BRITISH FERNS 



XXIX 



La.STREA FILIX-MAS, Vlir. BOLLANUI/E (Moul'C) 



Mrs. Bolland. Kent. 1857. 



3 ft- 



Syn. plumosa ( 11 'oil. ) 



By Mr. Clowes. The only plumose form of the species yet 

 known. Mrs. Bolland states that she found it growing in a hedge 

 entirely apart from other Ferns. As it occasionally bears a few 

 spores, attempts have been made to raise a form free from the 

 depauperation which always detracts more or less from its beaut}*. 

 The most promising results have been obtained by Dr. Allchin, 

 but the experiments are as yet too recent to be quite relied on. 



