ADDITIONAL VARIETIES. 
PTERIS AQUILINA. 
17. tortuosum, Lowe. A large-growing variety in Mrs. Grant’s fernery, with pin- 
nules twisting in an extraordinary manner. Length, 4 feet. 
ADIANTUM CAPILLUS-VENERIS. 
33. cuneatoides, Lowe. A hybrid with adumtum-cuneatum. Raised by myself. 
Forming a dwarf, dense bush. 
34. minutopinnulum, Lowe. Raised by myself. Apparently a hybrid. Length 2 
feet. Small, crowded pinnules. 
ASPLENIUM ADIANTUM-NIGRUM. 
16. plumum, Lowe. A grand feather-like hybrid (with asplenium marinum), with 
deep green fronds. In Mrs. Grant’s collection. 135 x 4^ inches (of which 55 inches is 
the stipes). 
ASPLENIUM FIL1X-FCEMIN A. 
A. 1. £. GRANDICEPS. 
30. dentatum, Lowe. Raised by Mr. E. F. Fox. Profoundly dentate ; pinnae narrow 
and lax, and a much-branched capitate head 6 inches wide. 22 x 4 inches. 
31. superadornatum, Lowe. Raised by Mrs. Grant. Not unlike coronare, but with 
a larger and more dense head (5 inches wide). 23 x 3 inches. 
A. 1. y. CRISTATUM. 
45. cymba, Lowe. Raised by Mrs. Grant. A boat-like form as in cymbaforme, but 
the pinnae are densely crested. 20 x 3 inches. 
A. 1. S. CRUCIATUM. 
60. grandissimum, Lowe. Raised by Mrs. Grant. A narrow, lax, cruciate form of 
enormous length. Cruciate except a normal apex. Widest in centre of frond where 
63 x 4 inches (at base only 1 inch wide). 
A. 2. a. PUMULUM. 
22. cengere, Lowe. Raised by Mr. E. F. Fox. Basal half lax, upper half con- 
gested. Sub-tripinnate. 27x4 inches. 
23. prodigiosum, Lowe. Raised by Mrs. Grant. A narrow, confluent, feathery fern, 
with half the pinnae all but wanting. 15x2 inches. 
24. silvescere, Lowe (Fosteri, Jones). Found by Mr. Foster. A dense forest of 
dwarf fronds forming a ball-like plant. 8x2^ inches. 
A. 2. jS. CRISPATUM. 
8. pavoninum, Lowe. Raised by myself in 1888. A feathery capitate variety, with 
the pinnules roundly crested like the eye in the peacock’s feather. 9 x i\ inches. 
9. plumigerum, Lowe. Raised by myself in 1888. More feathery than pavoninum 
and a stronger grower. 17 x 4$ inches. 
B. 1. a. PLUMOSUM. 
22. Molyi, Lowe. Found by Mr. Moly. A finely cut plumose orm, widest in the 
middle of the frond, where 32 X 12 inches. 
23. pluma, Lowe. Found by Mr. Moly. A narrow, lax, finely-cut plumosum, widest 
n the middle, where 27X7 inches. 
B. I. S. MACROPINNULUM. 
9. taeda, Lowe. An unusually bold, polydactylous form raised by myself in 1888. 
Pinnules of great size, capitate. 23 x 9 inches. 
B. 2. a. LAXUM. 
8. Illustre, Lowe. A distinct form, raised by myself. Pinnae and pinnules very lax ; 
pinnules narrow and deeply cut ; pinnae crested, and frond ramosely crested. 24 x 7 
inches. 
9. sponsa, Lowe. A large, distinct, very lax, feathery form, raised by Mrs. Grant. 
Some pinnae 2 inches apart, and very narrow (5 x of inches) ; pinnules cut to base, and 
lobes bidentate. 40 x 9 in centre of frond (only 3 inches at base). 
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