74 BRITISH FERNS. — SUB-ORDER II. TRIBE 9. 
from the base, and dividing into branches on one side ; termin- 
ating in a large crest. 
18. mirificum, Loive. Found by myself in 1869, at Westward 
Ho. i6xof inches. Branching and rebranching; the topmost 
branches long, narrow, and stag’s-horn-like. Width across the 
head, 4 inches. Margin, irregularly dentate. 
19. multipinnatum, Moore (inaequale cristatum, Wollaston ). 
*20. notabile, Lowe. Raised by myself. 12X0J? inches. A 
narrow dentate, Victorise-like variety ; branching in stipes and 
rachis ; the head not so spreading and divisions narrower. Stipes 
only 2 inches. 
*21. Ouranion, Lowe. Raised by myself. 15X0J inches, the 
margin very regularly cut into divisions ; the capitate head like a 
bird’s wings. 
22. patulum, Lowe. Found at Littleham, by the late Rev. C. 
Padley. A large ramose form ; rachis dividing in the middle and 
branching in a ramose manner. 
23. ramo-congregatum, Birkenhead. Length, 1 foot. 
24. rani o- cristatum, Clap ham. Raised by Mr. Clapham, Mr. 
Moly, and Mr. Foster. Branched in stipes ; and ends of branches 
crested. 
25. ramo-digitatum, Bolton. Found in 1863 at Warton Crag by 
Mr. Bolton. Large, strong-growing, ramose, and slightly undulate. 
26. ramosissimum, Lowe. Raised by myself. A much branched 
form. 
27. serrula, Lowe. Avery interesting seedling from Todmorden. 
Length, 6 inches. Branching, cresting, and the margins toothed 
like a saw. 
*28. summum, Raised by myself. 9X0^ inches. Branch- 
ing ; the margins depauperate and irregularly toothed ; terminating 
in a crest 4 inches across. 
29. Trevellyanae, Lowe. Found near Nettlecombe by the late 
Mr. Elworthy. Stem nearly naked ; erect. Width across the 
crested head, 4 inches ; finely cut, interesting variety. Distinct, 
much branched and crested; leafy part linear. i2Xo| inches. 
Stipes, 7 inches ; a Victorise-like form. 
30. variabile, Lowe (ramo-variabile, Wollaston). Found in 
Dorset in 1875, by the late Colonel Jones. 8 X if inches. Branch- 
ing in stipes, and again in rachis into twin truncate fronds. 
# 3i. Veloisii, Moore. A fine crested form introduced by Messrs. 
Veitch. 
32. Victoriae, Lowe. Raised by myself. 9 X of inches. Branching 
in stipes and rachis, into very narrow divisions. A pretty fern. 
33. Whitwellii, Moore. Found in 1873 at Kendal, by Mr. G. 
Whitwell. A fine robust form, strongly ratno-crested. 
Section / 3 . CRISTATUM. (Tasselled.) 
1. alatum, Lowe (alatum-cristatum Moore). Raised at Ponte- 
fract, about 1884 by Messrs. Stansfield. 
*2. allokoton, Lowe. Raised by myself (an inaequale-furcans). 
