14 ATHYRIUM FILIX-rCEMlNA. 



whole frond of Fieldice, and imbricate; indeed from tlie very 

 nature of the ramose pinnse the imbricate character is strongly- 

 marked throughout. The apices of the frond are more or less 

 flattish-forked or branched, but where not so are attenuated 

 or caudate, much resembling in the upper parts the variety 

 Fieldice. The plant is profusely fertile, and is a vigorous grower. 

 The history of this remarkable variety is obscure. The plant 

 illustrated was purchased at the Yorkshire Gala, 1863, for Mr, 

 C. Monkman, of Malton. The exhibitor knew little of it, except 

 that it had been found by a Mr. R-utson, somewhere about the 

 Hambleton range of hills, in North Yorkshire. Mr. Monkman 

 furnishes the fronds for illustration. 







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Plumosum-Monkmanii, Stansjield. (Fig. 289.) — This elegant 

 variety was found by Mr. C. Monkman, when botanizing in 

 company with Mr. T. Stansfield, in Coneysthorpe banks, Castle 

 Howard, Yorkshire, in 1862. Four crowns were found, which 

 are held by the discoverer, Messrs. Stansfield, the Yorkshire 

 Philosophical Society, and Mr. Clapham. The form is recog- 

 nisable as a plumose variety at first glance, but on examination 

 does not prove so finely divided as the plumosum of the Messrs. 

 Stansfield, from which also it differs in its erect, stiff" habit of 

 growth, and rigid pinnse. The Messrs. Stansfield's form of 

 plumosum is certainly the more graceful of the two. So far 

 Mr. Monkman's variety has proved barren. The illustration is 

 from one of the original plants, sent by Mr. Monkman. 



Cristatum, Monkman. — This form is distinguished by its 

 crested apices of fronds, the pinnse shewing no such peculiarity. 

 It was found by Mr. C. Monkman in Slingsby Woods, near 



