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Glamorganshire, by Mr. E. T. Higgins. All are sterile except 
the Glamorganshire plant. Exceedingly beautiful and plumose. 
Pinna; somewhat triangular, deeply incised, and the tips pointed. 
Length, 4 to 6 inches. 
14. katastacton, Lowe. Raised from spores at Highfield House. 
Pinnae imbricate and indistinctly crenate and rotundate. Length 
3 inches. 
15. laciniatum, Lowe (incisum-laciniatum, Moore). Found, in 
1863, in County Clare, by Mr. R. Stansfield. A distinct laciniate, 
incisum form. 
16. majus, Padley. Found near Plymouth, by the Rev. C. 
Padley ; in County Clare, by Mr. Foot ; near Bally vaughan, by 
Mr. P. B. O’Kelly ; and at Dennil Hill, near Chepstow, by Major 
Cowburn. Normal, except its gigantic proportions. Length from 
12 to 18 inches, and f inch wide. 
17. Moulei, Moore. Found in Devon by Mr. Moule. Pinnae 
narrow, margin wavy. A seedling raised from this “incisura” 
(Lowe) has long narrow pinnae deeply and equally incised on both 
margins. 
18. multifidum, Moore. Found at St. Mary’s Isle, Kirkcud- 
bright, by Mr. Dick ; at Windermere, by Mr. Clowes ; Ulverston, 
Mrs. Hodgson ; Keswick, Miss Wright ; at Capel Curig, North 
Wales, by Mr. S. Clift ; and in Swaledale, by Mr. Brown. The 
fronds are several times ramosely forked considerably below the 
apex, and the tips are multifidly crisped. Pinnae small. 
19. O’Kellyi, Lowe. Found in the Burren district, County 
Clare, by Mr. O’Kelly. An incised form of triangulare with longer 
and more lax fronds, and smaller segments than incisum-triangu- 
lare. An interesting variety. 
20. Pateyi, Lowe (ramo-cristatum, Wollaston). Found, in 1873, 
in Cardigan, by Mr. Patey. Another branched cristatum with a 
less crested head than the ramo-cristatum of Moore. It is more 
ramose but Jess crested than Mr. Moore’s plant, having a compact 
head 1^ inches in diameter. Length, 3 inches. 
21. polydactylum, Lowe (cristatum, O’Kelly). Found in 
County Clare by Mr. O’Kelly. 11 Xoh inches. Much larger than 
cristatum. 
22. ramo-cristatum, Moore. Found, in 1861, in Cornwall, by 
Mr. W. H. Sargeant. Normal below, branching near the apex 
into six or seven crested branches that are 3 inches across. Length 
4 inches. 
23. ramosum, Wollaston. Found in 1864, in South Devon, by 
the late Rev. C. Padley ; Ilfracombe and Tiverton, by Mrs. Chan- 
ter ; Windermere, by Mr. Clowes ; Keswick, by Miss Wright ; 
Arnside, by Mr. Crossfield ; Undeibarrow, by Mr. T. Hartley ; 
Owsnip Gill, Swaledale, by Mr. R. C. Brown ; Conway, by Mr. A. 
Stansfield ; and in County Clare, by Dr. Kinahan. Stem dividing 
and Sub-dividing into four or five wide-spreading branches. Pinnae 
narrow and more or less depauperate. Length 4 to 5 inches. 
24. subaequale, Moore. Found near Monmouth, by Mr. J. D. 
