BRITISH FERNS 



XVIII 



Lastkea pseudo-mas, vttr. ramosissima {Moore) 



The late Mr. Robert Wright, Parkfield, Stone, Staffordshire. 

 N. Wales. 1864. 



Syil. RAMO-CR1STATA (ITo/i.) 



By Mr. Parsons. This variety has never been reproduced 

 from seed. Mr. Parsons considers that he has raised the variety 

 cristata from it, but probably like its counterparts in P. angulare, 

 and with A. f. /'., viz., acrocladon, it is barren. 



It is maintained by more than one good authority that L. ps.-mas 

 — and that only — can be raised from spores of L. ps.-mas ramo- 

 sissima. Plants in Mr. Wollaston's collection — said to have been 

 raised in this way — seem certainly smaller and paler in colour than 

 the common cris.'ula. 



