5 6 BRITISH FERNS. — SUB-ORDER II. TRIBE 8. 
33. multifidum, Moore. Found in Wicklow, by Mr. D. Moore. 
33x10 inches. Normal with crested pinnae. There are various 
wild forms (viz. Barnesii, Hodgsonae, tenue, Fraseri, nanum), and 
almost an endless number have been raised from spores. 
34 paucidentatum, Lowe (paucidentatum cristatum, Mapplebeck ). 
Raised in 1870 by Mr. Mapplebeck. 16X io£ inches. A marvel- 
lous, delicate variety; very broad. Pinnae with large ramose crest- 
ings ; apex of frond abrupt, with branching crest ; pinnules short 
and scarcely dentate. 
35. percristatum, Lowe (percristatum Cousins, Jones). An inter- 
esting form. 
36. polydactylum, Moore. Found at Windermere, Nettlecombe, 
and other places. Finger crested. 
37. regale, Moore. Raised in 1867 by Mr. J. M. Barnes. 30X 10 
inches. The grandest crested Lady Fern ; foliose, and the pinnules 
crested. 
38. setigerum, Jones. Found in the Lake district by Mr. 
Garnett. A grand crested, lax form ; pinnules dilated at the apex, 
and bristling with hair divisions. 24 x 5 inches. 
39. spinocristatum, Lowe. A marvellous production, raised from 
mixed spores. 20x4 inches. Lax, many pinnae wanting, some 
reduced to thorns that are crested, the few pinnae well crested, a 
large capitate head. 
40. splendens, Moore. Raised in 1864 by Mr. J. M. Barnes. 
30 X 7 inches. A fine plumose form, with tips of pinnae boldly fur- 
cately crested, and pinnules also crested. 
41. splendidum, Lowe (splendens Craig, Jones). Raised by Mr. 
Craig 36x11 inches. One of the finest crested forms. Pinnae 
and pinnules crested. Scarcely distinct from Barnes’s form. 
42. Stewardsoni, Lowe (digitale Stewardson,_/<z»^j). A pretty 
lax digitate variety. Fronds, 21 X 7 inches. 
43. tenue, Lowe (cristato-tenue, Wollaston ; multifidum tenue, 
Wilson). Found in 1869, in North Lancashire, by Mr. J. Wilson. 
A slender fern, widest in centre, with narrow, distant, fish-tail 
crests. 12X45 inches. 
44. uncum, Lowe. Raised by myself from spores. A copy of 
tincum, but well crested and capitate. 22 X 5 inches. 
Section 8 . CRUCIATUM. 
(Pinnae and pinnules twin branched.) 
*1. Alexandra?, Lowe. Raised by myself in 1867. 28x3 inches. 
The three pairs of basal pinnae, and also near the forked tip of the 
frond normal, elsewhere broadly and boldly cruciate. 
2. angustum, Lowe (angusto-cruciatum, Jones). Raised in 1868 
by Messrs. Stansfield. Smaller than multifidum. 12 xo| inches. 
3. arbuscula, Lowe. Raised by myself. 24x9 inches. Pinna? nor- 
mal; pinnules, some cruciate, others depauperate, and part normal. 
4. Bakeri, Lowe. Raised by myself. Narrow, cruciate, with 
attenuated tip. 
