30 BRITISH FERNS. — SUB-ORDER II. TRIBE 6. 
*10. incurva, Mapplebcck. Raised by Mr. J. E. Mapplebeck. An 
incurved form. 
*11. Mapplebeckii, Lowe (grandiceps Mapplebeckii, Mapplebeck). 
Raised by Mr. J. E. Mapplebeck. A very fine grandiceps. 
12. multifida, Barnes. Found at Levens, by Mr. J. M. Barnes, 
and at Windermere, by Mr. F. Clowes. 
*13. pendens, Lowe (grandiceps depauperata, Druery ). An 
accidental marvellous hybrid, recently raised by Messrs. Birken- 
head. A depauperate grandiceps with a conspicuous weeping 
habit. Length, 2 feet. 
14. polydactyla, Moore. Found by the late Mr. Glover, of 
Manchester. The ends flatly crested. 
15. ramo-cristata, Mapplebeck. Raised from spores, in 1871, by 
Mr. J. E. Mapplebeck. Height, 1 foot. Both branching and crested. 
16. variegata, Barnes. Found at Windermere, by Mr. F. 
Clowes ; near Chepstow, by myself ; near Linton, by the late 
Colonel Jones ; and near Nettlecombe, by the late Mr. Elworthy. 
A subpermanent form. More golden some years than others. 
Mr. W. H. Phillips appears to have found a well variegated form 
in Ireland, of which I have received prothalli from him. 
The common Bracken can only be safely transplanted in winter, 
when the fronds are below the ground ; and even then it is the 
safer plan to keep them in a hothouse until established. When 
grown in pans, care should be taken to keep them from frost, 
for, although hardy enough, if they become frozen, they are certain 
to perish. 
THE HARD FERN. 
Lomaria Spicant. — Desvaux. 
(Blechnum Spicant. — Smith) 
A COMMON fern throughout the United Kingdom, from the sea 
level to a height of 4,000 feet, growing in heathy or stony situations 
where there is moisture. Abundant throughout Europe, extending 
from Lapland in the North, to Madeira. 
An evergreen, and easily grown if not neglected. 
Sterile and fertile fronds different ; the latter larger. Sterile 
fronds spreading ; fertile, erect and narrower. Length, from 4 to 30 
inches. Colour, rich deep green coriaceous, and pectinately 
pinnatifid. 
Unlike all other British ferns. 
Varieties. 
1. Aireyi, Lowe (serratum Airey, No. 2, Wollaston). Raised by 
Mr. Airey. Bipinnatifid to bipinnate fronds, 2\ inches wide, not 
unlike cambricum in Polypodium vulgare. 
2. Aitkeniana, Moore. A grand \ariety, with huge branching 
heads. 
3. anomala, Moore. Found in many places. Fronds all fertile. 
Length, 12 inches. A small form found at Beddgelert. 
