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in character between laciniatum and dissectum, though most resem- 
bling the latter. The plant above described was found in Guern- 
sey, by Mr. James: but we have seen others sufficiently near to 
be associated with it, from--Lancashire : Todmorden, A. Stansfield. 
Dumbartonshire: Tarbet, T. M. Isle of Man, Dr. Allchin. 
An elegant slender form (diffissum gracile), of the same general 
character as the foregoing, has been sent from the Sulphur Wells, 
Harrogate, by Mr. Clapham. 
30. decurrens (M.). This form grows from a foot to a foot and 
a half high, and is lanceolate in outline. The pinne are somewhat 
narrowed towards the apex, which however terminates irregularly 
and abruptly, as if the extreme point had been eaten off. The 
pinnules are distant, sessile and decurrent, linear-oblong, pinnatifid, 
with unequal spreading but not very prominent teeth. In short, 
being much disfigured, the fronds have the appearance of having 
been nibbled all over. It was found near Conistone, in the Lake 
district, by Mr. Wollaston. 
31. pannosum (M.). A moderate-sized and rather slender variety, 
the fronds lanceolate, and the pinnœ irregular in outline, and 
tapered to a point. The pinnules are irregularly pyramidal, more 
or less decurrent, deeply pinnatifid, the lobes unequal-sized and 
disproportioned, notched with variously-shaped teeth. It has been 
sent to us from—Somersetshire: Nettlecombe, C. Elworthy. Suf- 
folk: Lowestoft, Mrs. Walker. Yorkshire: Whitby, W. Willison ; 
Hovingham, C. Monkman. Lancashire : Todmorden, A. Stansfield. 
We also refer here specimens found at Virginia Water, in Surrey, 
by Dr. Allchin. 
32. varians (M.). A very remarkable, and, in its best state, a very 
handsome form. It is a large-growing plant of the incisum type, 
the fronds two feet or more in height, and eight or nine inches 
broad, variable in character. In the most remarkable ones, which 
are quite tripinnate, the pinn® are broad, often two and a quarter 
inches wide at the base, oblong-ovate, tapered suddenly to an acumi- 
nate serrated point. The pinnules are distinct, the largest an inch 
and a half long, ovate-oblong acuminate, the rest somewhat 
narrower but also acuminate—this attenuation or acumination of 
the points of the pinnules giving a remarkably distinct character to 

