434 BRITISH FERNS 



LXXXIV 



CONGESTA ( Woll. ) 



Mr. Hindson, Kirkby Lonsdale. Westmoreland. 1872. 

 2 ft. 6 in. 



The following; information was obtained by Mr. Barnes from 

 Mr. Craig- : " The plant was found in the neighbourhood of Kirkby 

 Lonsdale, — Mr. Hindson, a wine and spirit merchant of that 

 place, and Mr. Lodge, a barber, being in company ; they took 

 home both roots and fronds, but the roots never grew ; — when they 

 found the plants were dead they went for more, but could not find 

 it again ; — Craig had a portion of a frond at the time of its 

 discovery, but it got laid aside for two or three years, — it was then 

 sown and two plants were raised, one worthless, the other you 

 have seen." 



Mr. Craig's plant is quite a sight, — more like a bush than a fern. 



