sub-divisions side by side, or intermingled in the most 

 wayward fashions conceivable. Curiously enough this 

 eccentricity appears to be correlated with the type, since 

 two other recorded wild finds in quite distant localities 

 have presented the same peculiarities when brought under 

 cultivation, so that, despite all efforts, there is no thoroughly 

 constant form so far recorded. 



The latest find of this type was made by our member, 

 Mr. W. R. Roberts, as a quite tiny plant on a dry hedge- 

 bank at Barnstaple. This was kindly sent to the writer, 

 who grew it, and was for some time led to the belief that 

 at last we had a constant form, as some twenty fronds 

 arose all true to the intermediate type. A normal frond 

 then presented itself and eventually precisely the same 

 mixed character appeared. With regard to this variety, 

 it bears three names — " cornubiense," indicating its Cornish 

 origin and therefore appropriate ; u elegantissimum," rather 

 too superlative as it turns out, and u Whiten." This last 

 is derived from the name of one of its discoverers, three of 

 which were apparently necessary for such an unique 

 discovery. This name, however, was only temporarily 

 applied or is rarely used nowadays. Besides the peculiari- 

 ties already described, the fern is additionally interesting as 

 a producer of dorsal bulbils on the more dissected fronds 

 under favourable cultural conditions, but our own attempts 

 to raise from these have so far failed. These bulbils 

 appear in conjunction with the spore heaps, a rare but not 

 unique phenomenon. The inclusion of such a variety 

 among the elite is, therefore, seen to be fully justified 

 despite its eccentricity. 



Chas. T. Druery, V.M.H., F.L.S. 



