NEPHRODIUM. 



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N. F.-m. furcans — fur'-cans (forked), Moore. 



A strong-growing, handsome form, originally found at Windermere, but 

 subsequently near Huddersfield, and on Bookham Common, Surrey. The 

 fronds are of normal size and shape, except so far as the ends of the leaflets 

 are concerned, the difference consisting in the forked character of the leaflets, 

 the fish-tail-like terminations of which margin the fronds in a handsome 

 manner. The frond itself is seldom forked at its summit. — Lowe^ Our Native 

 Ferns, i., fig. 192. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, ii., p. 440. 



N. F.-m. grandiceps— gran'-dic-eps (large-headed), Wollaston. 



This, probably the most gigantic of the whole section of crested forms of 

 FilicG-mas, was originally found in Staffordshire. It grows to a size equal 

 to that of the typical species, its fronds often 

 measuring 2ft. in length by 6in. in breadth, 

 but their extremity is densely crested and 

 branched in a different way to other crested 

 varieties, inasmuch as the process begins from 

 a few inches from the summit of the frond 

 (Fig. 124), where the rachis (stalk of the leafy 

 portion) branches three or four times, each of 

 the ramifications being furnished with closely- 

 set leaflets, which are beautifully crested, as 

 are also occasionally their pinnules (leafits), 

 which in the lower part of the frond are 

 elegantly pendulous. — Lowe, Our Native Ferns, 

 i.j fig. 225. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gar- 

 dening, ii., p. 441. 



Fii. 124. Frond of Nephrodium Filix-mas 



N. F.-m. Ingramii — In-gram'-i-i (In- grandiceps 



(much reduced). 



gram's), Moore. 



A large variety, originally found in Worcestershire, and described by 

 T. Moore, in the "Gardeners' Chronicle" of August 8th, 1863, as being one 

 of the most striking varieties of Filix-mas, of normal development, which had 

 come under his notice. Its fronds, 3ft. to 4ft. long and at least 1ft. broad, 

 have a very distinct and remarkable appearance, which is produced by the 



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