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Athyrium molle (Roth) ; sub-var. multifidum (Mei). Phyt. ut sup. X 2. Clare, 

 Ath. incisum (Newm.) ; sub-var. multifidum (Mei), ut supra. X2and Z, scarce. 

 Clare, Wicklow. X I, rare ; G. B. Wollaston. 

 England : G. B. Wollaston, Esq. ; as multifidum, and also in combination with 



sub-var. truncatum as ramosum. 

 Var. Cristatum (Mei) — vide remarks. Three forms : A rachis branched ; pin- 

 nules decurrent ; apices of segments curled. Fruitful. Query, Ath. molle, 

 var. cristatum. 

 Ireland— Antrim, Mr. A. Smith. Scotland— Hill of Oran, Sir W. C. Treve- 



lyan. Syn. crispum, Moore, Br. Ferns. Smithii of gardens.* 

 B. rachis, split into numerous linear segments ; pinnae contracted, apices si- 

 milar to apex of frond, pinnae decurrent, apices tasselled. Fruitful. Joyce 

 Country, Mr. R. Gunning. Query, Ath. convexum, var. cristatum. Fig. 

 Newman's Brit. Fern. Syn. Ramosum (Moore's Brit. Ferns, page 141). — 

 Vide note.* 

 G rachis and pinnae multifidly crisped at apices ; sparingly fruitful. Query, 

 Ath. incisum, var. cristatimi. Killarney (Ogilby), Wicklow (Newman), 

 Clare (Mei Phyt., 1853, page 893, very abundantly fruitful), England, Chats- 

 worth (J. Bain). Syn. viviparum (Steele), multifidum (Moore), furcatum 

 (Gardens). 

 Polystichum angulare (Newm.) ; sub-var. multifidum (Mei). Phyt. ut antea. 

 X 1, rare; X 2, not uncommon in the county of Dublin; Z, very rare; a 

 fine specimen of the three forms, obtained April 2, 1854, in King William's 

 Glen, county of Louth, had seven out of twelve fronds multifid ; one had five 

 branches arranged in a cup-like form on apex of fronds, which was two feet 

 high. 

 England : G. B. Wollaston, Esq. 

 Var. Cristatum. 



England : G. B. Wollaston, Esq. 

 Polys, aculeatum (Newm.) ; sub-var. multifidum (Mei). Phyt. ut antea. X 2. 



Gort, county of Galway. 

 Polys. Lonchitis (Newm.); sub-var. multifidum (Mei) ? Miss A. Gissing. Phyt., 



1854, p. 81. 

 Lophodium Foenesecii (Newm.) ; sub-var. multifidum (Mei). Phyt. ut antea. 

 X 1 and 2, Z, rare. Ardmore, county of Waterford. 

 England : G. B. Wollaston, Esq. 

 Loph. multiflorum (Newm.); sub-var. multifidum (Mei) ; ut ant. X 1, 2, and 



Z, very rare. 

 Loph. Filix Mas. (Newm.); sub-var. multifidum (Mei). Phyt. ut antea. X 1, 2, 

 Z, common. Found both in forms Borreri and Affinis. 

 England : G. B. Wollaston, Esq. 



Var. Cristatum (Moore) ; England, Cornwall ; fruitful. (Moore, Br. Ferns, 

 p. 109). 

 Lophodium fragrans (Newm.) ; [sub-var. multifidum, Wol.]. 



England : G. B. Wollaston, Esq. 

 Loph. spinosa (Newm.); sub-var. multifidum (Wol.). 



England : G. B. Wollaston, Esq. 

 Gymnocarpium Phegopteris (Newm.) ; sub-var. [multifidum (Wol.)] ; specimen 

 communicated by G. B. Wollaston, Esq. In combination with sub-var. 

 Sinuatum (Mei) q. v. 

 Cystopteris fragilis (Newm.); var. multifidum (Mei). 



England: G. B. Wollaston, Esq. 

 [Cystopteris Dickieana] (Sims) ; var. multifidum (Mei). X 1 and 2, common] 

 Z, rare. 

 Cultivated plants, Col. Bot. Gardens. 

 Cultivated plants, G. B. Wollaston, Esq. 



• Var. Laciniattim in combination with Ramosum. 



