342 SCOLOPENDRIUM VULGARE. 



Cheirophorum, Stansfield. — Found in 1863 in County Clare 

 by Mr. A. Stansfield. Of medium size, broad fronds terminating 

 in a branched head in the way of a hand spread out. 



FissiDENS, Wollaston. — Found in North Devon. Fronds 

 deeply cut, and narrower than Jlssum. 



Crispum-fertile, Stansfield. — Found in 1863 at Grange, in 

 North Lancashire, by Mr. E. G. Wrigley. Length twenty-four 

 inches, width one inch at the base, and two inches in the centre 

 of the frond. A uniformly well-crisped form, the crispings 

 crenulated, rich green, with a narrow apex, and very copiously 

 and conspicuously soriferous, especially near the apex. My 

 thanks are due to Messrs. Stansfield for a plant and fronds. 



Polycuspis-transversum, Moore. — Raised from spores in 

 1862 by Messrs. Stansfield. Differing from polycusjns in having 

 the terminal lobes crossing one another, as in transverso-lohatum, 

 and in having more numerous points. 



Lineare-cristatum, Lowe. — The frond below the multifid 

 apex resembles the same portion of the frond, fig. 674, whilst 

 the apex is not unlike fig. 686. Fronds linear, and having a 

 crested apex. 



Ramo-depauperatum, Clapham. — Raised from spores by Mr. 

 Clapham. Length seven inches, twin-branched at the base, 

 width half an inch, dej^auperate, each terminating in a compact 

 densely-crested head three inches across. 



Crispum-multifidum, Lowe. — Length thirteen inches, width 

 one inch and three quarters. Found in Devonshire by Miss 

 Kitson. Fronds very much crisped, and narrowish at the base. 

 The apex terminating in a compact, leafy, crisped head, three 

 inches across. Differing from crispum in being multifid. 



CoNJUNCTUM, Moore. — Found in Guernsey by Mr. James. 

 Fronds eight inches long, one inch and a half broad near the 

 base. Dividing in middle of the frond, and these forked, with 

 multifid apices; margins undulate; apical lobes twisted. 



