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*5. calomelanos, Lowe. Raised by myself. A fine crested form. 
6. clarum, Lowe. Raised by the late Mr. Carbonell. 18x5 
inches. Cruciate, both in pinnae and pinnules. 
7. Cceleste, Lowe. Raised by the late Colonel Jones, and in the 
possession of Mr. E. F. Fox. 18 X o| inches. Very narrow, cruciate 
and capitate. 
*8. columnare, Lowe. Like crested columns. 
9. contrarium, Lowe Raised by the late Colonel Jones. 26X2 
inches at base, gradually narrowing to half an inch. The 3 or 4 
pairs of basal pinnae long, narrow, and reflexed, above these more 
or less horizontal cruciate pinnae, and near the apex lunulate ; 
frond ending in a narrow, pendent apex. A fine variety. 
10. coronans, Lowe (cruciato-coronans, Stansfteld). Raised 
abo.it 1884 by Mr. W. C. Carbonell. Dwarfer than Victorias with 
a more crown-like crest ; cruciate character replaced in upper 
half of frond by extreme sporting of pinnae. 
*ii. Craigii, Moore (crucipinnulum cristatum Craig, Jones). 
Raised in 1864 by Mr. R. Craig. 8 x 1 inches. Stem red. Pinnae 
and pinnules varied in size and shape, apex very leafy and crested. 
*12. Craigii-glomeratum, Mapplebeck. Raised by Mr. Mapple- 
beck. A conglomerate form. 
*13. Craigii-splendens, Mapplebeck. Raised by Mr. Mapplebeck. 
14. crucere, Lowe. Raised by myself in 1887. Cruciate, pinnae 
crested, apex capitate. 
15. cruciato-multifidum, Praeger. Found in 1880 at Castlerock, 
Co. Derry, by Mr. A. J. Praeger. 20x1} to 45 inches. Lower 
half cruciate, upper normal, but crested. 
16. cruciato-pinnula, Phillips. Found at Holywood, county 
Down, by Mr. W. H. Phillips. 30x9 inches. Pinnae truncate, 
pinnules on upper half of frond cruciate. 
17. cruciferum, Lowe. From the late Colonel Jones’s fronds. 
Length 20 inches, width f of an inch, cruciate from the base to the 
densely tasselled apex. Pinnae in lower half of the frond crested 
and longer, but, lying parallel with the rachis, the frond is not 
wider. A pretty variety. 
18. delicia, Lowe. Raised by myself in 1887. A fine cruciate 
form with cruciate pinnules. 
19. Dyeri, Lowe. Raised by myself. A narrow cruciate capitate 
elegant lorm. 
*20. elegans, Lowe (Victoria; gracile, Jones). Raised by myself. 
A very slender Victorias. 21x3 inches. Pinnas narrow (linear) 
pinnules minute, having the appearance of rows of thorns. 
21. Evelyna, Fox. Raised by Mr. E. F. Fox. A distinct form 
of Victorias, 30 X inches. The cruciation parallel with the rachis, 
conspicuously bidentate. 
*22. exempluum, Lowe. Raised by myself. Length 15 inches. 
Pinnae narrow, the basal 2 or 3 pairs at right angles to the rachis, 
the rest of the pinnae cruciate, the frond narrowing to a point. The 
whole of the pinnules are cruciate, and this gives the frond an 
elegant appearance. 
