304 SCOT.Ol'RNDHIl M VUl.GAUK. 



LoBATUM-RAMosuM, Loive. (Fig. 703.) — Length thirteen 

 inches, of which the basal three inches is the stipes. Lobate, 

 and branching at the base of the rachis into twin fronds, the 

 apex being inconspicnonsly ramose. 



Macrosoro-cornuttjm, Lowe. — Raised from spores of macro- 

 sormn by Mr. James, of Vauvert. Length five inches. It retains 

 the character of macrosorum with a highly-developed property 

 of cornutum, the horn which starts within the lamina extending 

 as a curved thorn an inch beyond the rounded apex of the frond. 



Crispum-amplitm, Loice. — Found by Mrs. Hole, of Parke 

 Bovey Tracy, and communicated by Mr. James, of Vauvert. 

 A magnificent crispum, with fronds eighteen inches long and 

 four inches broad, deeply and densely frilled, and having a 

 crenate margin. Base lobate, apex multifid, and frilled in the 

 same direction as the frond, and not extending beyond the 

 general outline, so as to be scarcely perceived in a dried frond. 



FiNDENDUM, Lowe. — Fouud near Marwood by the Rev. .F. 

 Mules, and in North Devon by the Rev. C. Padley. Length 

 ten inches. Normal, except that two inches below the apex 

 the costa is split and twisted awry from the centre, forming a 

 pair of multifid apices with an open space between them. 



Abrupto-crispum, Lowe. — Length twelve inches, width one 

 inch and a half at the apex, and half an inch at the base. 

 Cornute half an inch below the apex, the margin crisped. 



Crispum-angustum, Loioe. — Length fifteen inches, width one 

 inch and a half. A narrow form of crisjjum, with a naked 

 stem six inches in length. Fronds sent by the Rev. C Padley. 



Crassifolium, Sim. — A curious ugly form. Length six 

 inches, width one inch, tapering, thick textured. Slenderly 

 lined on the under surface. 



Cristatum-minus, Sim. — Length three to four inches, width 

 three quarters of an inch, wavy, with a crested apex inter- 

 mediate between crista-galli and cristatum. 



