124 BRITISH FERNS. — SUB-ORDER II. TRIBE 10. 
ro. laxum, Lowe (lineare-laxum, Lowe). Pinnules mostly reduced 
to a mere fertile thorn. The pinnae confluent towards the apex. 
Raised from spores at Highfield House. 30X7 inches. 
11. lineare, Moore. Larger and more decidedly bipinnate than 
confluens. Found in Devon by the late Mr. C. Jackson. 
12. Molyi, Lowe (lineatum, Moly). Found in S. Devon, in 1873, 
by Mr. J. Moly. Fronds, dark-green. Ends of pinnae confluent. 
24x6^ inches. A fine form. 
*13. nidum, Lowe. Raised by myself in 1863, 15x5 inches. 
Not unlike confluens, but growing like Asplenium-nidus. 
14. polydactylum, Lowe (lineare polydactylum, Jones). Raised 
by the late Colonel Jones. 20x6 inches. A fine form. 
15. remoto-decurrens, Wollaston. Found in 1863, in S. Devon, 
by the late Rev. C. Padley. 22 X 5 inches. Like a broad pinnuled 
confluens. Thorny. 
16. Taitii, I.owe (lineare Tait , Jones). Found by Mr. Tait twenty 
years ago. A fine lineare, in the style of Jamesii. 
17. Willsii, Lowe (lineare Wills, Wollaston). Found in Somerset 
in 1871. 19x6 inches. A fine form, without the usual depaupera- 
tion of lineare. Pinnules lobed. 
Section y. LACINIATUM. (Laciniate forms.) 
*1. Buckle®, Lowe. A very pretty regular though depauperate 
fern. Pinnules very small. Pinnae varying in length ; some 
attenuate and some truncate. The apex of the frond usually finely 
attenuate. 18x4 inches. 
2. Carbonellii, Lowe (grandidens Carbonell, Jones). Raised by 
the late Mr. Carbonell. A symmetrical laciniate variety. 16x4^ 
inches. 
3. caudatum, Zcw^(interruptum caudatum,_/<?/a?j). Raised by the 
late Colonel Jones (crucipinnulum + polydactylum) a polydactylous 
crucipinnulum with a caudate apex. 
4. clavapinnulum,* Lowe. Found by Mr. Moly. Club-like. Very 
depauperate. 21x5 inches. 
5. Crawfordianum, Lowe (truncatum, Praeger). Found in 1886, in 
Crawfordsburn, by Mr. Praeger. 10 x 5 inches. Ending abruptly. 
6. deficiens, Wollaston. Found in 1874, in Dorset, by Mr. John 
Wills. An extraordinary fern, with deficient pinnules, mostly 
wanting about an inch from the apex of the pinnae, where only 
points remain. Least deficient near the base of the pinnae. 21x7 
inches. 
7. Fittii, Lowe (grandidens Fitt, Jones). A very distinct crisp 
form with dark-green fronds, raised by Mr. Fitt. 10 x 3 inches. 
*8. flabellipinnulum, Jones (cristipinnulum, Wills). Found in 
1878, in Dorset, by the late Mr. Wills. The pinnules fan-shaped. 
20 x 4^ inches. 
9. Foxii, L* 07 ve. Raised by Mr. E. F. Fox (a cross between 
grandidens and facksoni) in 1872. 10x5 inches. It is a grandi- 
dens to the apices of the pinna, and then a cristato-gracile. 
