall, Æ.. Morse. Devonshire : 
Ilfracombe, Rev. J. M. Chanter. Yorkshire : Scarborough, A. Clap- 
ham. "The scales, in a closely allied plant from Devonshire, are 
black. Sometimes the pinnules are of very unequal length, and the 
teeth are enlarged, in which state it somewhat resembles laciniatum 
(35). The fine elegant toothing is remarkable. [Plate LIII C.] 
9. tenue (M.). This variety is.of medium size, and is chiefly 
remarkable for its slender drooping character. The fronds 
are about a foot and a half long, broad-laneeolate, bipinnate, 

