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Aspm. Trichomanes (Linn.) ; subvar. multifidum (Mei). Phyt. ut supr. Local ; 

 scarce. Very fine and abundant at Quin Abbey, County Clare, in 1852 ; many 

 plants nearly uniform, but not permanent. 

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

 Syn. monstrosum (collectors). 

 Var. Ramosum (Mei). 



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

 Simply multifidly crisped at apex. 

 Syn. cristatum (Wol.). 

 Aspm. marinum (Linn.) ; subvar. multifidum (Mei). Phyt. ut supr. X 1 and 

 2, rare ; Z, very rare. Ardmore, County Waterford. A curious little specimen 

 from Dunlicky, County Clare, has the pinnae biserrate, and the stipe cleft. 

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

 Aspm. Adiantum nigrum (Linn.) •. subvar. multifidum (Mei), ut antea. X 1 and 2, 

 not uncommon ; Wicklow, Waterford ; sometimes nearly uniform. 

 England : G. B. Wollaston, Esq. 

 [Aspm. Lanceolatum] (Huds) ; subvar. multifidum (Mei). Phyt., 1853. M. Piquet. 

 Var. Ramosum (Mei) ? Described to me as occurring with the stipes uniformly 

 bifid ; never seen, therefore, inserted in doubt. 

 [Aspm. fontanum (Br.)] ; subvar. multifidum (Mei). Phyt. ut supra. Common 

 in cultivated plants. X 1 and 2. 

 Phyt., M. Piquet. Channel Islands. 

 Athyrium molle (Roth) ; subvar. multifidum (Mei). Phyt. ut sup. X 2. Clare. 

 Ath. incisum (Newm.); subvar. multifidum (Mei) ut supra. X 2 and Z, scarce. 

 Clare, Wicklow. 

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



subvar. truncatum as ramosum. 

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

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

 var. ramosum. 

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



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

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

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

 Mr. R. Gunning. Query, Ath. convexum, var. ramosum. 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. Ramosum. Killarney (Ogilby), Wicklow (Newman), Clare 

 (Mei Phyt., 1853, page 893, very abundantly fruitful), England, Chatsworth 

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

 Polystichum angulare (Newm.) ; subvar. multifidum (Mei). Phyt. ut antea. X 1, 

 rare; X 2, not uncommon in Co. Dublin ; Z, very rare ; a fine specimen of the 

 three forms, obtained April 2, 1854, in King William's Glen, Co. 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. 

 Polys, aculeatum (Newm.) ; subvar. multifidum (Mei). Phyt. ut antea. X 2. 



Specimen, Gort, Co. Galway. 

 Polys. Lonchitis (Newm.) ; subvar. multifidum (Mei) ? Miss A. Gissing. Phyt., 



1854, p. 81. 

 Lophodium Fcenesecii (Newm.) ; subvar. multifidum (Mei). Phyt. ut antea. X 

 1 and 2, Z, rare. Ardmore, Co. Waterford. 

 England : G. B. Wollaston, Esq. 

 Loph. multiflorum (Newm.) ; subvar. multifidum (Mei) ; ut ant. X 1, 2, and Z 



very rare. 

 Loph. Filix Mas. (Newm.); subvar. multifidum (Mei). Phyt. ut antea. X 

 1, 2, Z, common. Found also in a form, said to be Erosum of Schkuhr. 

 England : G. B. Wollaston, Esq. 



* Var. Laciniatum in combination with Ramosum. 



