Varieties of Jfcrns m il^t §mio 

 Jrstnct. 



By Col. ARTHUJl M. JONES. 



T HAVJt) bcon nwkcd to furnish a low iiotoH on tlio 

 -*- Varieties of Ferns known to have been found in " tlio 

 Bristol District," and to add some remarks on varieties ol 

 ferns generally, and more esyjecially on their classification, 

 it being now gonorally accepted that tho varieties of ferns 

 range themselves naturally in certain groups. 



Tho list produced does not profess to be in any way ex- 

 haustive, it comprises simply tlio varieties that have come 

 under my own notice, and it is supplied in the hope that it 

 may be the means of bringing to light many unrecorded 

 discoveries, so that eventually a complete list of the ferns 

 of the district may bo compiled. In the subjoined, list the 

 species aro taken merely in the order in which they wouhl 

 appear to have been most productive of varieties ; 



SCOLOI'ENDinUM VUI.GAKK. 



Var. Crispum. Four plants of this variety were found 

 many years since by Dr. F. Brittan near Hanham, 

 on the opposite side of the river Avon, and Mr. 

 Sherring has recently reported that a young plant 

 was found in a wood near Hallatrow. 



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