SCOLOPENDRIUM. 



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S. Y. Gloverii— Glo-ver'-i-i (Glover's), Stansfield. 



A dwarf, much-branched variety, somewhat resembling a diminutive S. v. 

 glomeratum. The stalks of the fronds are several -times repeatedly branched, 

 and their leafy portion, also repeatedly branched or divided, forms a mass of 

 cresting with smooth and rounded edges. — Lowe, Our Native Ferns, ii., fig. 752. 



S. Y. grandiceps — gran'-dic-eps (large-headed), Lowe. 



This variety, of obscure origin and of somewhat large dimensions, is one 

 of the finest crested forms in cultivation. The branching of the stalk takes 

 place in the centre of the frond, where it divides 

 into a large and much-branched, very leafy, double 

 cockscomb-like head (Fig. 92). It is peculiar in 

 frequently bearing a sharp, cockspur-like projection 

 near the base of the stalks. — Lowe, Our Native Ferns, 

 ii., fig. 723; Druery, Choice British Ferns, p. 140. 



Fig, 92. Frond of Scolopendrium 



vulgare grandiceps 



(much reduced). 



-Hen-der-son'-i-i (Henderson's), 



S. Y. Hendersonii 



Willison. 

 This is a very pretty form, only 5in. or Gin. in 

 height, originally found near Whitby. The stalks 

 branch at the base, and each one again forks about 



lin. above the base ; these branches almost immediately divide into dwarf 

 fronds, normal in their lower portion, but divided again at their summit into 

 beautifully -crested heads, resembling five or six multifid fronds. — Loive, Our 

 Native Ferns, ii., fig. 689. 



S. Y. Hookerii — Hook'-er-i-i (Hooker's), Lowe. 



A beautiful form, raised from spores by Mr. E. J. Lowe. Its massive 

 fronds are nearly or quite triangular, being as broad at the base as they are 

 long, namely Gin. They are very leafy, lacerated here and there, much divided 

 along their margins, with lobes overlapping, and terminate in a round, tasselled 

 summit. — Lowe, Our Native Ferns, ii., fig. G93. 



S. Y. Jamesii — James'-i-i (James's), Lowe. 



This singular Fern, with fronds of a very leathery texture, was raised 

 from spores by Mr. James, of Vauvert. The slightly -crisped fronds are of 



