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extremity ; but on the other side of the midrib, from the centre to the 

 summit, the leaflets are either almost wanting or very short and narrow. — 

 Lowe^ Our Native Ferjis, i., fig. 226. 



N. F.-m. Mapplebeckii— Mapple-beck'-i-i (Mapplebeck's), Lowe. 



An elegantly- crested form, originally found near Grrasmere, in the English 

 Lake District. Its fronds, 1ft. or more long, are many-fingered, forking into 

 two distinct fronds near the base, their basal leaflets being frequently divided 

 in the same manner. — Lowe, Our Native Ferns, i., p. 279. 



N. F.-m. multicristatum — mul-tic-ris-ta'-tum (many times crested), 

 Lowe, 



In this very handsome variety, which was raised from spores by Mr. 

 E. J. Lowe, the size and form of the fronds are normal. It, however, 

 strikingly difters from the original cristatum in having a greater number of 

 crests, some of the branches commencing in the centre of the leaflet instead 

 of merely at its extremity. — Lowe, Our Native Ferns, i., fig. 217. 



N. F.-m. Pinderi— Pin'-der-i (Finder's), Moore. 



This handsome and essentially distinct form, with very long and narrow 

 fronds of remarkable outline, was originally found near Elter Water, in the 

 Lake District, and subsequently also at Coneysthorpe, near Malton. Its 

 narrowly spear-shaped fronds, borne on short stalks densely clothed with 

 very long scales, are about 3ft. long and less than 6in. broad in their widest 

 part, very much tapered upwards to a long slender point, and tapering also 

 below in the same manner.— Loive, Our Native Ferns, i., fig. 189. Nicholson, 

 Dictionary of Gardening, ii., p. 441. 



N. F.-m. polydactylum— pol-yd-ac'-tyl-um (many-fingered), Moore. 



A beautiful, strong-growing variety, originally found at Bromsgrove, in 

 Worcestershire, and distinct from cristatum through the multifid (much- cleft), 

 not crested, character of the fronds and the leaflets, which are repeatedly 

 divided and crisped at their extremity. The fronds, IJft. to 2ft. long and 

 6in. to 9in. broad, are furnished with leaflets which do not lessen in width 

 until near the crispy tassel, where they suddenly become much narrowed. 



