SUB-SECTION ATHYRIUM. 
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21. multiceps, Moore. Found near Truro. Multifid crisped. 
Length, 24 inches. 
22. nudicaule, Lowe (nudicaule cristatum, Jones). An extra- 
ordinary variety, branching at the base of the stipes into three dis- 
tinct fronds, having naked stems, and merely a leafy capitate head, 
each head 4^ inches wide. Length, 1 1 inches. 
Fig. 22. — Athyrium Filix-foemina, var. orbiculatum (apex). 
23. orbiculatum, Lowe (capitatum, Padley). Raised by the 
late Mr. Elworthy. A very finely-divided large capitate head. 
24. Padleyi, Lowe (grandiceps Padley, Jones). A narrow nor- 
mal form with a dense grandiceps head 4^ inches wide. 15x2^ 
inches. 
25. Ouilteri, Mapplebeck (intequale capitatum, Jones). Raised 
in 1872, by Mr. Mapplebeck. Branching head 8 inches broad, 
below much depauperated. 14x0! inches. 
26. scopuln, Lowe. Raised in 1887 by myself, rachis dividing. 
Crests like brushes, head 4 inches across. 18x3^ inches. 
