136 BRITISH FERNS. — SUB-ORDER II. TRIBE ID. 
19. digitale, Lowe (digitatum Barnes, Whitwell). A digitate, 
variety found at Burneside by Mr. J. M. Barnes. 
20. digitatum, Lowe (digitata Jonesii, Barnes). Found in i860, 
near Burton (English Lakes), by Mr. J. M. Barnes. A strong- 
growing fern, with frond and pinnae digitate. 
21. Drueryi, JLowe (polydactylum Druery, Jones). Found in 
1884, near Kilmarnock, by Mr. C. T. Druery. The tips of the fronds 
and pinnae broadly flat tasselled. Slightly pendulous from the 
weight of the tassels. Inconstant. Length, 36 inches. 
22. Ellacombei, Lowe (cristata Ellacombe, Wollaston). Found in 
1S56, in Pembroke, by the late Rev. H. Ellacombe. The finest and 
most symmetrical of the large crested forms. Pinnae close together, 
long, and compactly tasselled. Frond terminating in a pointed, 
crested apex. 27 X 1 1 inches. 
23. elongatum, Moore. Found in the Isle of Wight by the Rev. 
W. H. Hawker and Mr. A. G. More. Large lance-shaped fronds. 
Pinnae lax and caudate. Pinnules elongate, narrow', bluntish. A 
somewhat similar form, elegans, was found near Whitby by the late 
Mr. W. Willison. 
24. erosum, Clowes. Found near Keswick by Miss Wright and 
at Windermere by Mr. Clowes. Variously erose and irregularly 
contracted. 
25. excurrens, Moore. Found in 1862, in Silverdale, by Mr. J. 
Crossfield, and at Staveley by Mr. J. A. Martindale. The frond 
and also the pinnae terminating with a horn. 
26. fluctuosum, Moore (crispatissima, Wollaston). A crisp, wavy 
form. 
27. folioso-truncatum, L^owe. No history. From a frond in the 
late Colonel Jones’s collection of dried specimens. A grand, 
branched, heavy foliose form. Very stiff truncate pinnae, only 4 
inches wide at the base. Length, 15 inches. 
*28. Gemma, Lowe. Raised by myself in 1869. An improved 
“ ramosum.” 
29. gracile, Jones. Raised by the late Colonel A. M. Jones. A 
very lax, regular, and symmetrical fern. Pinnules broadest at the 
base of the frond, and also broadest at the base of the pinnae ; 
gradually becoming smaller to the pointed apex of the pinnae. 
Length, 1 foot 8 inches, breadth, 7 inches. 
30. grandiceps, Sim. Found in 1862, on Warton Crag, by a 
labouringman (Wearing). Stem dividing into twin branches, which 
again branch several times, producing a large spreading head. 
Pinnae crested. (A seedling raised from grandiceps at Highfield 
House, *“ acceptnm? Lowe , is more vigorous and has a more sturdy 
upright growth.) 
31. Hodgsonae, Lowe (gracile, Barnes). Found in iS73at Seath- 
waite. A different fern has been figured under the name gracile 
by Colonel Jones, necessitating the change of name of the Seath- 
w'aite variety. A beautiful form, with narrow, finely cut pinnules. 
32. inflexum, Barnes. Found at Amblesideby Mr. J. M. Barnes. 
A singular bent variety. 
