80 BRITISH FERNS. — SUB-ORDER II. TRIBE 9. 
Ehvorthy. Length, 3^ inches. Repeatedly branching into rounded 
foliose divisions. Bolder than “ Gloveri.” 
25. sylvestre, Lowe. Raised by myself ; but there is a very 
similar variety at Nettlecombe Court, said to have been found in 
Somerset by the late Mr. Elworthy. A dense globular-crested 
form, branching in the stipes. Length, 5 inches ; width across the 
head, 4.5 inches. 
26. variabile, Lowe (glomerato-variabile, Monkman ). Raised 
by Mr. Stansfield. Length, 16 inches (stipes, 6 inches). The 
glomerate head from 6 to 10 inches across. Like glomeratum, with 
a few normal branching divisions. 
27. Wardii, Clapham. Raised by Mr. Glave in a Wardian case. 
Length, 6 inches. Branches irregular. Margin copiously vivi- 
parous. 
Section 8. SAGITTATUM. (Arrow-like projections.) 
1. acanthodes, Lowe. Found in Devon by Mr. Edwards. Re- 
sembles “cristatum,” but with a larger crest and less sagittate 
lobes. 
2. capitatum, Lowe (capitatum-projectum, Jones). 22X6 inches 
(in widest part). Sagittate ; branching along the upper portion of 
the frond into heads 6 inches across. 
3. Colmeri, Lowe (Sagittato-crispum, Wills). Found in Dorset, 
in 1875, by Mr. M. Colmer. 17X1I inches. Somewhat resembling 
“ Drummonds,” but having a sagittate base. 
4. conglobatum, Lowe. Found at St. Pierre in 1887, by Mr. H. 
Bull. 4x2 inches. Projecting ; deeply cut and multifid ; sagittate 
lobes placed at right angles ; forming a ball-like plant, hence the 
name. 
5. cristatum, Lowe (Sagittato-cristatum, Clapham). Found near 
Scarborough by the late Mr. A. Clapham. 11x3 inches. Sagittate 
and crested. One found in Devon in 1859 by Mr. Hillman is 
more sagittate and has a crest 9 inches wide. 
6. foliosum, Lowe. Raised by myself. 14x2^ inches. Very 
foliose, and broadly sagittate ; the head 7 inches across. 
7. Hankeyi, Lowe (Sagittato-cristatum Hankey, Wollaston). A 
splendid variety, raised by Mr. W. Barnard Hankey. 16x3 inches. 
A crested sagittate form, 7 inches wide at the sagittate base, and 
7 inches across the large sagittate head. 
8. hastatum, James. Found in Guernsey, in i860, by the late 
Mr. James. 7Xo| inches. A dwarf, normal, sagittate variety, 
with a crenate margin. 
*9. hemionitoides, Moore (Sagittato-cristatum, Dadds). Mr. 
Dadds’ plant (which is a copy of “ hemionitoides,” raised by Messrs. 
Stansfield,) was found in North Devon, in i860, by Mr. J. Dadds. 
Length, 9 inches ; width of sagittate base, 4^ inches. Apex and 
lobes crested. 
# io. Hookeri, Lowe. Raised by myself. 16x5^ inches. Differs 
in the projections commencing on the sagittate base. Fronds 
broad. Colour, very bright green. 
