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■find of extraordinary beauty, and Fig. 95 shows it to be a plant quite distinct 

 from any other known form. The frond is divided into distinct leaflets 

 which end in a very elegant crest. — Druery, Choice British Ferns, p. 142. 



S. Y. ramo-marginatum — ra'-mo-mar-gin-a'-tum (branched, margined), 

 Clapham. 

 This exceedingly beautiful variety — one of the most distinct of the many 

 crested forms of the Hartstongue — was raised from spores by Mr. A. Clapham, 

 of Scarborough. It is usually twin-stalked, 

 each stalk bearing twice or thrice-branched, 

 nearly erect fronds, the lower portion of 

 which is much narrowed, seldom exceeding 

 ^in. in breadth. Each branch ends in a nearly 

 circular, flattish crest 2in. to Sin. wide, con- 

 sisting of many branchlets overlapping near its 

 circumference, but gaping and marginate below. 

 In fully-developed specimens, the length of the 

 fronds varies from 9in. to 12in., and their 

 breadth across the terminal tassel is about 6in. 

 — Lowe, Our Native Ferns, ii., fig. 778 ; New 

 and Rare Ferns, t. 23. Druery, Choice British 

 Ferns, p. 142. 



f/g, 95. Frond of Scolopendrium yulgare 



ramo-cristatum 



(4 nat. size). 



S. Y. r.-m. proliferum — pro-lif'-er-um (proliferous), Sim. 



A small-growing form of S. v. ramo-marginatum, with broader and more 

 leafy fronds, scarcely marginate, but producing freely on the surface of its 

 more or less irregular fronds tiny bulbil-plants, from which it is readily pro- 

 pagated. — Lowe, Our Native Ferns, p. 306. 



S. Y. ramoso-cristatum — ra-mo'-so-cris-ta'-tum (branched, crested), Moore. 

 A very handsome form, of upright habit, raised from spores by Mr. A. 

 Clapham, and distinct through its fronds being destitute of all leafy character 

 in their lower half and branched in their upper half, where they are furnished 

 with repeatedly multifid branchlets, bearing segments crested in a crisped 

 manner. — Lowe, Our Native Ferns, ii., fig. 737. 



