390 BRITISH FERNS 



LXIV 



Cristato-gracile Moly (Wo//.) 



Mr. J. Moly. S. Devon. 1868. 



1 ft. 8 in. 



SvJl. PERCRISTATUM MOLY. 



So thoroughly crested in all their parts are the true forms of 

 ristato-graci/e, that the name percristatum might with propriety be 

 given to them. The original form was found in 1862 in S. Devon 

 by Mr. Grey. Shortly afterwards Mr. Jackson found his in 

 N. Devon. It is believed that Mr. Wollaston, Mr. Wills, and Mr. 

 Charles Cowper are the only other discoverers of the true form of 

 this variety. Mr. Elworthy's and Mr. Padley's crested forms, 

 called by this name, lack the percristate character which is now 

 considered as the only claim to this name. Mr. Moly's form is 

 now generally admitted to be the finest and most characteristic of 

 the class — next probably in excellence come two of Mr. Wills's, 

 the pale-complexioned one found in Dorset, in 1872, and the 

 Sidbury one found in 1874, and Mr. Grey's well-known dark green 

 form. Mr. Moly has two forms. 



