84 BRITISH FERNS.— SUB-ORDER II. TRIBE 9. 
*18. Stella, Lowe. Raised by myself. ioXif inches. Very 
papillose ; rounded basal lobes extending beyond the general 
outline ; a rosette pouch and cornute. 
19. supraperaferens, Lowe. Raised by myself. 17x1 inches. 
Irregular ; very rugose, extending to the rachis ; with a small pouch 
on the rachis (upper side), 5 inches below the apex. Rachis bend- 
ing and tip of frond weeping. Sometimes cornute. 
20. varians, O’ Kelly. Found at Ballaganor, County Clare, by 
Mr. P. B. O'Kelly. 9X2 inches. The leafy portion only 3 inches 
long. 
Group III. Flexuose. (Bending.) 
Section a. FLEXUOSUM. (Bending.) 
1. complicandum, Lowe. Raised by myself. 5 xij inches. A 
twisted, undulate, rugose and spiral form ; near the apex the 
margins of the frond fold over and clasp each other. 
2. flexuosum, Wollaston (cymbaeforme, Wollaston ). Found at 
Whitbarrow in 1861 by Mr. J. M. Barnes. The best flexuose form. 
14 X j£ inches. Miss F. Kitson found a flexuosum in South Devon, 
Mr. A. Leipner another in Somerset, and Mr. G. Stabler one at 
Whitbarrow. 
3. muricatum, Lowe (tortuoso-muricatum, Jones'). Raised by 
myself. 15x1^ inches. Rachis twisting, and costa on upper side 
ribbed. 
4. spira, Lowe. An extraordinary combination of forms ; flex- 
uous. Raised by myself. 
5. torquere, Lowe. Raised by myself. 7X1^ inches. Stipes 
and rachis flexuose, rugose, undulate, twisting, but not marginate. 
Rachis dividing 3 inches from apex, the divisions twisting round 
each other. 
Division B. 
ALTERATION IN SOFT PARTS. 
Group I. Increased Development. 
Section a. CRISPUM. (Crispy.) 
*1. adornatum, Lowe (crispum-multifidum, Jones ; and crispum- 
grandiceps, Jones). Raised by myself in 1884. 12X3 inches. A 
large capitate head (4^ inches wide). Sterile ; well crisped. 
2. amplum, L^owe. Found by Mrs. Hole. 18x4 inches. Deeply 
and densely frilled. Margin crenate ; apex, multifid. 
*3. angustum, Lowe (crispo-angustum, Lowe). Found in Devon 
by the late Rev. C. Padley. 15x1^ inches. Narrow, with naked 
stem of 6 inches. 
4. Baldwyni, Lowe. Found in the Mountain Valley, near Chep- 
stow, by the late Mr. John Baldwyn. 16X2J inches. Well frilled. 
A maivellous form, one half of the fronds being conglomerate ; 
these are 6 inches in length, and 5 inches across the conglomerate, 
dense, foliose crown. 1 am indebted to Mr. Edwin Ellis for this 
striking variety. 
5. Bowdoni, Lowe (crispum Bowdon, Jones). Found in the 
