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THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. 



nature and the disposition of their pinnules (leahts), about lin. long, Jin. 

 broad, and obliquely directed forwards. The upper part of the frond only is 

 fertile, and differs from the lower 23ortion through its pinnules being more 

 pointed, more deeply cut, and smaller ; the long, narrow outlines and 

 obliquity of disposition being still preserved. — Lowe, Our Native Ferns, 

 i., fig. 214. 



N. F.-m. Jervisii — Jer-vis'-i-i (Jervis'), Moore. 



A somewhat coarse-growing variety, normal in size and habit, originally 

 discovered near Darlaston Hall, Stafibrdshire, by Mr, Sw^ynfen Jervis. Its 



Fi^. 125, Upper Portion of Frond of Nephroclium Filix-mas Jervisii 

 (! nat. size). 



broadly spear-shaped fronds, about 4ft. long, are furnished with elongated 

 leaflets, which at their extremities are ornamented with tassels spread out and 

 of a somewhat less tufted nature than in distinctly -crested forms (Fig. 125). 

 — Loive, Our Native Ferns, i., figs. 184, 185. 



N. F.-m. Loweiae— Lowe'-i-£e (Mrs. Lowe's), Lowe. 



This singular variety, of small dimensions, raised from spores in Mrs. 

 E. J. Lowe's Fernery, is as curious as it is distinct, for its fronds, about 

 1ft. long, and branching and tufted at their extremity, are furnished on one 

 side of the midrib with leaflets of perfect development and crested at their 



