SUB-SECTION POLYSTICHUM. 
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Group I!. Dwarfed. 
(Abbreviation of skeletal axis in relation to soft parts.) 
Section a. CONGESTUM. (Central axis abbreviated.) 
1. annutum, Moore (conspicuo-crispatum, Jones). A dwarf cris- 
pate form. Possibly the same as coriaceo-crispatum, Jones. 
2. Carbonellii, Lowe (obtusissimum Carbonell, Fox). Found in 
1S83, at Littleham, by the late Mr. Carbonell. 16x3 inches. 
Imbricate, pinnules falcate with blunt ends ; very neat. 
3. confertum, Padley (congestum, Wollaston). Found in 1865, 
in South Devon, by the Rev. C. Padley. A dense, congested form, 
with pinnae overlapping. 14x5 inches. 
4. crispatum, Jones. Found at Hale, near Salisbury, by the late 
Colonel Jones. Crisped. 
5. decurtum, Lowe. Found at Holditch by Mr. Moly. Narrow, 
and imbricated. 15x2^ inches. 
6. Lyellii, Lowe (congestum Lyell , Jones). Raised by Dr. Lyell. 
A tine congested form, crisped, and occasionally closely branching 
at the apex. 
7. micron, Lowe. Found in Braunton, by the late Rev. F. 
Mules. 8 x 2J inches. A stiff, wire-like fern of the gracile type. 
8. multifidum, L.owe (congesto-multifidum, Jones). Raised by 
the late Colonel Jones. 8x45 inches. Pinnae much branched ; 
costa splitting and forming a branched head. 
9. obtusissimum, Moore. Found in x 86 r , at Ottery St. Mary, 
Devon, by Mr. G. B. Wollaston. Pinnae narrow and imbricated, 
and somewhat blunt-ended. A handsome variety. 18x4 inches. 
10. parvissimum, Moore. Less in size. Length, 6 inches. 
11. polydactylum, Lowe (polydactylum-congestum, Fox). A cross 
between congestum, Wills , and polydactylum, Jo?ies. Raised by 
Mr. E. F. Fox. 8xef inches. Apex multifid, not crested. 
12. stipatum, Wollaston. Found by Mr. Tait. Pinnae short, 
crowded and overlapping ; pinnules also crowded and overlapping. 
13. truncatum, Lowe (truncatum Mrs. Cowper, Wollaston). 
Found in 1871, in South Devon, by Mrs. C. Cowper (3, The Resi- 
dences, South Kensington Museum). Basal pinnae largest ; flexu- 
ose ; apex of frond truncate and cornute. Very foliosc. 10x9 inches. 
14. turgidum, Moore. Found at Littleham, Devon, by the late 
Rev. C. Padley. Dwarf. 9X2 inches. 
15. Willsii, Lowe (congestum Wills, Jones). Dwarf; beautiful. 
Section / 3 . ALATUM. 
(Lateral axes abbreviated, pinnules more or less confluent.) 
1. alatum, Moore. Fouhd in Somerset by Mrs. Thompson, and 
in Devon by Mr. Wollaston. Pinnules joined together by a well- 
developed wing. A dwarf variety. 
