BRITISH FERNS 



XXII 



Lastrea filix-mas, var. cristata Ellacombe (Tfoll.) 



The Rev. H. Ellacombe, The Rectory, Bitton, Somerset. 



Pembroke. 1856. 



2 ft. 3 in. 



The finest and most symmetrical of the larger forms of L. filix- 

 mas cristata ; — that of Martindale found in the Lake District (and 

 sent out as Iveryana) is not so large or it might otherwise run it 

 closely ; —Jervisii could do it if it chose, but it never can throw 

 off the untidiness that disfigures it, — Mr. Padley has several forms, 

 all good, — altcmiata cristata perhaps the best. Dr. Allchin's 

 crested form was found in N. Devon in 1870. 



