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[Var. Ramosum (Mei). England, Cornwall ; fruitful. Syn. cristatum (Moore, Br. 

 Ferns, p. 109). 

 Lophodium fragrans (Newm.) ; [subvar. multifidum, Wol.] 



England : G. B. Wollaston, Esq. 

 [Loph. spinosa] (Newm.) ; subvar. multifidum (Wol.). 



England : G. B. Wollaston, Esq. 

 Gymnocarpium Phegopteris (Newm.) ; subvar. [multifidum (Wol.)] ; specimen com- 

 municated by G. B. Wollaston, Esq. In combination with subvar. Sinuatum 



(Mei) q. v. 

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



England : G. B. Wollaston, Esq. 

 [Cystopteris Dickieana] (Sims) ; var. multifidum (Mei). 



Cultivated plants, Col. Bot. Gardens. 



Cultivated plants, G. B. Wollaston, Esq. 

 Ctenopteris vulgaris (Newm.) : subvar. (multifidum) (Mei) ; ut antea. X 1 and 2, 

 common; Z, rare. Fig. Newm. Br. Ferns, p. 111. Clare, Wicklow, Dublin; 

 occurs here generally in only one frond of a plant. 



England : Newm. Brit. Ferns. G. B. Wollaston, Esq. 



Syn. bifidum (Moore) ; proliferum (ib.) ; multifidum (col.). 

 Trichomanes speciosum "(Wilden) ; subvar. multifidum (Mei) ; ut antea. Z. One 



frond in cultivated plant. 

 Hymenophyllum Tunbridgense (Smith) ; subvar. multifidum (Mei). A fine speci- 

 men of X 2, among plants of this fern brought from Killarney, by James 



Haughton, Esq.,jun., 1853. 

 Hymen. Wilsoni ; subvar. multifidum (Mei). X 2 ; Killarney. G. B. Wollaston, 



Esq. Dr. H. Allchin. Very fine. 

 Osmunda Regalis (Linn) ; subvar. multifidum (Mei). Z, very rare. I have seen 



but one specimen ; on a plant brought from Killarney, by Professor R. W. Smith. 

 Botrychium Lunaria (Smith) ; subvar. multifidum (Mei). 



Ireland : X 2 ; Mack. Flor. Hib., 346, and Kilnasantan, 1854. 



England: Newm., Br. Ferns. T. Buchanan, Esq. G. B. Wollaston,Esq. 



Syn. Ramosum (auct). 

 Lunaria minor ramosa (Ray). 

 Ophioglossum vulgatum (Linn); subvar., X2, multifidum (Mei). 



Ireland : Kilnasantan, 1854. 



Newm. Brit. Ferns. Deakin's, Flor. Brit., p. 33. 



Syn. Ramosum (auct.) 



BRITISH SPECIES REPRESENTED IN FOLLOWING : — 



Multifidum. Ramosum. 



Not represented. 

 Not represented. 

 One species. 

 Not represented. 

 One species. 

 One species. 



Three species ; two doubtful. 

 Three species (?) 

 Not represented. 

 One species. 

 Not represented. 



Genera unrepresented— Pseudathyrium, Hemestheum, Allosurus, Gymnogramma. 

 * Including Fontanum as British. 



