FERN GROWING iii 



Melilza. A narrow muricate crisp7tvi. Length 5 inches, 

 width I ] inch. 



Ma-maid. Spirally frilled and reflexed. Half the width of 



the frond nearest the rachis muricate for the lower half of 



Fig, 45. — Feodorovna. Half size. 



the frond, above which it is muricate to the margin. The 

 apex split into a capitate muricate crest that twists back. 

 The consistency is thicker than is usually the case in the 

 crispum forms. The frills are so close together that they 

 overlap. The colour is a rich green. Length 10 inches, of 



