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CONGESTUM ( Woll. ) 



Rev. C. Padley. South Devon. 1865. 



1 ft. 

 Syn. confertum {Padley). 



Among the most beautiful of the varieties of angulare, but, 

 from the closeness which gives it its chief beauty, difficult to 

 represent in a nature print ; the varieties of congestum are all 

 dark green. 



Mr. Padley, who has been especially fortunate with this variety, 

 writes, " I found two at Littleham, N. Devon, one in S. Devon, 

 and half a dozen others scattered through Devonshire, all alike," 

 and lays some stress on the fact that without exception all the 

 plants found by himself and that found by Miss Thompson were 

 growing in damp places. 



Mr. Jackson, Mr. Wollaston, Mr. Wills, Mr. Moly, and Miss 

 Thompson are the only other recorded discoverers of this variety ; 

 from a plant, however, in the late Dr. Lyell's collection (the history 

 of which is obscure) a remarkable multifid form has been raised by 

 Mr. Sang, of Kirkcaldy, which is in the possession of Mr. E. J. 

 Lowe, now of Shirenewton Hall, Monmouthshire. 



