ASPLENIUM. 



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irregular, flat crest, sometimes 5in. broad, all the divisions bearing the 

 contracted pinnae peculiar to the typical plant. 



A. F.-f. grandiceps — gran'-dic-eps (large-headed), Moore. 



This exceedingly handsome and distinct variety, of medium size, was 

 originally found wild near Nettlecombe, Somersetshire, and at Huish- 

 Campflower, near Wiveliscombe. Its fronds, ljffc. to IJft. long and 3in. to 

 4in. broad, are lanceolate (spear-shaped) and furnished with somewhat distant 

 pinnse (leaflets) ending in small, very crispy crests. The chief characteristic 



Fig, 98. Frond of Asplenium Filix-fcemina grandiceps 



(# nat. size). 



is the very large, globose crest, 4in. to 5in. across and composed of a dense 

 mass of narrow segments, which is found at the extremity of each frond, and 

 the weight of which gives it a beautifully arched appearance. — Lowe, Our 

 Native Ferns, ii., p. 57. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, i., p. 130. 



A. F.-f. Grantise— Grran'-ti-83 (Grant's), Moore. 



A very pretty and distinct, dwarf variety, found wild at Dale Abbey, 

 and also near Sweden Bridge, Ambleside. Its pretty fronds, 9in. to 12in. 



