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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1863 edition. Excerpt: ... Nephrodium Patentissimum, Strachey fc Winterbottom, Hb. Himal. 5. Nephrodium Filix-mas, v. paleaceum, Hooker, Fil. Exot. t 98. Dichasium Patentissimum, A. Braun, Fiora, 1841, 710. Fee, Gen. Fil. 303, t. 23, fig. 2 (stipes). Dichasium Parallelogrammum, A. Braun, Flora, 1841, 710. Fee, Gen. Fil. 303, t. 23, fig. 1. Dryopteris Borreri, Newman, Hist. Brit. Ferns, 3 ed. 189. Dryopteris Filix-mas, V. Borreri, Newman, Hist. Brit. Ferns, 3 ed. 189. Var. Pinderi: fronds narrow elongate lanceolate, much attenuated at both the base and apex, subbipinnate; pinnules, scales oi stipes, and sori as in pakacea, the basal scales elongate subulate. Lastrea Filix-mas, V. Pinderi, Moore, Pop. Hist. Brit. Ferns, 2 ed. 315; Id., Handb. Brit. Ferns, 3 ed. 103. Var. abbreviata: fronds dwarfish, glandular, subbipinnate, the pinnae concave, scarcely pinnate; pinnules, large (comparatively), broad, obtuse, mostly decurrent, unequally crenate or crenate-lobate, the lobes with blunt teeth; sori usually uniserial on each side the midrib; indusium fringed with glands; scales somewhat fimbriated. Lastrea Filix-mas, y. Abbreviata, Babington, Man. Brit. Bot. 3 ed. 410; 4 ed. 421. Johnson, Sowerby Ferns of Gt. Brit. 20. Moore, Ferns of Gt. Brit. Nature Printed, under t. 14; Id., Handb. Brit. Ferns, 3 ed. 103. Lastrea Abbreviata, Moore ms. (Nat. Pr. Ferns). Polystichum Abbreviatum, De Candolle, Fl. Franc. 3 ed. ii. 560. Aspidium Abbreviatum, Point, Encyc. Bot. Supp. iv. 516. Lophodium Abbreviatum, Newman, Phytol. 1851, App. xxi. Dryopteris Abbreviata, Newman, Hist. Brit. Ferns, 3 ed. 192. Dryopteris Filix-mas, V. Abbreviata, Newman, Hist. Brit. Ferns, 3 ed. 192. Var. ptunila: fronds dwarf, glandular, subbipinnate; pinnae deflexed, ..."