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BRITISH FERNS 



Bollandle.— Found at Tunbridge Wells by Mrs. Bolland, and 

 remarkable for being the only plumose variety found in this species ; 

 it is very foliose, and usually quite barren ; dark green and hand- 

 some, but handicapped by occasional irregularities of make. 



Apex of frond. 



Figs. i6r, 162, 163. 



Uasal pinna. 

 L. f. ni. C/owesu'. 



Middle pinna. 



Clowesii (Figs. 161, 162, 163). — Found at Bromsgrove in 

 Worcestershire ; this is a tasselled form which differs from Jervisii 

 in bearing crisper tassels and deeper-cut pinnae ; the tassels also 

 vary in size, sometimes bunched and sometimes flat, and pinnae 

 sometimes plain. 



Confluens. — Found by W. H. Phillips ; subdivisions not 

 entirely separated. 



Crispata. — Found by J. K. Hodgson and others ; a fine, com- 

 pact, crispy variety. 



Crispatissima (fluctuosa). — A still more marked variety; 

 very pretty. Vide also Fluctuosa. 



Cristata. — Found by Mr. Crouch at Rydal ; well tasselled. 



C. Ellacombe, c. Martindale, c. Routledge. — All three very 

 fine forms found by the gentlemen named. 



