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17. lobatum, Deakin. Found at Shirenewton and elsewhere by 
myself ; and at St. Pierre by Mr. Bull. 30x5 inches. Larger, and 
the characters of lobatum better developed than in the original 
form. 
18. micaceum, Mules. Found near Barnstaple by the Rev. F. 
Mules. 6x1 inches. Pinnae almost as broad as long. Said only 
to grow on a micaceous soil. 
19. multifidum, Wollaston. Found in several places in the Lake 
district and elsewhere. Frond dividing into a tuft of branches. 
*20. nepos, Lowe. Raised from hybridum by Mr. Barnes of 
Milnthorpe. A narrow, very rough-looking spinous cruciate form. 
17 X 1 5 inches. 
21. neptis, Lowe. Raised from hybridum by the late Mr. 
Carbonell. An interesting variety. 18x3 inches. This and No. 
20 are grandchildren of densum. 
22. plumosum, Lozve. Found near Marwood by the Rev. F. 
Mules. Large and feathery. 
23. polydactylum, Fox. Raised by Mr. E. F. Fox. 14X4 
inches. Pinnae polydactylous. Apex of frond crested. 
*24. proliferum, Wollaston (acutilobum, Jones). Found in 1853 
by Dr. Allchin. 36x6 inches. In 1873 the late Mr. John Wills 
found a very similar plant in Dorset. Not unlike a proliferum (or 
acutilobum) in A. angulare, but longer and more lax. 
*25. pulcherrimum, Jones. Found in 1876, in Dorset, by a 
labourer, and given to the late Mr. Wills. It is one of the most 
beautiful of the British ferns ; is sterile, has a very silky appearance, 
and is a lax proliferum-looking variety. 
26. pulchrum, Lowe. Found in North Devon by the late Rev. 
C. Padley. Narrow ; pinnae minutely crested, the tip of the frond 
branching into a large foliose head. 
27. rotundatum, Lowe (imbricatum, Fox). Raised by Mr. E. 
F. Fox. 16x2 inches. An interesting, narrow form. Tips of the 
pinnae confluent (not imbricate). Pinnules rotund, and the basal 
ones stalked. 
28. stipatum, Lowe. Found in 1890 by Major Cowburn, at 
Dennil Hill. A bold form, with large stipitate uncut pinnules, 
having a minute dentate margin. 27x6 inches. 
29. tergeminum, Lowe. Raised from hybridum by the late 
Mr. Carbonell. Lower pinnae normal “ densum,” then cruciate, 
and here and there brachiate in the pinnae to near the apex. A 
bold form. 28x4 inches. 
THE SOFT PRICKLY SHIELD-FERN. 
Aspidium angulare. — Kitaibel. 
Sub-section. POLYSTICHUM. 
Some of our best authorities consider the present fern as a form 
of the last, and there is more or less resemblance amongst the 
varietal forms, but this has a softer feel and a less sturdy con- 
