A s p l e n i u m F i l i x - e oe m i n a , p . l a t i f o l i u m , Hooker Æ Aniolt, Brit. FI. 6 e d . 5 7 4 .
Moore A Houlstmi, Oard. Mag. Bot. iii. 262.
Var. acuminatum : fronds subereot, dwarfish, broadly lanceolate,
bipinnate, pinnæ rather crowded, ending in a long serrated acuminate
point ; pinnules distinct but decurrent, linear-oblong often narrowed
below, blunt, at the apex, pinnatifid, the teeth of the lobes acute ;
sori numerous, near the midrib. [Plate LV A.]
A t h y k i u j i F i l i x - f c b m i n a , V. ACUMINATUM, Moore, Handb. Brit.
166.
I, 3 e d .
Var. incisum : fronds drooping, broadly lanceolate, bi-subtri-
pinnato ; pinnæ broad oblong, tapering ; pinnules linear-lanceolate
distinct, deeply pinnatifid, the lobes somewhat distant, toothed at
their margin and apex ; sori numerous, near the midrib. [Plate
LVL]
A t h y e iu m F i l ix -f oe m in a , ®. in c is u m , Newman, Hist. B rit. Ferns, 2 ed. 243 ;
3 ed. 214. Sowerby, Ferns o f Gt. Brit. 44. Moore, Ferns of-sQt. Brit.
Nature Printed, un d er t. 30; Id ., Handb. Brit. Perns, 3 ed. 149.
A t h y e iu m in c is u m , Newman, Phytol. 1851, App. xiii. ; Id ., Hist. Brit. Ferns,
3 ed. 214.
A t h y e iu m o y c l o so e um , BupreeM, Hist. Crypt. Ross. 41.
P o l y p o d iu m in c is u m , Iloffmarm, Bcem. and Ust. Mag. Bot. 1790, p t . 9, 10,
fig. 13 b ; Id ., Heutschl. FI. ii. 7.
Var. plumosum : fronds drooping, broadly lanceolate, tripinnate ;
pinnæ crowded above, acuminate; pinnules ovate-acuminate overlapping,
divided down to the slender marginate costa into distinct
linear secondary pinnules, which are iuoiso-pinnatifid with narrow
linear unequally bifid or three-toothed segments, the teeth linear
acute ; sori imperfect, ohgocarpous, almost or quite without indusia.
[Plate LII B ; LVI bis.']
A t h y e i u m F i l i x - f oe m i n a , v . p lu m o s u m , Moore
series, iii. (1869) 19.
S. j Id ., Phytologiat, new
Var. graoile : fronds lax, slender, bipinnate ; pinnæ distant,
caudately acuminate ; pinnules distant on the slender rachides,
Hnear-oHong, fringed in the upper half with linear acute teeth ; sori
crowded, near the midrib. [Plate LVIII.]
A th y e ium F ilix -foe m in a , v. o e a o ile , Moore, Handb. Brit. Ferns, 3 ed, 168.
Var. dissectum : fronds stout, dwarfish, broadly oval, bipinnate ;
pinnæ oblong suddenly acuminate ; pinnules distant, decurrent,
unequal and irregular, mostly ovate-oblong, blunt, out into distant
unequally toothed lobes separated by broad open sinuses ; sori
near the costa, situate at the base of the sinuses. [Plate LX C ;
LX Sis.]
A t h y e iu m F i l ix -foe m in a , ®. d is s e c t u m , Wollaston MS. Moore, Ferns o f Gt.
Brit. Nature Printed, under t. 30 ; .Id., Handh. Brit. Ferns, 3 ed. 159.
Var. rhætieum : fronds narrow-lanceolate erect, bipinnate ;
pinnae distant ; pinnules distinct, deeply pinnatifid, lanceolate acute,
becoming Hnear from the incurvation of the lobes ; lower anterior
lobe longer and auriculiform ; sori short, numerous, near the midrib,
becoming confinent. [Plate LVII A.]
A t h y r i u m F i l i x - f oe m i n a , v . r h æ t i c u m , Moore, Ferns o f Gt. B^dt. Nature
Printed, t. 31 A. ; Id ., Ilandh. Brit. Ferns, 3 ed. 144.
P o l y p o d iu m r h æ t ic u m , Linnmus, Sp. Plant. 1552 ; according to tlie Linnoean
Herbarium.
A s p id iu m r h æ t ic u m , Sprengel, Syst. Veg. iv. 107.
A s p id iu m ir r ig u u m , Sm ith ; according to specimens in bis Herbarium (tbe
figure ill Eng. Bot. x x x i. t. 2199, ra th e r resembles molle) ; Id ., E7ig. FI.
2 ed. iv. 283. Sjorengel, Syst. Veg. iv. 104.
A t h y r iu m r h æ t ic u m , Roth, FI. Germ. iii. 67. Newman, Nat. Aim. 1844, 26.
Moore, Handh. Brit. Ferns, 2 ed. 136.
A t h y r iu m c o n v e x u m , Neurman, Phytol. 1851, App. xiii. ; Id ., Hist. Brit.
Fcttis, 3 ed. 212.
A t h y r i u m F i l i x - f oe m i n a , v . c o n v e x u m , Newman, Hist. Brit. Ferns, 2 ed. 245;
3 ed. 212. Babi7igton, Man. Brit. Bot. 4 ed. 425 (a).
A t h y r iu m ir r ig u u m , Gray, Nat. A rr. Brit. PI. ii. 10.
A s p l e n i u m F i l i x - f oe m i n a , v . r h æ t i c u m , Deakin, Florigr. Brit. iv. 60.
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Var. polydaotylon ; monstrous ; fronds lanceolate, bipinnate,
several times forked at the apex; pinnæ flat, their apices symmetrically
bi-tri-furoate, mth flat not crispy segments. [Plate
LXIV B.]
A t h y e i u m F i l i x - f oe m i n a , v , p o l y d a c t y l o n , Moore, Ferns o f Gt. Brit. Nature
Printed, u n d e r t . 30 ; Id ., Handb. Brit. Ferns, 3 ed. 145, 153.
Var. multifldum : monstrous ; fronds lanceolate, bipinnate, their
apices and those of the pinnæ symmetrically multifid-crisped ; the
tassels consisting of numerous narrow slightly divergent segments ;
pinnules distinct, oblong, aeute, convex. [Plafe LXI.]
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