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LOMARIA SPICANT, V a r . P Ie t e r o p i iy l l u .m .
M o o r e .
P L A T E X X . A .
Lomaria—Vrom loma, an edge, in reference to the position of the
spore-cases. Siiioaai—Spiked. Different-leaved.
FoaxD at Tunbridge Wells, by Mr. Wollaston, and subsequently
on Ben Lawers, Scotland, by Mr. James Horsfall.
On this variety are produced fronds in which the lobes are
wholly or partially absent, and frequently becoming semicircular
in form; inciso-dentate.
Length of sterile frond four inches.
Another variety of a British species. Constant.
The frond for illustration was forwarded by Mr. Stansfield,
of Vale Gardens, Todmorden.
LOMARIA SPICANT, V a r . I m b r ic a t u m .
P L A T E X X .-— B .
Lomaria—From loma, an edge, in reference to the position of the
spore-cases. SjoicaBt—Spiked. Imbricatum—ImWiOitoi.
F o u n d in 18.58, in the Vale of Todmorden, by Mr. J.
Horsfall.
Pinnules approximate and even crowded, so much so that
there are fifty pairs on a frond three inches in length; they
are exceedingly narrow at the base, and become largest in the
centre of the frond.
Base scaly.
A hard y constant variety of a British Fern.
The frond for illustration was forwarded by Mr. Stansfield,
of Todmorden.