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Var. Crigtatum (Mei);* Phyt., 1853, pp. 892 and 1036. Proc. Dublin Nat. 

 Hist. Soc., 1853. Lough Breagh, county of Wicklow. 

 Notolepeum Ceterach (Newm.) ; sub-var. multifidum ; Phyt., 1853, p. 1036. 

 X 2, rare. Specimen, from Lucan, county of Dublin, given me by W. H. 

 Luscombe, Esq. 

 Phyllitis scolopendrium (Newm.); sub- var. multifidum (Ray). X 1, verv com- 

 mon; X 2, rare; Z, rare. The commonest of the group in Ireland (Mack. 

 Flor. Hib., 343) ; very fine, near Chapelizod, county of Dublin. 



England, common — vide Newman's British Ferns, &c. Synonyms, Lobatom; 

 ramosum. Jersey, M. Piquet, ut antea. 



Var. Cristatum (Mei) ; England (Newm. Br. Ferns, 289. &c.). I am not 

 aware of the extreme form having been found in Ireland. iJndulatum, by 

 some called crispum has ; fine specimens of it from Colin Glen, Belfast, were 

 shown to me by A. Crawford, Esq., and Birenniforme (W.) given me by 

 W. H. Luscombe, Esq., from Dublin. I met cristatum at rortmarnock in 

 1859. 



Syn. Ramosum (Moore, 179) ; multifidum (ib.) ; crispum. No. 176 ; daedalca 

 (Koch); Crista galli (Wol.) ; Digitatumf (Wol.); Undulatum? Endivifo- 

 lium (Young) (vide remarks^ furcatum (Wol.), Birenniforme (Wol.). 

 Amesium Ruta muraria (Newm.) ; sub- var. multifidum (Mei); Phyt. ut antea. 

 X 2, very rare. Dublin and Louth. A specimen also given me by W. H. 

 Luscombe, Esq. 



England : G. B. Wollaston, Esq. 



Var. Cristatum (Wol.) ; England. Forwarded me by their discoverer, G. B. 

 Wollaston, Esq.J 

 Asplenium viride (Lightf.) ; sub-var. multifidum (Mei). X 2, rare. 



England : G. B. Wollaston, Esq, 



Syn. ramosum (Linn.). 

 Aspm. trichomanes (Linn.); sub-var. multifidum (Mei). Phyt. ut supr. Lo- 

 cal ; scarce. Very fine and abundant at Quin Abbey, county of Clare, in 

 1852; many plants nearly uniform, but not permanent. 



England: (Moore, Brit. Ferns, 164); G. B. Wollaston, Esq. 



Syn. monstrosum (collectors). 



Var. Cristatum (Wol.). 



England : discovered by G. B. Wollaston, Esq. 



Simply multifidly crisped at apex. 

 Aspm. marinum (Linn.) ; sub-var. multifidum (Mei). Phyt. nt supr. X 1 and 

 2, rare ; Z, very rare. Ardmore, county of Waterford. A curious little spe- 

 cimen from Dunlicky, county of Clare, has the pinna biserrate, and the 

 stipe cleft. 



England : G. B. Wollaston, Esq., forwarded me as ramosum. 

 Aspm. Adiantum nigrum (Linn.); sub-var. multifidum ^Mei), nt antea. X 1 

 and 2, not uncommon ; Wicklow, Waterford ; sometimes nearly uniform. 



England: G. B. Wollaston, Esq. 

 Aspm. Lanceolatum (Muds.) ; sub-var. multifidum (Mei). Phyt., 1853. BL Pi- 

 quet. 



Var. Cristatum (Mei)? Described to me as occurring with the stipes uni- 

 formly bifid; never seen, therefore, inserted in doubt. 

 [Aspm. fontanum (Br.)] ; sub-var. multifidum (Mei). Phyt. at supra. Common 

 in cultivated plants. X 1 and 2. 



Phyt., M. Piquet. Channel Islands. 



• Barren fronds, multifldly didiotomous ; seflmenta of apex conflaent at their edj{e% 

 veinstenninatinglnaploeabilaihof brancbea. Fertile fh)Dds, hermaphrodite, bnmcbed 

 ■imlUr to barren fhinaa, 18M. 



f Crista ffiaU OVoL), apex offhind entire, curled on itadi; and reaembllng a eodua 

 (WIN (W(d.) : seooDdary midriba arlaing flrom main midrib : diTlalooa mvltttdhr eriaped and 

 with main ptHrtkna. .MraiiK^niM (WoL), ^tex of fhmd Udney-ahaped ; midrib 

 edge of segmenta. 

 .t Cristatum (WoL) : prlnuuT diviafoas of frxnd spUt and carted at thdr aplcec 



