3 io BRITISH FERNS 



XXIV 



Lastrea propinqua, var. cristata Barxks (Wall.) 



Mr. J. M. Barnes. Westmoreland. 1870. 

 2 ft. 3 in. 



Syil. CRISTATA, BARNESII (MoOI't') 



The best of the manv forms of propinqua cristata. Mr. Barnes 

 has noted three other crested forms ; — the original abbreviate! 

 cristata (Moore) found by J D. Harrison in Borrowdale, many 

 years since; — cristata Cowardii (Moore) found at Ambleside in 

 1871, and enrva/a cristata (Barnes) found by Mr. Barnes at Swin- 

 dale in 1863. 



