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THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. 



A. T. majus — ma'-jus (greater), 



A garden name for a very strong-growing form, found in Devonshire, 

 County Clare, and other places. It is of normal form, and its only difference 

 from the typical plant lies in the great size of its fronds, which measure from 

 lft. to ljft. in length. — Lowe, Our Native Ferns, ii., p. 214. 



A. T. serratum major — ser-ra'-tum ma'-jor (greater saw-edged), Lowe. 



This variety, originally found at Shaw Bridge, in Devonshire, differs from 

 the typical species by the length of its fronds, which are frequently lft. long 

 and l|in. broad, and from the foregoing variety by its loose and unusually 

 large leaflets being coarsely toothed and occasionally dilated and forked at the 

 extreme tip of the frond. — Lowe, Our Native Ferns, ii., p. 205, tig. 556. 



A. T. SUbsequale— sub-aB-qua'-le (nearly equal), Moore. 



This is a handsome form, with fronds sometimes narrowed and elongated 

 and with leaflets distinct, sometimes broad and shorter, with large, crowded 

 leaflets. It was originally found on the banks of the Wye, and later on at 

 Knaresborough, Yorkshire ; at Whitbarrow, in Westmoreland ; at Nettlecombe, 

 Somerset ; and at or near Tunbridge Wells. This variety differs in a remark- 

 able degree from all others in having the leaflets equal- sided at the base, the 

 upper ones being oblong, the lower ones more frequently obtuse-deltoid (in 

 form of the Greek delta, A, with a blunt point) ; their margins are some- 

 times slightly siimated and form a gently-waving line, while at other times 

 they are deeply dented and frequently even elegantly notched. — Lowe, Our 

 Native Ferns, ii., p. 206, fig. 559. 



A. (Euasplenium) trilobum— Eu-as-ple'-m-um ; tril'-ob-um (three-lobecl), 

 Cavanilles. 



A very rare little, stove species, native of Chili and South Brazil, with 

 curious little fronds ljin. long and lin. broad, borne on firm, erect stalks 

 2in. to Sin. long and scaly below. These fronds are very singular in shape, 

 being wedge-shaped at the base, entire, with their margin undulated and 

 notched, on the lower part deeply lobed with broadly-notched divisions. They 

 are of a leathery texture, and the sori (spore masses) are broad and short. 

 —Hooker, Species Filicum, hi., p. 90. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, 

 i., p. 134. 



