SCOLOPENDRIUM VULGARE. 



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SuPRASORiFERO-DicHOTOMUM, MooTc. — Eaised from spores by- 

 Messrs. Stansfield, of Todmorden, in 1862. Dwarf, twin-stemmed, 

 slightly undulated, costa branching and re-branching dichoto- 

 mously. Suprasoriferous. Fronds narrow. 



Fig. 748.— Apex. 



Fig. 749.— Apex. 



Cristatum-Monkmanii, Monhnan. (Fig. 748.) — Length 

 eighteen inches, normal in form, except two inches below the 

 apex, where lacerately contracted, the apex terminating in a 

 compact leafy crest. Copiously and conspicuously soriferous 

 from the base to the apex. 



Crispum-cristatum, Lowe. (Fig. 749.) — Found in Devon- 

 shire by the Rev. Charles Padley, of Beaconfield, Plymouth. 

 This Fern differs from the normal form of crispum in being 

 crested at the apex. It is normal in size, but rather darker 

 in the green colour of the fronds. Sterile. 



