SUB-SECTION POLYSTICIIUM. 
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cherrimum, from which Mr. Morris of Bath has raised seedlings 
by apospory (Mr. Moly also found a characteristic pulcherrimum 
with variegated fronds. See section variegatum). 24x5 inches. 
2. pulcherrimum, Moore (pulcherrimum Wills, Wollaston). 
Found in Dorset by the late Mr. Wills. 
3. Thompsons, Lowe (pulcherrimum Mrs. Thompson, Jones). 
Found in 1863, in S. Devon, by Mrs. Agar Thompson. A most 
feather-like variety, especially near the tips of the pinnae. 27x6 
inches (in the middle of the fronds). 
Sections. MACROPINNULUM. 
(Unusually large pinnules.) 
1. cristatum, Lowe (latifolio-cristatum, Jones). Raised by the 
late Colonel Jones. 18x9 inches. Lax, and slightly crested. 
2. di visum, Smith. Found in 1869 in S. Devon by Mr. Moly. 
: 18x6 inches. Lax. A number of forms have been found. 
3. globosum, Lowe (latifolio-globosum, Jones). Lax, with glc 
bose crests and a branched head. Distinct. 20x4 inches. 
*4. grandiceps, Lowe (latifolio-grandiceps, Jones). Raised b 
the late Colonel Jones. 14x7 inches, having a tasselled head ( 
inches long. 
3. Jonesii, Lowe (pendens Jones, Jones). Found in 1873, in 
Dorset, by the late Colonel Jones. A lax, large-pinnuled form. 
.27 x 7 inches. 
6. latifolium, Wollaston. Found in 1873 i n S. Devon by Mr. J. 
Moly. 32x10 inches. One of our finest varieties. The develop- 
ment of the posterior basal pinnules is very exceptional. 
7. latitudine, Lowe. 22x12 inches. A frond found in the late 
Colonel Jones’s collection, apparently raised from latifolium. A 
lovely, slender form. 
8. pendens, Lo%ve (pendens Wills, Jones). A very handsome 
form, found by the late Mr. Wills. 24X5J inches. 
Group II. Exiguum. 
(Diminished development of soft parts.) 
Section n. LAXUM. 
(Pinnre and pinnules distant.) 
1. acutilobum, Lowe (gracile Grayi, Gray). Found in 1865, in 
S 3 . Devon, by Mr. R. J. Gray. Length, 2 feet 3 inches. An acuti- 
1 obe of the finer kind. 
2. Jonesiip Lowe (laxum Jones, Jones). Found by the late 
Colonel Jones. 
3. laxum, Moore. Found in Devon by the late Rev. C. Padley. 
I _ength, 17 inches. Pinnae and pinnules lax. 
4. Molyi, Lowe (laxum Moly , Jones). Found by Mr. Moly. 
5. Padleyi, Lowe (gracile Padley, Jones). Found by the late 
Rev. C. Padley. 
