POLTSTTCHIJM ANGFLARE. 



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KiTS0Ni-«, Moore, (Multicrtstatum, Wollaston.) (Fig. 99.) — 

 Found at Torquay, in Devonshire, in 1856, by Miss Annie 

 Kitson, of Shiphay, Torquay, and brouglit under notice by Mr. 

 K. J. Gray, of Exeter. A very distinct, and perhaps the most 

 beautiful variety of Polystichum angulare, and quite constant 

 under cultivation. The rachis of the fronds divides towards 

 the apex into four or five branches, the branches themselves 

 being tufted corymbosely, whilst the pinnae which form them 

 spread out and become crispy at their apices. The basal pinnse 

 are normal, having numerous pinnules, which are oblong-acute 

 in form, setaceo-serrate on their edges, and not so much 

 auriculate as is usual in this species; the confluent apices of 

 the pinnae having a disposition to become dilatate. Near the 

 apex of the frond there is an xmusually large tuft, formed by 

 the branches, and here both the pinnae and pinnules arc 

 altered in a greater or less degree; usually they are smaller 

 in size and more generally confluent than in the lower pinnae; 

 there is, however, the same setaceous dentation throughout. 

 The upper pinnae have their extreme points widened out into 

 crispy tufts. My thanks are due to Mr. R. J. Gray, of 

 Alphington, near Exeter, and to Mr. Swynfen Jervis, of 

 Darlaston Hall, for fronds. Mr. SwjTifen Jervis possesses the 

 original specimen of this splendid variety. 



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Fig. 100. 



Crispatum, Wollaston. (Fig. 100.)— Found by Mr. G. B. 

 Wollaston, near Ottery St. Mary, Devon, and near Beaulieu, 

 Hampshire. Also by the late Mr. C. Jackson, near Barnstaple. 

 Frond normal, ovate-lanceolate; pinnae slightly imbricate. 

 Pinnules denticulate, imbricate, crowded, wavy, giving to the 

 whole plant an exceedingly pretty crisped appearance. iMrs. 

 Thompson, of South Lawn, Exeter, possesses this plant. 



