LOMARIA SPICANT, V a r . C o n t e .a c tüm.
L o w e .
P L A T E X X . C.
Lomaría—From loma, an edge, in reference to th e position o f the
spore-cases. Spicant—Spiked. Contractum—Shortened.
D i s c o v e r e d in Ju ly , 18.59, in Conway Valley, N o rth Wales,
by Mr. J . Holmes.
This variety is quite constant. In beauty it is a gom.
Pinnules remarkably narrow for the lower half of the frond,
above larger, irregular, and somewhat triangular in form; the
apex attenuated; the basal contracted pinnules incised.
L ength of sterile frond five inches.
Po r a description of Lomaria spicant see page 131, vol. iv,
of a “ N a tu ra l History of British and Exotic P e rn s,” by E . J .
Lowe.
The frond for iUustratiou was forwarded by Mr. Stansfield,
of Todmorden.
LOMARIA SPICANT, V a r . C o n t r a c tu m -r a j io su m .
L o w e .
P L A T E X X . D .
Lomaria—From loma, an edge, in reference to th e position o f the
spore-cases. Spicant—Spiked. Contractum,—Shortened.
Ramosum—Branching.
D i s c o v e r e d in the Clova Mountains, Scotland, in September,
1859, by Mr. J . Horsfall.
Another very handsome Fern.
The lower portion of the frond much contracted, b u t scarcely
incised; the pinnules in the middle of the frond somewhat
larger, irregular in form, h u t more or less trian g u la r; at two
inches from the ap e s branched, the pinnules larger, irregular,
and the apex of the frond narrow and elongated.
F o r a frond my thanks are due to Mr. Stansfield, of Tod-
morden.