372 BRITISH FERNS 



LV 



Brachiato-cristatum Grey ( Weill. ) 



Mr. Robert Grey, Newlands, Alphington, near Exeter. 

 S. Devon. 1854. 



1 ft. 6 in. 



Syn. Greyi {Moore) 



The first and still the most brachiate and crested form, and un- 

 equalled in its fine, robust character. When found it had five 

 crowns, only one of which then showed brachiation, but under 

 cultivation all the others subsequently developed it. It was found 

 close to the sea, near Exmouth, growing" on stiff soil, which is 

 generally considered to be so unfavourable to the production of 

 varieties in P. angnlare. 



The forms of brachiato-cristatum had for a long time seemed 

 peculiar to the South and South-west of England until the 

 present year, when a plant with the same unmistakable character 

 was found in the North of Ireland by Mr. W. H. Philips, of 

 Holywood, Co. Down. 



