386 BRITISH FERNS 



LXII 



POLVSTICHUM ACULEATUM, Var. ACROCLADON (Lowe) 



Mrs. Agar Thompson. S. Devon. 1858. 

 1 ft. 5 in. 



By Mr. Wollaston. The only densely-crested form of acnleatum 

 — and perhaps it is chiefly from this cause that some have doubted 

 whether it belongs to this species. Mr. Padley, who has had 

 more opportunity of observing this plant than anyone else, and 

 has brought to bear on these matters as large an experience and 

 as sound a practical judgment as anyone, has no doubt whatever 

 that it is aculeatum. 



