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8. echnomocladon, Lowe (laciniato-acrocladon, Stansjield ’.) 
Raised by Messrs. Stansfield. Length, 9 inches, and 6 inches 
across the head. Stipes and basal half of the branches naked. 
Laciniate. 
9. incongruum, Barnes. Found in 1874, at Langdale, by Mr. J. 
M. Barnes. A remarkable variety branching in all its parts. 
10. magnicapitatum, Stansjield. Raised in 1878, by Messrs. F. 
W. and H. Stansfield. 12X7 inches. Very distinct (from acrocla- 
don). 
11. Mapplebeckii, Moore (frondoso-cristatum, Jones). Raised in 
1866, by Mr. J. E. Mapplebeck. Length, 1 foot. 
*12. Middletoni, Lowe (ramulosissimum Middleton, Wollaston). 
Found in 1872, in Montgomery, by Mr. Middleton (head gardener 
to Sir Watkins Wynn). 4x05 inches. Branching from the ground 
into 9 or 10 branches, more interesting than beautiful. 
13. multifurcatum, Moore (ramosissimum, Jones). Found in 
1871, at Long Sledclale, by Mr. J. E. Mapplebeck. Length, 15 
inches, densely foliose, capitate head 12 inches wide. 
14. ramocristatum, Jones. Raised in 1871, by Mrs. Hodgson. 
Length, 11 inches. Ramose, pinnae crested, width across the head 
6 inches. 
15. ramulosissimum, Lowe (basi-ramosum, Mapplebeck). Raised 
in 1870, by Mr. Mapplebeck. 10 X i\ inches, branching at base 
of stipes into 6 to 10 crested fronds. 
16. Stansfielclii, Lowe (ramosissimum fimbriatum, Stansjield). 
Raised by Messrs. F. W. and H. Stansfield. Length, 13 inches. 
A very fine variety, with naked stipes, head branching to 1 1 inches 
across. 
17. unco-glomeratum, Jones. Raised in 1878, by Messrs. F. W. 
and H. Stansfield. General character of acrocladon, but even more 
branched, finely dissected like the finest forms of “ uncum,” not 
fimbriate. 
18. velutinum, Stansjield. A condensed acrocladon, 2 inches 
high, like a ball of green plush. Raised in 1878, by Messrs. F. W 
and H. Stansfield. 
Section / 3 . GRANDICEPS. 
(Terminal crest as wide as, or wider than, frond.) 
*1. Albertii, Lowe. Raised by myself. Densely and compactly 
bunch-crested. Capitate head, 45 inches wide. Stiff erect habit. 
16 X ij inches. 
*2. Arthuri, Lowe. Raised by myself. Well crested. Length, 
16 inches. 
3. canaliculatum, Stansjield. Raised in 1882, by Messrs. F. W. 
and H. Stansfield. Rachis broad and channelled, hence the name. 
4. capitatum, Lowe (nodoso-cristatum,_/<?//i?.y). 
*5. caput Medusae, Mapplebeck. Raised by Mr. Mapplebeck. 
*6. centiceps, Lowe. Raised by myself. Length, 1 5 inches. 
*7. ceratophyllum, Mapplebeck. 
