70 KENTISH PLANTS. [MaVch, 



rachis, divided nearly to the costa into linear-oblong serrated 

 lobes, the undivided portion about equal in width to tlie wing of 

 the rachides, so that the costse, petioles, and rachides appear 

 about equally winged, and the pinnse consequently bipinnatifid ; 

 the segments are rather distantly toothed, with their sides recurved 

 in an undulated manner, giving a very pretty crispy appearance 

 to the surface. The development of the parts is somewhat irre- 

 gular, and yet scarcely enough so to disturb the symmetry of the 

 fronds. This variety is most nearly allied to that called conioides, 

 but partakes also of some of the peculiarities of latifolium, and in 

 a lesser degree of those of poly dados. It is a very handsome 

 form, and very rare. 



2. Athyrium Filix-fcemina, v. Granti^e. — Fronds dwarf, six 

 to eight inches high, broadly oval-lanceolate, crispy, the rachis 

 sometimes branched, and the apex slightly multifid ; pinnse ob- 

 long, imbricated, slightly narrowed to a short bluntish point, 

 somewhat irregular; pinnules crowded, overlapping, bluntly 

 ovate-oblong, wavy, pinnatifid with shallow lobes, which are di- 

 vided into two or three remarkably obtuse rounded teeth or cre- 

 natures, connected at the base by a distinct wing to the rachis ; 

 stipites and rachides stout ; sori not developed. 



A very distinct and elegant dwarf form of Lady Fern, commu- 

 nicated by Mrs. Grant, of Collumpton. The plant was found in 

 the neighbourhood of Truro, Cornwall, by Mr. Paul, and given 

 to Mrs. Grant. The short broad fronds with the parts very 

 densely imbricated and the surface crispy, the rounded teeth of 

 its pinnules, and the occasionally multifid and ramose condition 

 of the rachides, are features quite unlike what are found in other 

 described forms, and render this a welcome addition to the al- 

 ready numerous varieties of Lady Ferns. 



KENTISH PLANTS, ADDITIONAL. 



Addition to the List of South Kent Plants, collected in the course 

 of last summer. By Yi. C 



CRUCIFER^. 



Cakile maritima. August 1. In the sand between Dover and 

 Folkestone, about two miles from the latter place. — In the ' II- 



