90 BRITISH FERNS.— SUB-ORDER II. TRIBE 9 . 
9X0^ inches. Deep green, thick, fleshy fronds ; with a small, 
thick, erect crest. 
4. crispatum, O' Kelly. A curled form from the Burren. 
*5. curiose, Lowe. Raised by myself. 8 X o| inches. Like a 
very irregular “ lonchophorum.” Basal lobes, and here and there 
projections. Apex crested. 
6. gymnosorum, Moore. Found at Minehead by Mr. W. Bow- 
don. A narrow form. Length 6 inches. Stipes densely hair- 
scaly ; veins and sori very oblique. Upper surface striate. Apex 
multifid. 
*7. involvens, Mapplebeck. Raised by Mr. J. E. Mapplebeck in 
1871, Length 9 inches. Almost without leafy part. A few stalked 
depauperate segments. Apex turning round into a circle. 
8. laciniato-crispum, Barnes. Found in 1865, at Warton Crag, 
by Mr. T. Bolton. Frond reduced in places. A fine variety. 
9. laciniato-cristatum, Barnes. Found in 1862 at Bracken- 
th waite by Mr. J. M. Barnes. Dwarf. Fronds reduced ; and 
crested. 
10. laciniato-irregulare, Barnes. Found in 1861, in Levens 
Park'by Mr. J. M. Barnes. Irregularly reduced. Robust. 
11. laciniato-marginatum, Barnes. Found in 1865, at Hever- 
sham Head, by Mr. J. M. Barnes. Fronds reduced and margined. 
12. laciniato-spirale, Barnes. Found in 1865, at Whitbarrow, 
by Mr. J. M. Barnes. Undulated and twisted. 
13. laciniatum, Wollaston. Narrow and irregular, except near 
the apex, where normal. Not uncommon. 
14. limbospermo-cristatum, Wollaston. Found in 1858, in 
Somerset, by the late Mr. Elworthy. i6xii inches. Crest 3 
inches across. 
15. limbospermum, Moore. Found near Nettlecombe by the 
late Mr. C. Elworthy ; and in i860, on Beetham Fell, by Mr. J. 
Crossfield. Outline slightly irregular. Sori on the margin. 
10 x i£ inches. 
16. lineare, Jones. Raised in 1870 by the late Colonel A. M. 
Jones. i8^xo| inches. Very long and narrow ; margin toothed. 
Two basal lobes. I raised an almost identical form in 1867, named 
“ grammicon.” 
17. lobato-densum, Wollaston. Found in 1861, in Levens Park, 
by Mr. J. M. Barnes. Thick and undulate. 
18. lobato-divergens, Barnes. Found in 1864, Heversham, 
by Mr. J. M. Barnes. Lobes at right angles in form of a cross. 
19. lobatum, Deakiti. Common variety, fronds forked. 
20. lonchophorum, Moore. Found in North Lancashire, in 1862, 
by Mr. R. Preston, and in Baycliff Lane, in 1870, by Mr. J. K. 
Hodgson. 9 xof inches. Strap-shaped; sori marginal. 
21. multifidum, Lowe (lineare multifidum, Jones). Raised in 
1874 by Mr. E. F. Fox. Stem naked and branching, terminating 
in elegant lax crests 3 inches across. Length, 14 inches. 
22. polyschides, Ray. One of the earliest known forms. 12 Xof 
inches. Irregularly crenate. 
