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THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. 



-ra-mo'-so-cris-ta'-tum (branched and crested), 



A. C. ramoso-eristatum- 



Lowe. 



This most extraordinary form, of larger dimensions than the typical 

 species, was originally found wild in Ireland, and transplanted in a rockery 

 at Woodcote, near Warwick, where it grows luxuriantly. Its fronds (Fig. 

 84), which, including the stalks, are Sin. or more long, are branching and 



much divided at their extremity, and occa- 

 sionally crested as well ; the leaflets are variable 

 in size and form, being divided nearly or quite 

 to the midrib.— Lowe, Our Native Ferns, ii., 

 p. 375, figs. 783 and 784. 



A. C. 



ramosum — ra-mo'-sum (branched), 

 Moore. 



A dwarf form, with fronds only about 2in. 

 long, divided in two about half-way up, when 

 each branch resembles a small normal frond, 

 occasionally spread upwards' and with the margin 

 scarcely divided. It was found growing wild at 

 Ilfracombe. — Lowe, Our Native Ferns, ii., p. 373. 



A. C. Yariabile — var-i-a'-bil-e (variable), 

 Lowe. 



This very singular, lax form was originally 

 found at Browsholme Hall, Lancashire. Its 

 fronds, about 5in. long, are furnished with very 

 variable pinnee (leaflets) : some are entire 

 (uncut), others are distinctly, though irregularly, 

 toothed, while others again are variously shaped. — Lowe, Our Native Ferns, 

 ii., p. 374, fig. 781. 



Fig. 84. Fronds of Asplenium Ceterach 

 ramoso-cristatum 

 (i nat. size). 



A. (Anisogonium) chimborazense— chim-bor-az-en'-se (a native of 

 Chimborazo), Spruce. 

 This stove Fern, native of Chimborazo, where it is found wild at 

 elevations of between 3000ft. and 4000ft., is one of the strongest-growing kinds 



