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Col. Jones raised a cross between this and cristata, but as the 

 resulting tassels were hidden within the knots, and thus invisible, 

 the cross has been lost sight of, and does not, we think, now exist. 



Grandiceps. — See note to per cristata ; this form is always 

 barren, and can only be raised indirectly. 



Percristata. — A far finer crested form, found in the Lake 

 District ; bearing heavy tassels at all tips and with even the 

 smaller divisions distinctly fanned. The spores of this when sown 

 yield two very distinct forms ; viz. the parental, true percristata 



Fig. 263. P. aq. polydailyht. 



