314 BRITISH FERNS 



XXVI 



POLYDACTVLA DADDS (Will I.) 



John Dadds. Raised, 1872. 

 3 ft- 



There are few Ferns grander, more distinct, and more graceful ; — 

 owing to its upstanding habit, the frond itself will not bend under 

 the heavy crest, — so the latter has to bend down, which it does in 

 a way and with a grace rarely seen. It is a dark-complexioned 

 Fern, yet with a clear lustrous look, and the flat digitate endings 

 of the pinna; stand out in a way that is very striking. It is said 

 to have been raised from furcans, to which it has, no doubt, some 

 points of resemblance, but it must have better blood in it than 

 that. 



