NEPHRODIUM. 



519 



N. F.-m. ramosissimum — ra-mo-sis'-sim-um (much branched), Moore. 



This strong-growing variety, raised from spores by Mr. Ivery, of Dorking, 

 produces in abundance fronds which are many times branched and densely 

 tufted at their summit (Fig. 127). The branching process sometimes begins 

 near the base of the stalks, while in other cases there is no bifurcation until 

 the lower part of the leafy portion is reached, when the rachis (stalk) becomes 

 branched ag'ain and ao;ain and terminates in a dense tuft. 



F\g, 126. Frond of Nephrodi'um Filix-mas Fig. 127. Frond of Nephrodium Filix-mas 



ramo-crlstatum ramosissimum 

 (J nat. size). (4 nat. size). 



N. F.-m. ramosum — ra-mo'-sum (branched), Moore. 



A variety of dwarf habit and irregular outline, originally found on the 

 Clova Mountains, in Scotland. Its fronds usually have at their base several 

 branches twice divided to the midrib, and their summit is also branched. 

 The small pinnules (leafits) are also blunt and toothed. — Lowe., Our Native 

 Ferns, i., fig. 205. 



N. F.-m. ramulosissimum — ra-mul-o-sis'-sim-um (having many small 

 branches), Moore. 



This remarkably pretty variety, the smallest-growing form at present 

 known, is seldom more than 4in. high. Its little fronds are repeatedly 



