458 BRITISH FERNS 



XCVI 

 MULTIFIDO-VAKIANS (Jo/lCS) 



Mrs. Grant, Hillersden House, near Cullompton. Devon. 1870. 



1 ft 8 in. 



A grand Fern, — a sort of elephant among Scolopendriams. The 

 fronds vary a good deal, some are grandly multifid, others are 

 supra-lineate or lobed at the base, — a few are dwarfed, but there are 

 always sufficient of the larger-growing fronds to give a character 

 to the plant, — one has to hunt for the defects. 



