Shi SCOLOPENDRIVM VULGAHE. 



and almost flat at the extremity, the sori being continued 

 uniformly round tlie upex, like the spokes of a wheel; one 

 inch below the apex the costa terminates in a subcornute 

 indistinct point. 



Apicilobum, 3foore. — Found in Guernsey by Mr. J. James, 

 of Vauvert. Dwarf, variablc-fronded form, with fronds three 

 to five inches long and two inches broad, widest upwards, the 

 costa not extending to the apex, which is blunt and rounded 

 in outline. Base cordate, margin undulate, sometimes cut so 

 as to form a rounded lobe, and the apex profoundly cut into 

 several obovate lobes. 



Elato-lobatum, 3Ioore. — Found at Littlehampton, Sussex, 

 by Mr. G. B. Wollaston. A tall, stout, erect variety, with 

 fronds two feet in length, divided into two or three branches 

 at the apex, the branches being either divergent or convergent 

 and transverse. 



FuRCATUM, Wollaston. — Cultivated by Mr. Cox, of Bcdleaf. 

 The apex of the frond split exactly down the midvein, the 

 divisions crossing in a curved manner, and the forks curving 

 like the upper mandible of a parrot, occasionally dividing in 

 the same way over and over again. The lower portion of the 

 frond normal. 



DivARiCATUM, Moore. — Found in "Westmoreland by Mr. J. 

 Crossficld, and at Oldstead, in Yorkshire, by Mr. C. Monkman. 

 Xormal below, dividing near the apex into two branches, which 

 spread out at a wide angle, and these fork again in the same 

 manner. 



Eamoso-glomeratum, Moore. — A lovely dwarf form. Stipites 

 ramose, producing several branches, which are again ramose 

 from the very base of their lamina, branching out into several 

 so much dilated divisions as to form rounded, densely-crisped, 

 obtuse-looking tufts, with bluntly-crenated margins. The fronds 

 consisting of a series of five or six of these dense glomerate 

 frilled masses all brought together into one head. Found by 

 jNIr. James in Guernsey. 



