350 SCOLOPENDRIUM VULGARE. 



for the upper half of the frond being considerably convex above 

 and concave beneath. Raised from spores by Mr. Elworthy, 

 of Nettlecombe. 



AuRATUM, Lowe. — Fronds of two kinds. Length of the first 

 usually six inches, naked, except the large aurate lobes above 

 three inches in length, closely resembling elephants' ears. 

 Margin smooth, coriaceous, undulate, and deep green. Dispersed 

 with these are large undulate fronds, somewhat ramose and 

 here and there depauperate. Found in Devonshire by Mr. 

 Edwards, of Nuthall. 



Ramoso-contractum, Moore. — Found by Mr. Jackson. A 

 dwarf ramose form of contractum, similarly cristate and 

 contracted. 



Jacksonii, Moore. — Found at Bideford, Devon, by the late 

 Mr. C. Jackson. Length six or eight inches, irregularly 

 contracted, but with unequal j^^'ominent lobes, like sinuatum, 

 contractions crenate. Base subtruncate, apex irregularly branched, 

 the branches with irregular margins, and terminating in a dense 

 globular-cristate tassel. 



Fisso-MULTiFiDUM, Lowe. — Length twelve inches. An inter- 

 esting form of fissum, with an attenuated apex, terminating in 

 a small multifid head. 



Vivo-MARGiNATUM, Clapliani. — Fronds two to four inches, 

 very narrow, margin entire or distantly dentate, often mar- 

 ginate, the apex multifid, segments dentate, sometimes with a 

 scarcely margined costa. Raised from spores by Mr. Clapham, 

 of Scarborough, and myself. 



Crispum-densum, Sim. — A dwarf, broad, densely-crisped form, 

 with a much lacerated aj)ex. 



Lonchophorum, Moore. (Fig. 760.) — Found in North Lan- 

 cashire, in 1862, by Mr. R. Preston. A narrow strap-shaped 

 form, eight or nine inches long, and a quarter to three 

 eighths of an inch wide. Base cordate-lineate on the margin. 



