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dactylous, and I inch where cruciate ; near the base polydactylous, 
and the superior basal pinnule brachiate. 
35. multifidum, Lowe (cruciato-multifidum, Wollaston). Raised 
in 1865 by Messrs. Stansfield. 22Xi| inches. Cruciate, apex 
crested. A crested Pritchardii. 
36. nanum, Lowe. Raised by myself. A pretty dwarf cruciate 
form with a finely cut capitate head. Length 9 inches, width ^ an 
inch, head 2 inches across. 
37. Nereidse, Lowe (cruciato-cristatum Lowe, Wollaston). Raised 
in 1873 by myself. Cruciate throughout the frond; pinnae and also 
pinnules crested ; capitate crested head. 18 X if inches. 
38. nutamen, Lowe. Raised by myself. A narrow cruciate 
variety. Length 21 inches, width 1 inch. Apex weeping. 
39. peculiare, Lowe. Raised by myselt. A leafy Victoriae- 
like form, 26x3 inches. Tips of frond and pinnae pointed. 
.40 percruciatum, Lowe. A narrow, slender, conspicuously 
cruciate variety, with a branched apex. Raised from spores. 
14x1 inches. 
41. Phillipsii, Stansfield (cruciato-pinnula Phillips, Fox). Found 
in 1864, in County Down, by Mr. W. H. Phillips. 21X6 inches. 
Normal (truncate and lax) ; pinnules cruciate. An interesting 
fern. 
42. Praegeri (cruciato-pinnula, Praeger). Found in 1880 at 
Castlerock, Co. Derry, by Mr. A. J. Praeger. Pinnules cruciate. 
22 X 5 inches. 
43. Pritchardii, Stansfield (cruciatum Pritchard, Jones). Found 
in 1 86 1 , near Ruthin, by Mr. T. Pritchard. 40X1 inches. Cru- 
ciate. 
44. projection, Lowe. A narrow, cruciate, crested capitate form, 
with here and there projecting non-cruciate pinnae. Raised by 
myself. Length 15 inches; width where cruciate, 1 inch, where 
projecting, 3 inches. 
*45. proteoides Lozue. Raised from spores by myself from Mr. 
Clapham’s “proteum.” A much finer cruciate form, with projecting 
pinnae, length 25 inches, width 3 to 5 inches. Habit erect, fronds 
stiff, and every frond alike. In Colonel Jones’s “Nature-printed 
Ferns,” proteoides is figured under the name “ proteum.” 
46. proteum, Clapham. Found in Cumberland in 1866 by the 
late Mr. Clapham. Half the fronds narrow and cruciate, and half 
normal. 21 X4L inches. 
*47. regale, Lowe (Victorias magnificum, Jones). Raised by 
myself. 25x5^ inches. Pinnules lobed ; pinnae broader than in 
Victoriae, 2^ to 3 inches in length, forming open squares 1 inch in 
diameter. 
48. reticulum, Lowe. Raised by myself. A narrow, profoundly 
dentate, cruciate variety. Length 20 inches, width if inches, apex 
pointed. 
49. Stableri, Lowe (cruciato-pinnula Stabler, Fox). 22 x 7 inches 
middle of frond (where widest). Pinnae crested and apex of frond 
caudate. Raised in 1868 by Mr. G. Stabler, of Levens. 
