BRITISH FERNS 



LX 



Grandiceps {Moore) 



William Talbot, late of Glasnevin Gardens. Co. Cork. 1861. 



1 ft. 5 in. 



Under glass by Mr. Wollaston. Found by a boy employed at 

 the Glasnevin Gardens. Mr. W. H. Phillips records the discovery 

 in Co. Antrim in 1877 of another plant, which is practically 

 identical with this. Mr. Moly has two forms from South Devon, 

 very closely allied to it. The plant found by the late J. J. Jones in 

 Pembrokeshire, and distributed by Messrs. Stansfield under the 

 name of P. ang. Jonesii, and which has at times been classed as 

 aculeatum, is generally regarded as another form of P. ang. grandi- 

 ceps. Mr. Wills' grandiceps is a fine compact plant, but does 

 not partake of the narrowness of frond that marks the true forms 

 of grandiceps. Mr. Moly's robust form, called grandiceps Moly 

 by Mr. Wollaston, departs still more in this respect from the typical 

 grandiceps. 



