334 SCOLOPENDRIUM VULGARE. 



FissuM-VARiEGATUM, Lowe. (Fig. 739.) — A handsome form, 

 with fronds narrow at the base and wide near the apex, but 

 becoming rapidly acute to the tip. It differs from Jlssum, more 

 especially in being variegated. 



Uncinatum, Moore. — Found in 1863 in County Clare by 

 Mr. A. Stansfield. Length eleven inches, width two inches. 

 Colour rich green. Frilled, like crispum. Apex round-pointed. 

 Costa crooked, the basal lobes twisted in the way of a hook. 



Flavo-tinctum-papillosum, Clajiham. — Somewhat broader 

 and more irregular than papillosum. Rich green, tinged with 

 yellow. Length nine inches, width from one inch to one inch 

 and a half. 



Irregulare-majus, Stansfield. — Found in 1861, in North 

 Devon, by Mr. R. Moule. Not differing from irregulare except 

 in being larger. 



LiMBOSPERMO-CRiSTATUM, Wollaston. — Raised at Vale Nur- 

 sery from linibospermum, in 1862, by Messrs. Stansfield. Like 

 the parent, except being irregularly crested. 



LiNEARE, Moore. — Found in North Lancashire, in 1863, by 

 Mr. R. Preston. Fronds somewhat small, extremely narrow 

 and attenuated. Sori situated near to, and sometimes on the 

 margin of the frond. 



Marginatum-acutum, Stansfield. — Found in North Lan- 

 cashire. Less than marginatum, and acute. 



MuLTiFiDUM-MAJUS, Stansfield. — Found in Craven, York- 

 shire; in North Devon; and in Ireland, by various persons. 

 An unusually large normal form of multifidum. 



Omnilacerum, Loive. (Fig. 741.) — An elegant Fern raised 

 from spores by Mr. Glave, of Scarborough. Length eighteen 

 to twenty inches. Narrow, upright-growing, and lacerated almost 



