PRINCIPAL HYBRID PLANTS EXHIBITED. 21 
chance cross ; the crest transmitted, together with a slight ex- 
pansion of the parts of lepidota. 
LOMARIA 
L. GIBBA PLATYPTERA = L. gibba x Blechnum braziliense. Raised 
and exhibited by Messrs. Veitch. Intermediate between the 
two parents, with dark colouring of fronds, as in B. braziliense ; 
plant barren. 
POLYPODIUM 
P. AUREO-VULGARE=P.aureum x P.vulgare. Raised and exhibited 
by Messrs. Veitch. Habit and size of frond, intermediate 
between the two parents; colour, nearer that of P. vulgare 
than P. aureum ; rhizome, like that of P. aureum. 
P. NERIIFOLIUM CRISTATUM=P. neriifolium x P. vulgare cristatum. 
Raised and exhibited by Messrs. Veitch. Same habit as 
P. nerifolium, with fronds crested as those of P. vulgare 
cristatum ; rhizome, similar to that of P. neriifolium. 
P. NIGRO-GRANDICEPS=P. migrescens x P. vulgare arandiceps. 
Raised and exhibited by Messrs. Veitch. Strong habit of 
P. nigrescens and with same arrangement of fructification ; 
fronds, crested as in P. vulgare grandiceps; rhizome, similar to 
that of P. vulgare nigrescens. 
P. ScHNEIDERI=P. aureum x P. vulgare elegantissimum. Raised 
and exhibited by Messrs. Veitch. Intermediate in every 
respect between the two parents. Plant exhibited showed 
foliage in all stages of development; rhizome, that of P. 
aureum ; plant barren. 
P. VULGARE, Var. ELEGANTISSIMUM CRISTATUM=P. v. elegantissi- 
mum x P. v. bifido-cristatum. Parents both wild. Raised by 
Mr. Clapham, Scarborough ; exhibited by Mr. C. T. Druery. 
Crossed, about 1886-7. A remarkable cross. P. y. elegan- 
tissimum partially reverts to normal, a feature seen in the 
cross, which partially reverts to the other parent bifido- 
cristatum instead, whose peculiar cresting is exactly trans- 
mitted. Compare P. Schneiderii for same feature derived from 
same parent. 
P. No. V:=P. sporodocarpum x P. neriifolium. Raised and 
exhibited by Messrs. Veitch. Intermediate between the two 
parents; foliage divided as in P. neriifolium and colour 
intermediate. 
POLYSTICHUM 
P. ANGULARE, var. LINEARE POLYDACT\LUM=P. angulare polydac- 
tylum x P. ang. var. lineare. Polydactylum, found wild; 
lineare, raised. Exhibited by Mr. C. T. Druery. Crossed, 
about 1890. Very distinct combination. A type of a large 
number of crosses with the polydactylum parent, which 
invariably transmits its irregularities—i.c. occasional normal 
pinne. 
