7 2 BRITISH FERNS. — SUB-ORDER II. TRIBE 9 . 
grab of the Weevil ( Curculio sulca/us), which destroys the roots 
and eats into the centre of the stem. Although this grub occa- 
sionally attacks the Lady Fern and the Aspidium angulare, it is 
far more destructive to the Hart’s Tongue. 
Division A. 
ALTERATION IN SKELETON. 
Group I. Ramose. (Branched.) 
Section a. RAMOSUM. (Stipes branched.) 
*1 areston, Lowe. Raised by myself. 10X0J inches; branches 
twisting and crossing each other ; divisions finely cut. Head, 6 
inches across. 
2. cristatum, Lowe (ramo-cristatum, Clapham ). Raised by the 
late Mr. Clapham. Width across the finger-crested divisions, 7 
inches. Stipes, 4 inches. Length of whole frond, 7 inches. 
*3. dichotomum, Lowe. Raised by myself. 14X0I inches. 
Branching from the base, again below the rachis, and again 4 inches 
below the apex, into many narrow divisions. Outline irregular; 
crests, 7 inches wide. 
4. digitatum, Wollaston. Raised from spores by Mr. Wollaston ; 
branched into a flat crest. In i860 Mr. Crossfield found a form 
of this at Cork ; and one has been raised by myself gxo§ inches 
5. Edwardsii, Losve. 
Found in Devon by Mr. 
Edwards ; branchingfrom 
the base and again on 
the stipes, and repeating 
this on the rachis ; bunch 
crested. 
6. majus, Lowe (ram- 
osum-major, Clapham ). 
Found in Yorkshire in 
1857, by the late Mr. 
Clapham, 15x2 inches. 
Stipes and rachis splitting 
and producing two or 
more normal fronds. 
7. Molyi, Loive (ramo- 
cristatum Moly, Wollas- 
ton). Found in 1862 in 
S. Devon by Mr. Moly. 
i2Xi£ inches. Branch- 
ing into five normal fronds 
with crested heads, 4 and 
5 inches across. 
8. ramosum, Willdenow (daedaleum, Deakin). A ramosely 
crested form, known for many years. 
with a digitate head 4* inches across. 
Fig. 28. — Scolopendrium vulgare, var. Edwardsii 
(ramose cresting). 
