SUB-SECTION ATHYRIUM. 
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13. reflexo-multifidum, yic?«Ay. Found in 1880 at Castle Rock, 
County Down, by Mr. A. J. Ptaeger. 18x6 inches. Pinnae lax 
and caudate ; pinnules reflexed ; tip of frond crested. 
14. reflexum, Wollaston. Found in 1858 in Westmoreland, by 
Mr. F. Clowes. The flexuose character is in the pinnules revolving. 
A remarkable variety. 24 X 10 inches. 
15. rhoeticum-deflexum, Moore. Found at Troutbeck by Mr. 
Clowes. A curious variety with flexuose fronds. 
*16. tortum, Lowe (torto-cristatum, M applebeck). 
17. Victoriae, Lowe (Victoriae-flexuosum, Jones). Raised by 
myself. 18 X if inches. A Victoriae with linear pinnae, twisting 
and bending in a marvellous manner. 
Division B. 
ALTERATIONS IN SOFT PARTS. 
Group I. Compositum. 
(Subdivision of ultimate segments.) 
Section a. PLUMOSUM. 
(Subdivision associated with increased development. 
Fructification scanty or absent.) 
1. Axminsterense, Lowe (plumosum Axminster, _/<?««). Found 
in i860 at Axminster by Mr. J. Trott. A noble plumose form, 
more frondose than plumosum but very feathery. I had a large 
plant from Miss Bellairs completely covered with bulbils. 32 X 14 
inches. 
Fig. 25.— Athyrium filix-fcemina, var. Barnesii (pinna, showing feathery character). 
2. Barnesii, Lowe (plumosum Barnes, Wollaston). Found in 
1863 in Westmoreland by Mr. J. M. Barnes. Pinnae lax at the base 
of the frond, and pinnules shorter than in plumosum. A hand- 
some variety. 33 X 10 inches. 
3. Blakae, Moore. Raised by the late Mr. A. Parsons. 
*4. Clarissima , Jones. Found in 1868 in North Devon by Mr. R. 
Moule. 32x18 inches. A most lovely fern, and strikingly dis- 
tinct. The linear segments give a lax appearance. Pale green. 
Lower pinnae 14 inches long and 4 inches wide ; largest pinnules, 
2f inches long. 
